CPS Teacher Charged with Felony Battery After Classroom Clash with 5-Year-Old
Video Captures Disturbing Restraint (Image Credits: Cwbchicago.com) Chicago – Prosecutors charged a Chicago Public Schools teacher with aggravated battery following an alleged violent altercation with a 5-year-old student inside a Bronzeville elementary school classroom.[1] Video Captures Disturbing Restraint A...
Concealed carry holder shot 3x burglar during garage break-in, prosecutors say
A three-time convicted burglar is facing burglary charges again after a South Side homeowner allegedly caught him breaking into a garage and shot him in the leg. Officers responding to a “burglary in progress” call around 2:45 a.m. on March 7 found 59-year-old Jose Pantoja lying in an alley behind the 5100 block of...
Attack on CTA bus driver sparks renewed safety concerns from employees
A CTA bus driver was brutally attacked on Monday while in uniform in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.
Reaction mixed to planned Archer Avenue upgrades
Lifelong South Side resident Sean Haran, an attendee at the joint Chicago and RTA Moving Archer Forward event at the McKinley Park Fieldhouse, was less focused on popular protected bike lane plans and more concerned about the #62 bus. “The bus is closer to Archer Avenue and takes people where...
Of course we want more train service to and from Chicago
Way back in 2009, the US Department of Transportation proposed a vision for an extensive high-speed rail system that “would safely, conveniently, and efficiently connect communities across America and create a foundation for economic growth in a more complex global economy, promote energy independence, improve safety...
Here’s What Indian Boundary Park’s New Playground Will Look Like
WEST RIDGE — The popular, castle-themed playground at a Far North Side park is set to be replaced, and project leaders have finalized the replacement playground’s design. Plans for the new playground at Indian Boundary Park, 2500 W. Lunt Ave., have been in the works for years, as the current playground — built...
Suburban Chicago man arrested after Indiana police chase; 2 others accused in separate pursuit
GARY, Ind. - Lake County sheriff’s deputies arrested three people Tuesday after two separate vehicle pursuits, including one that stretched from northwest Indiana into Chicago and another that ended with a crash in Gary. What we know:. Just before 1 p.m., officers began chasing an SUV on the Indiana...
Chicago’s Jibarito falls apart in Puerto Rico
I recently spent a few days in Puerto Rico visiting family and eating lots of food including an island version of the Chicago-invented jibarito sandwich. Backstory: Humboldt Park restaurateur Juan C. Figueroa started serving this steak sandwich using fried green plantain planks as bread in the mid-1990s at his Puerto...
Chicago police: man robbed at gunpoint while walking on Pensacola in Portage Park
A 44-year-old man reported that he was robbed at gunpoint by three masked men while he was walking at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7, in the 5400 block of West Pensacola Avenue, according to 16th (Jefferson Park) District police. The man told police that two of the men came...
Man charged after attack on Ballet Folklorico students outside dance studio
Robert Villanueva, 50, of Chicago, has been charged with five counts of battery (physical contact) for an incident outside Ballet Folklorico de Chicago involving a group of young dancers, in which he and another person allegedly threw cups filled with an unknown liquid at several people while making threats.
