AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneMar 31, 2021 at 12:01 pmThe city of Chicago has cleared the way for rooftops around Wrigley Field to host fans, offering another way to watch Cubs games this year when the park opens with limited capacity.The rooftops, which overlook Wrigley Field and offer food, drinks and seats for viewing the games, are allowed to open with similar capacity restrictions as they , when the rooftops were the only venue to watch baseball in person.AdvertisementA spokesman for the city said the rooftops can operate at 50% capacity or 50 people within one space. Patrons must be...…AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneMar 31, 2021 at 12:01 pmThe city of Chicago has cleared the way for rooftops around Wrigley Field to host fans, offering another way to watch Cubs games this year when the park opens with limited capacity.The rooftops, which overlook Wrigley Field and offer food, drinks and seats for viewing the games, are allowed to open with similar capacity restrictions as they , when the rooftops were the only venue to watch baseball in person.AdvertisementA spokesman for the city said the rooftops can operate at 50% capacity or 50 people within one space. Patrons must be...WW…

AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneJan 11, 2021 at 4:24 pmWhen the emergence of the novel coronavirus prompted a statewide school shutdown back in March, probably few Chicagoans thought another 10 months would go by before their public schools would resume in-person classes.Now that day has arrived — at least for the fraction of Chicago Public Schools students whose families have chosen to send their children back. But with virus in much wider circulation now than when schools shut down — and Lightfoot extending a stay-at-home advisory Sunday — many parents and teachers have indicated they’d...…AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneJan 11, 2021 at 4:24 pmWhen the emergence of the novel coronavirus prompted a statewide school shutdown back in March, probably few Chicagoans thought another 10 months would go by before their public schools would resume in-person classes.Now that day has arrived — at least for the fraction of Chicago Public Schools students whose families have chosen to send their children back. But with virus in much wider circulation now than when schools shut down — and Lightfoot extending a stay-at-home advisory Sunday — many parents and teachers have indicated they’d...WW…

AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneDec 12, 2020 at 3:17 pmWitnesses flagged down police while a 60-year-old man brawled with and pinned down a 19-year-old man who dragged him out of his car during an attempted carjacking Friday in the Loop.The suspect, Jayln Moore of Hazel Crest, didn’t know the victim and chose him essentially because he “just saw the victim” and it “looked like a nice car,” prosecutors said.AdvertisementJudge David Navarro on Saturday ordered Moore, who has no criminal record, held on $10,000 bond, meaning he will need to come up with $1,000 to go free until his next court...…AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneDec 12, 2020 at 3:17 pmWitnesses flagged down police while a 60-year-old man brawled with and pinned down a 19-year-old man who dragged him out of his car during an attempted carjacking Friday in the Loop.The suspect, Jayln Moore of Hazel Crest, didn’t know the victim and chose him essentially because he “just saw the victim” and it “looked like a nice car,” prosecutors said.AdvertisementJudge David Navarro on Saturday ordered Moore, who has no criminal record, held on $10,000 bond, meaning he will need to come up with $1,000 to go free until his next court...WW…

AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneDec 04, 2020 at 5:34 pmDwain Williams was a man of many talents. An accomplished chess player, he also mastered the keyboards and guitar, performing in a band of fellow firefighters.But above all, his passion was serving the city during his more than two decades with the Chicago Fire Department, his family said. “He put his whole heart into the city,” his wife Karen Armstrong-Williams said.AdvertisementWith her stepdaughter clutching her arm for support, Williams spoke softly about her husband Friday, the day after the 65-year-old retired firefighter was shot...…AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneDec 04, 2020 at 5:34 pmDwain Williams was a man of many talents. An accomplished chess player, he also mastered the keyboards and guitar, performing in a band of fellow firefighters.But above all, his passion was serving the city during his more than two decades with the Chicago Fire Department, his family said. “He put his whole heart into the city,” his wife Karen Armstrong-Williams said.AdvertisementWith her stepdaughter clutching her arm for support, Williams spoke softly about her husband Friday, the day after the 65-year-old retired firefighter was shot...WW…

AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneNov 28, 2020 at 3:10 pmCook County Sheriff Tom Dart has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a news release from his office.Dart, who has been sheriff since 2006, received the results Friday after being tested Tuesday, according to the release. He is experiencing symptoms of the virus as he recovers at home.AdvertisementHe last reported to work on Nov. 19, and began feeling symptoms the following day, the release said, and then “immediately self-quarantined.”Dart does not know where he contracted the virus, according to the release.AdvertisementAs of 5...…AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneNov 28, 2020 at 3:10 pmCook County Sheriff Tom Dart has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a news release from his office.Dart, who has been sheriff since 2006, received the results Friday after being tested Tuesday, according to the release. He is experiencing symptoms of the virus as he recovers at home.AdvertisementHe last reported to work on Nov. 19, and began feeling symptoms the following day, the release said, and then “immediately self-quarantined.”Dart does not know where he contracted the virus, according to the release.AdvertisementAs of 5...WW…

AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneOct 12, 2020 at 5:00 amAs a candidate and then mayor, Lori Lightfoot has spoken often of her ambition to fully reinvent Chicago’s approach to combating its stubborn violence problem.Key to those plans are anti-violence organizations, including those that intervene in disputes or toss lifelines to people likely to kill or die. She said last year that those outreach groups were “fundamentally critical to what we’re doing,” as she seeks to treat violence as a public health crisis.Advertisement“We will make sure they have the resources they need to be successful,”...…AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneOct 12, 2020 at 5:00 amAs a candidate and then mayor, Lori Lightfoot has spoken often of her ambition to fully reinvent Chicago’s approach to combating its stubborn violence problem.Key to those plans are anti-violence organizations, including those that intervene in disputes or toss lifelines to people likely to kill or die. She said last year that those outreach groups were “fundamentally critical to what we’re doing,” as she seeks to treat violence as a public health crisis.Advertisement“We will make sure they have the resources they need to be successful,”...WW…

AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneAug 15, 2020 at 6:07 pmA massive presence of Chicago police officers and Illinois State Police troopers blocked a group of about 200 protesters from marching on the Dan Ryan Expressway on Saturday afternoon, thwarting a planned protest meant to disrupt traffic there to draw attention to police brutality.The group, which gathered at Robert Taylor Park at 39 W. 47th St. around noon, instead marched north through Bronzeville, and then onto Michigan Avenue in the South Loop, carrying signs with names of people who died due to violent encounters with police. The...…AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneAug 15, 2020 at 6:07 pmA massive presence of Chicago police officers and Illinois State Police troopers blocked a group of about 200 protesters from marching on the Dan Ryan Expressway on Saturday afternoon, thwarting a planned protest meant to disrupt traffic there to draw attention to police brutality.The group, which gathered at Robert Taylor Park at 39 W. 47th St. around noon, instead marched north through Bronzeville, and then onto Michigan Avenue in the South Loop, carrying signs with names of people who died due to violent encounters with police. The...WW…

AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneAug 13, 2020 at 3:25 pmProtesters are planning to march onto the Dan Ryan Expressway on Saturday and rally against police brutality, according to an organizer.The protest is scheduled to begin about noon at Robert Taylor Park, 39 W. 47th St., on the South Side. Organizers are hoping to attract at least 25,000 to march in the northbound lanes of the expressway, according to Rabbi Michael Ben Yosef, president of Tikkun Chai Inter-National, a humanitarian group. AdvertisementYosef hopes travelers inconvenienced by the demonstration will think about people who...…AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneAug 13, 2020 at 3:25 pmProtesters are planning to march onto the Dan Ryan Expressway on Saturday and rally against police brutality, according to an organizer.The protest is scheduled to begin about noon at Robert Taylor Park, 39 W. 47th St., on the South Side. Organizers are hoping to attract at least 25,000 to march in the northbound lanes of the expressway, according to Rabbi Michael Ben Yosef, president of Tikkun Chai Inter-National, a humanitarian group. AdvertisementYosef hopes travelers inconvenienced by the demonstration will think about people who...WW…

AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneJul 02, 2020 at 6:16 pmThe city of Chicago will allow rooftops around Wrigley Field to open at 25% capacity for Cubs games, according to the city and a rooftop manager.The rooftop buildings, which overlook the stadium on Waveland and Sheffield avenues, are included in the city’s guidance for restaurants and taverns that was announced late last month. Restaurants and bars were allowed to reopen for limited indoor dining last Friday, after the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered restaurants and bars for more than two months earlier this year.Advertisement“As the rooftop...…AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneJul 02, 2020 at 6:16 pmThe city of Chicago will allow rooftops around Wrigley Field to open at 25% capacity for Cubs games, according to the city and a rooftop manager.The rooftop buildings, which overlook the stadium on Waveland and Sheffield avenues, are included in the city’s guidance for restaurants and taverns that was announced late last month. Restaurants and bars were allowed to reopen for limited indoor dining last Friday, after the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered restaurants and bars for more than two months earlier this year.Advertisement“As the rooftop...WW…

AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneJun 10, 2020 at 2:41 pmTina Phalanx wants to see the rows of boarded-up storefronts in Roseland bustling with new businesses. She wants investment and police reform for the Far South Side neighborhood in which she has worked for years. So as a show of neighborhood solidarity, more than a week after the neighborhood sustained damage from looters, Phalanx joined several dozen Roseland community members, including the Calumet District police commander, to march through the neighborhood.Advertisement“Change is coming,” Phalanx said.Several businesses along...…AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneJun 10, 2020 at 2:41 pmTina Phalanx wants to see the rows of boarded-up storefronts in Roseland bustling with new businesses. She wants investment and police reform for the Far South Side neighborhood in which she has worked for years. So as a show of neighborhood solidarity, more than a week after the neighborhood sustained damage from looters, Phalanx joined several dozen Roseland community members, including the Calumet District police commander, to march through the neighborhood.Advertisement“Change is coming,” Phalanx said.Several businesses along...WW…