Dale Bartoszewski of Niles is accused of honking the horn of his gold Cadillac, and repeatedly waving and motioning to the victim Friday morning in the 5900 block of North Milwaukee, according to court records. He also repeatedly told the girl, "Come here."

Published by Fox News Chicago on April 22, 2008.

Many people in Chicago know that 69 West Washington is the address of a cook county administration building. It was the site of a 2003 fire that left six people dead. Today a Cook County court will begin figuring out who's to blame.

Published by Chicago Public Radio on April 22, 2008.

Cathy and Tony Mantuano (chef-partner at Spiaggia) have a new book out, “Wine Bar Food: Mediterranean Flavors to Crave with Wines to Match” (Clarkson Potter, $27.50).

Published by Chicago Tribune on April 22, 2008.

Sopraffina Marketcaffe, (222 W. Adams St.; 312-726-4800) will introduce its all electric/solar powered delivery vehicle on Earth Day as part of the Rosenthal Restaurant Group's many earth friendly initatives. The group is a founding member organization of the Green Chicago Restaurant Co-op. Started in October 2007, the Co-op now includes 100 restaurants, with a membership list of 125 representing restaurants, institutions, schools, museums/zoos, and several hotels.

Published by Chicago Tribune on April 22, 2008.

Blue Water Grill (520 N. Dearborn St.; 312-777-1400) will mark Earth Day with a special menu of sustainable (Alaskan wild salmon), organic and locally produced items (chilled spring pea soup).

Published by Chicago Tribune on April 22, 2008.

one sixtyblue, (1400 W. Randolph St.; 312-850-0303) will host a four-course Earth Day dinner paired with the organic wines of Charles Krug Winery. $85 per person.

Published by Chicago Tribune on April 22, 2008.

Osteria Via Stato & Pizzeria Via Stato (620 N. State St.; 312-337-6634) will mark the day after Earth Day. The Italian pizzeria and restaurant will present a special edition of its "20 Wines for $20 tastings" from 5:30-7 p.m. on April 23 featuring 20 Italian organic wine along with tray-passed, organic and locally-grown small bites.

Published by Chicago Tribune on April 22, 2008.

The Nisei Lounge, 3439 N. Sheffield, is the neighborhood's last small tavern where you can walk in after a Cubs game, find a seat and discuss the merits of the team's 1964 pitching rotation. The owners still honor the space for a pool table.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 22, 2008.

Kaunch Hirabayashi opened the original Nisei Lounge in 1949 at Clark and Division. When the bar moved to its present location, Chicago was home to more than 150,000 Japanese Americans, about 30,000 of whom had been interned in camps during World War II. Many Lake View-based Japanese Americans since have moved to the suburbs.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 22, 2008.

But there is no place to go and have a coffee, so really I hang out at the math library, Eckhardt Library. We have the Third World Cafe [1301 E. 53rd St.], but I never go there because it's so pretentious.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 22, 2008.

Usually when we hang, we hang at Skylark [2149 S. Halsted].

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 22, 2008.

And when I'm on the North Side, I go to Zakopane [1734 W. Division], the Polish bar.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 22, 2008.

The ladies behind Sushi Wabi and De Cero are mighty busy these days. While Angela Hepler-Lee just soft-opened her modern Indian spot Veerasway (844 W. Randolph St.; 312-491-0844) today, the other half of the duo, Susan Traina Thompson, is hard at work over in Wicker Park readying Mana (1742 W Division St, 773-778-6262), a vegetarian restaurant with De Cero chef Jill Barron at the helm.

Published by Time Out Chicago on April 22, 2008.

...the other half of the duo, Susan Traina Thompson, is hard at work over in Wicker Park readying Mana (1742 W Division St, 773-778-6262), a vegetarian restaurant with De Cero chef Jill Barron at the helm.

Published by Time Out Chicago on April 22, 2008.

Community organizers in Englewood are putting their heads together to figure out how to get children into preschool. The Preschool for All program currently guarantees three-and four-year-old children from low-income families free preschool for 2-and-a-half hours a day.

Published by Chicago Public Radio on April 22, 2008.

Two men were in custody early Tuesday in a shooting at a McDonald's restaurant parking lot on the South Side that left one man dead and three others wounded, including one of the alleged offenders, officials said. The shooting occurred about 7:30 p.m. on the 7600 block of South Vincennes Avenue in the city's West Chatham neighborhood, police said.

Published by Chicago Tribune on April 22, 2008.

Police said the gunman who entered the van was shot in the leg during the incident. He then jumped out of the van and into a waiting sport-utility vehicle being driven by the second offender. The SUV sped off but crashed in the 400 block of West 76th Street, and both men were arrested.

Published by Chicago Tribune on April 22, 2008.

The person was struck at or near the street-level stop, 4648 N. Kedzie Ave., just before 9 a.m., said a Chicago Fire Department spokesman.

Published by Chicago Tribune on April 22, 2008.

Tuesday morning, Chicago police released photos of Benito Casanova, 31, who was believed to have taken the children after they were released from Yates Elementary School, 1839 N. Richmond St., on Friday afternoon.

Published by Chicago Tribune on April 22, 2008.

Police said they are conducting a homicide investigation into the death of Sophia Garcia, 30, whose body was found around noon Monday with a plastic bag over her head in the residence in the 1700 block of North Harding Avenue.

Published by Chicago Tribune on April 22, 2008.

A coalition of community, environmental, consumer rights and labor groups has come out against the plan to put a new Chicago Children's Museum in Grant Park, but two of its key members aren't on board with that opposition.

Published by Chicago Tribune on April 22, 2008.

The man was smoking a cigarette outside of a bar, in the 1900 block of West Howard, when he was approached by four men, one of whom began shooting.

Published by Chi-Town Daily News on April 22, 2008.

The investors have asked city officials for zoning authority to build two 21-story buildings at 1137 W. Jackson. They would include 380 homes, either condominiums or apartments.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 22, 2008.

The sister of the two boys was cooking at the stove at 3:55 p.m. Friday at a home in the 4800 block of South Racine Avenue, when she heard loud noises coming from it, police said. The sister heard the 4-year-old boy cry out and saw blood coming from his leg, and the older boy was hit in the head with flying debris.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 22, 2008.

The shooting occurred near West 76th Street and South Vincennes Avenue just after 7:30 p.m., according to police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli.

Published by NBC 5 on April 22, 2008.

Fire Media Affairs spokesman Joe Roccasalva said four people were injured in the apparent robbery attempt and shooting in the McDonald's located 7601 S. Vincennes Ave.

Published by NBC 5 on April 22, 2008.

28-year-old Lesley Bonds, of 12047 S. Princeton Ave., died of multiple gunshot wounds suffered at 7601 S. Vincennes Ave. He was pronounced dead at St. Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center at an unknown time, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said.

Published by NBC 5 on April 22, 2008.

The incident was an apparent robbery attempt and shooting at a McDonald's located at 7601 S. Vincennes Ave., Fire Media Affairs spokesman Joe Roccasalva said.

Published by NBC 5 on April 22, 2008.

The vehicle crashed just over two blocks away at 432 W. 76th St., according to News Affairs. The 25 and 30-year-old men were then taken in custody and a weapon was recovered from the SUV.

Published by NBC 5 on April 22, 2008.

Two of the deaths and seven of the injuries were the result of gun violence.Edward Black, 25, of 3132 W. Fulton St., was fatally shot in the chest about 12:33 a.m. Monday at 750 S. Karlov Ave. in the West Side’s Lawndale neighborhood.

Published by NBC 5 on April 22, 2008.

About 3:30 p.m. Monday, a 43-year-old man was shot in the hand in the 200 block of North Laramie Avenue and was taken to Loretto Hospital in good condition, police News Affairs said.

Published by NBC 5 on April 22, 2008.

Four more people were shot, one fatally, during a shootout at a McDonalds near at 7601 S. Vincennes Avenue about 7:30 p.m. Monday. 28-year-old Lesley Bonds, of 12047 S. Princeton Ave. was killed in the shooting, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office said.

Published by NBC 5 on April 22, 2008.

Four more people were shot, one fatally, during a shootout at a McDonalds near at 7601 S. Vincennes Avenue about 7:30 p.m. Monday. 28-year-old Lesley Bonds, of 12047 S. Princeton Ave. was killed in the shooting, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office said.

Published by NBC 5 on April 22, 2008.

CHICAGO -- A man was critically injured Tuesday morning after being struck by a CTA Brown Line train near the Kedzie station.Fire Department personnel responded to 4648 N. Kedzie Ave. and took one person in critical condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Fire Media Affairs spokesman Rich Rosado said.

Published by NBC 5 on April 22, 2008.

The suits were filed in the wake of the Oct. 17, 2003, fire on the 12th floor of the Cook County Administration Building at 69 W. Washington, in which six workers were killed and at least 16 others injured when doors locked, trapping them in smoke-filled stairwells.

Published by NBC 5 on April 22, 2008.

Outside Funsten Elementary, hundreds gathered on Tuesday in prayer to remember a fallen student.

Published by NBC 5 on April 22, 2008.

The reconstructed skull of SuperCroc sits on top of filing cabinets in paleontologist Paul Sereno's fossil lab at the University of Chicago.

Published by Medill Reports on April 22, 2008.

Meanwhile, nearly a dozen other Fire Department divers were wrapping up underwater training at a pool near North and Larrabee. They stepped into waiting scuba gear and arrived at the harbor seconds after the helicopter, said Cmdr. Ron Dorneker.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 22, 2008.

Police also are seeking the the father of two of the children, Benito O. Casanova, 32, who police believe picked up the children around 2:30 p.m. Friday from Yates Elementary School, 1839 N. Richmond, just after classes let out. The children have not been seen since.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 22, 2008.

Her body was discovered about noon in her residence in the 1700 block of North Harding Avenue after concerned family members who had not heard from Garcia called police, said News Affairs Officer JoAnn Taylor. Her death is being treated as a homicide, Taylor said, but the cause and time of death had not been determined.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 22, 2008.

State capitol becomes classroom for Gage Park students. Gage Park High School students wait in line to visit the House of Representatives in the Illinois General Assembly.

Published by Medill Reports on April 22, 2008.

One law enforcement source said a new faction of Gangster Disciples that moved into the area's Englewood neighborhood is vying for control against longer-established members of the gang. In addition to the shootings, home invasions also have escalated, the source said.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 22, 2008.

Her dream was realized when Beyene and Swier opened Ras Dashsen Ethiopian Restaurant in 2001. Beyene was reunited with her daughter again in 1988, and Maritu has been living in Chicago since 1992.

Published by Medill Reports on April 22, 2008.

A suburban teen was ordered held without bail Monday on charges he stabbed a couple as they slept in their North Side apartment. Julius Flournoy, 17, of Des Plaines, allegedly broke into the couple's apartment in the 1900 block of W. Winona early Sunday morning. He is charged with attempted first-degree murder and home invasion.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 22, 2008.

A fake bomb threat at DePaul University's Loop campus Monday night forced the school to evacuate two buildings and cancel all evening classes held at the evacuated buildings. According to DePaul University's Web site, because of an "emergency situation," Lewis Center at 25 E. Jackson and O'Malley Place at 23 E. Jackson have been evacuated. Police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said there was a report of a bomb threat at 25 E. Jackson at 5:24 p.m.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 22, 2008.

Because of police activity at the DePaul buildings and nearby at the Dirksen Federal Building, 219 S. Dearborn, the CTA temporarily closed the entrance to both the Adams/Jackson Red and Blue Line Stations, according to a CTA release.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 22, 2008.

The results of this survey, on top of rising education costs, have serious implications for students entering post-secondary programs. “Learning how to manage and save money is very important for me at the moment so I can pay for college and even help me for the future when I am an adult,” said Jesus Popoca, a senior at Whitney Young High School on Chicago’s Near West Side.

Published by Medill Reports on April 22, 2008.

“I think across the entire school system, there should be a personal-finance class required for every high school student,” said Veronica Mosley-Raggs, financial academy coordinator at Percy Julian High School on Chicago’s South Side. “Because of the way our economy is right now, it's obvious that it needs to be taught.”

Published by Medill Reports on April 22, 2008.

The shooting occurred near West 76th Street and South Vincennes Avenue just after 7:30 p.m., police said.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 22, 2008.

A bomb threat was called in Monday evening and the university decided to get its students out of the buildings at 25 E. Jackson St. and 23 E. Jackson St. in the Loop.

Published by Medill Reports on April 22, 2008.

The stabbing occurred about 11:55 p.m. at the 7300 block of South Stony Island Avenue, according to police News Affairs reports, which could not confirm the two were involved in a possible robbery at the time.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 22, 2008.

Sieden Prairie Elementary School student present their leaf projects at Lincoln Park Zoo's Fourth Annual South Pond "Build & Grow Science and Project Fair. Young sprouts teach Chicago to be green.

Published by Medill Reports on April 22, 2008.

Teague, of the 6200 block of South Sacramento, was acquitted in the earlier killing, but when the Gates family heard of his Friday arrest, they sought out Hendricks' relatives.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 22, 2008.

Authorities believe Teague shot Marcus Hendricks, 34, of Flossmoor, in the abdomen with an AK-47 at the victim's business at 714 W. 115th Pl.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 22, 2008.

Curtis Gates then produced a handgun, according to records. Teague was able to subdue him; he allegedly threatened Gates and placed a handcuff on one of his wrists. The two ran out of the apartment and ended up in the street in the 6200 block of South Richmond where, prosecutors said, Teague shot Gates twice. Teague was found not guilty in 2004.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 22, 2008.

Sopraffina Marketcaffe, located at 222 W. Adams St., hopes to challenge the perception that people are ecologically apathetic through the introduction of this vehicle.

Published by Medill Reports on April 22, 2008.

Fire Department personnel responded to 4648 N. Kedzie Ave. and took one person, in critical condition, to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Fire Media Affairs spokesman Rich Rosado said.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 22, 2008.

White tents lined the corner of Washington and Dearborn Tuesday as the celebration of Earth Day kicked off in Daley Plaza with the theme that even small changes in our everyday lives can lead to big changes on Earth.

Published by Medill Reports on April 22, 2008.

Garcia, whose body was discovered in her home in the 1700 block of North Harding Avenue Monday afternoon, told the court she was “very, very scared” of Casanova, 32.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 22, 2008.

The Cambodian Association of Illinois, based in Albany Park, hosted a Day of Remembrance on Sunday to help Cambodians honor relatives lost in the genocide of the 1970s. April 17th marked the 33rd anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh to the Khmer Rouge, when the pogroms began.

Published by Medill Reports on April 22, 2008.

"Around 11:30, we made it to my momma's house," Ebony says. Momma's house is an apartment in the 4000 block of West Harrison.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 22, 2008.

The suits were filed in the wake of the Oct. 17, 2003, fire on the 12th floor of the Cook County Administration Building at 69 W. Washington, in which six workers were killed and at least 16 others injured when doors locked, trapping them in smoke-filled stairwells.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 22, 2008.

So when it staged a 10-minute adaptation of "The Sound of Music" -- including clipped and catty versions of every major song and scene in the musical -- it brought the house down at the group's fund-raiser at the Four Seasons Hotel, 120 E. Delaware.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 22, 2008.

Fire Department personnel responded about 9:05 a.m. to 4648 N. Kedzie Ave. and took one person in critical condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Fire Media Affairs spokesman Rich Rosado said.

Published by Fox News Chicago on April 22, 2008.

Two of the deaths and seven of the injuries were the result of gun violence.Edward Black, 25, of 3132 W. Fulton St., was fatally shot in the chest about 12:33 a.m. Monday at 750 S. Karlov Ave. in the West Side’s Lawndale neighborhood.

Published by Fox News Chicago on April 22, 2008.

Two of the deaths and seven of the injuries were the result of gun violence.Edward Black, 25, of 3132 W. Fulton St., was fatally shot in the chest about 12:33 a.m. Monday at 750 S. Karlov Ave. in the West Side’s Lawndale neighborhood.

Published by Fox News Chicago on April 22, 2008.

About 3:30 p.m. Monday, a 43-year-old man was shot in the hand in the 200 block of North Laramie Avenue and was taken to Loretto Hospital in good condition, police News Affairs said.

Published by Fox News Chicago on April 22, 2008.

Four more people were shot, one fatally, during a shootout at a McDonalds near at 7601 S. Vincennes Avenue about 7:30 p.m. Monday. 28-year-old Lesley Bonds, of 12047 S. Princeton Ave. was killed in the shooting, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office said.

Published by Fox News Chicago on April 22, 2008.

Four more people were shot, one fatally, during a shootout at a McDonalds near at 7601 S. Vincennes Avenue about 7:30 p.m. Monday. 28-year-old Lesley Bonds, of 12047 S. Princeton Ave. was killed in the shooting, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office said.

Published by Fox News Chicago on April 22, 2008.

Just 30 minutes later at about 8 p.m., a man was found with a gunshot wound to the leg in a South Side alley near 1532 W. 62nd St. He was taken in serious condition to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County.

Published by Fox News Chicago on April 22, 2008.

On the West Side, two teens were injured after being shot near Chicago and Hamlin avenues. A 17-year-old was shot in the shoulder and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious condition and a 19-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the foot and was hospitalized in “stable” condition at Norwegian-American Hospital.

Published by Fox News Chicago on April 22, 2008.

Just before midnight Monday, a 16-year-old boy and an 18-year-old boy were stabbed at 7354 S. Stony Island Ave. The 16-year-old died of a stab wound to the chest at 12:53 a.m. at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital and a 53-year-old man is in custody early Tuesday, police News Affairs said.

Published by Fox News Chicago on April 22, 2008.

In another incident of violence, 30-year-old Sophia Garcia was pronounced dead Monday about 2:15 p.m. after she was found hanging with a plastic bag over her head in her home at 1721 N. Harding Ave., the medical examiner’s office said.

Published by Fox News Chicago on April 22, 2008.

Police are still searching for three missing Chicago children whose mother was found dead with a plastic bag over her head. Sophia Garcia's body was found Monday in her home on the city's northwest side. Illinois State Police have issued an Amber Alert for Garcia's children, who haven't been seen since Friday.

Published by Fox News Chicago on April 22, 2008.

Sophia Garcia, 30, was found hanging in her home at 1721 N. Harding Ave. with a plastic bag over her head, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office. She was pronounced dead on the scene at 2:15 p.m.

Published by Fox News Chicago on April 22, 2008.

She was found dead about noon Monday and an Amber Alert was issued for her children, who have not been seen since Friday.The children -- Oscar Casanova, 6; Karla Casanova, 7; and Fernando Casanova, 11 -- were abducted from Yates Elementary School at 1839 N. Richmond St. Friday about 2:30 p.m., according to the Amber Alert.

Published by Fox News Chicago on April 22, 2008.

The stabbings occurred about 11:55 p.m. at 7354 S. Stony Island Ave., according to police News Affairs.One of the teens, a 15-year-old, died of a stab wound to the chest, an autopsy Tuesday found.

Published by Fox News Chicago on April 22, 2008.

Snow aside, the work site at 23 N Aberdeen St in the West Loop doesn't look much different than it did during my first Joewalk back in February. There are some fresh tread tracks, a few new stacks of building materials, and a prominently placed port-a-potty, however, all of which suggest that work is moving along on The Brixton Group's C/A 23.

Published by YoChicago on April 22, 2008.

Domus Group's 1010 West Monroe has come a long way since our last construction update, and it appears to be nearing completion. There was no marketing or sales info on site, and we haven't had any luck contacting a sales manager, but it didn't look like any of the condos were inhabited yet.

Published by YoChicago on April 22, 2008.

In the two months that have passed since my last visit, Trio's tower at 670 W Wayman St has almost doubled in height, and its two neighboring mid-rises have started to show signs of occupancy. (Check out the bikes and chairs and DirecTV satellites perched on the balconies.)

Published by YoChicago on April 22, 2008.

Two DePaul University buildings were evacuated Monday evening after a bomb threat, but no explosive devices were found, officials said. University officials canceled all evening classes after someone telephoned in a bomb threat to one of the school's Loop campus offices, officials said. The threat was reported shortly before 5:30 p.m. at the school's Lewis Center building, 25 E. Jackson Blvd., Chicago Police Officer John Mirabelli said. Lewis and an adjoining building, O'Malley Place, 23 E. Jackson Blvd., were evacuated, DePaul spokeswoman Denise Mattson said.

Published by Chicago Tribune on April 22, 2008.

Four people were shot and at least one died Monday evening on the city's South Side at a McDonald's restaurant, officials said. The shooting occurred about 7:30 p.m. on the 7600 block of South Vincennes Avenue in the city's West Chatham neighborhood, said Officer John Mirabelli. Three of the victims got into a private car and were dropped off at St. Bernard Hospital, said Chicago Fire Department spokesman Joe Roccasalva. The first victim, a 28-year-old man, arrived dead at the hospital with a gunshot wound in the chest. Another man, 24, had a gunshot wound in the head and was transferred to Mt. Sinai Hospital in serious condition. The third victim, a 26-year-old man, had a gunshot wound in the chest and was transferred to Stroger Hospital also in serious condition, Roccasalva said.

Published by Chicago Tribune on April 22, 2008.

A 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death and another teen wounded on the South Side overnight in what police said may have been a mugging gone awry. The incident occurred just before midnight Monday in the 7300 block of South Stony Island Avenue in the Grand Crossing neighborhood, police said. A 50-year-old man was fighting with two teens when he apparently fatally stabbed the 16-year-old in the chest and stabbed an 18-year-old in the thigh. The younger boy was taken to Stroger Hospital and pronounced dead early Tuesday, police said. The 18-year-old was listed in fair condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital with a stab wound to the thigh. The weapon was recovered and the man was taken into custody at the scene. Detectives were questioning him Tuesday, but initial reports indicated the teens were trying to rob the man on the street when he resisted and a fight ensued, police said. No charges have been filed.

Published by Chicago Tribune on April 22, 2008.

Longtime Wrigleyville joint Nisei Lounge is apparently no more. The Sun-Times is reporting that the bar, in business since 1949, is up for sale and is closing its doors, although the deal hasn't yet gone through.

Published by Chicagoist on April 22, 2008.

The S. Pellegrino list of the World's 50 Best Restaurants was announced yesterday. Both Alinea and Charlie trotter's made the cut: the House of Achatz settles in at #21 while Trotter's lands at #38.

Published by Chicagoist on April 22, 2008.

Edward Black, 25, of 3132 W. Fulton St., was fatally shot in the chest about 12:33 a.m. Monday at 750 S. Karlov Ave. in the West Side's Lawndale neighborhood.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 22, 2008.

About 3:30 p.m. Monday, a 43-year-old man was shot in the hand in the 200 block of North Laramie Avenue and was taken to Loretto Hospital in good condition, police News Affairs said.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 22, 2008.

Four more people were shot, one fatally, during a shootout at a McDonalds near at 7601 S. Vincennes Avenue about 7:30 p.m. Monday.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 22, 2008.

28-year-old Lesley Bonds, of 12047 S. Princeton Ave. was killed in the shooting, the Cook County Medical Examiner's office said.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 22, 2008.

Just 30 minutes later at about 8 p.m., a man was found with a gunshot wound to the leg in a South Side alley near 1532 W. 62nd St. He was taken in serious condition to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 22, 2008.

On the West Side, two teens were injured after being shot near Chicago and Hamlin avenues.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 22, 2008.

Just before midnight Monday, a 16-year-old boy and an 18-year-old boy were stabbed at 7354 S. Stony Island Ave.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 22, 2008.

In another incident of violence, 30-year-old Sophia Garcia was pronounced dead Monday about 2:15 p.m. after she was found hanging with a plastic bag over her head in her home at 1721 N. Harding Ave., the medical examiner's office said.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 22, 2008.

Fire Department personnel responded about 9:05 a.m. to 4648 N. Kedzie Ave. and took one person in critical condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Fire Media Affairs spokesman Rich Rosado said.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 22, 2008.

The suits were filed in the wake of the Oct. 17, 2003, fire on the 12th floor of the Cook County Administration Building at 69 W. Washington, in which six workers were killed and at least 16 others injured when doors locked, trapping them in smoke-filled stairwells.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 22, 2008.

The first new housing site built on land that was once occupied by Cabrini-Green high-rises has opened to much fanfare.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 22, 2008.

Parkside of Old Town is a mixed-income development constructed from Division Street to Oak Street and from Larrabee Street to the western edge of Seward Park, along a since-eliminated stretch of Sedgwick Street.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 22, 2008.

The stabbings occurred about 11:55 p.m. at 7354 S. Stony Island Ave., according to police News Affairs reports.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 22, 2008.

The children were last seen when their mother picked them up from Richard Yates Public School, at 1839 N. Richmond St., and have been missing since Friday; their mother was found murdered Monday.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 22, 2008.

After yet another day plagued by multiple shootings, residents of the South Side Englewood neighborhood are reflecting on how things are and how they used to be.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 22, 2008.

The fire department was notified of two people just before 6:10 p.m. in the 7000 block of South Wolcott Avenue, according to Fire Media Affairs spokesman Richard Rosado.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 22, 2008.

The shooting happened in the 7000 block of South Wolcott Avenue just before 6:10 p.m., police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 22, 2008.

The teen is accused of fatally shooting Greer, 17, at 415 S. Lotus Ave. about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, police said. Greer was the 24th CPS student killed this school year by violence, the 21st to be shot to death.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 22, 2008.

CPS spokesman Mike Vaughn said Greer was a student at CSW Community Christian Academy, 1231 S. Pulaski Rd., an alternative high school for students at risk of dropping out.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 22, 2008.

This comes on the heels of the April 15 shooting of a cougar on the city's North Side. Police shot the cougar in an alley in the 3400 block of North Hoyne Avenue.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 22, 2008.

Can someone explain why Jerry Kleiner can pull this off at 21st and Wabash (Room 21) and not at 52nd and Harper?

Published by Hyde Park Progress on April 22, 2008.

Can someone explain why Jerry Kleiner can pull this off at 21st and Wabash (Room 21) and not at 52nd and Harper?

Published by Hyde Park Progress on April 22, 2008.

53rd & Cornell Development Alderman Preckwinkle will be hosting a meeting Wednesday evening to discuss plans for possible development at this location. Time, date, and location are -- 7:00 PM, Wednesday, April 23 Congregation Rodfei Zedek, 5200 S. Hyde Park Blvd.

Published by Hyde Park Progress on April 22, 2008.

53rd Street Visioning Workshop Part II See flyer above. Details are -- Saturday, May 3 Kenwood Academy 5015 S. Blackstone

Published by Hyde Park Progress on April 22, 2008.

First thing, the sky is very gray--the weatherman says it may thunderstorm tonight. Secondly, the red and yellow advertisement on the bus stop bench at Clybourn and Ashland avenues indicates shoes can be had for $9.99. Lastly, Premium gas is $4.09 per gallon--and rising. I'm not even going to mention what else they are reporting on NPR this morning but I'll give you a hint; marshmallows and fairy dust are not in the week's forecast and traffic is, as always, unbearable.

Published by Chicago's Home Weblog on April 22, 2008.