The 19-year-old St. Xavier University student charged with writing threatening graffiti has a history of depression and had been seeing a therapist since 2003, according to court testimony Saturday.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 4, 2008.

His Ivy League Baseball Club, 3637 N. Sheffield, will fall into a different category. For 14 of the next 16 years, Gramatis will pay the Cubs an undisclosed flat fee. That's because the view from that building was adversely impacted by a 2006 bleacher expansion.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 4, 2008.

Cubs Chairman Crane Kenney had threatened to put up visual obstructions at Wrigley to block the view from the clubs at 3617 and 3619 N. Sheffield. The team also filed a lawsuit that sought to shut Gramatis down.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 4, 2008.

Ali Ata is one of the owners of a South Side building that has a multimillion-dollar, 10-year lease with the state. The Blagojevich administration is paying Ata and his partners more than $800,000 a year to lease space for the Department of Human Services in the building at 1642 W. 59th St.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 4, 2008.

A 19-year-old woman was shot dead in the 7900 block of South Marquette at about 10 p.m. Friday, police said. The unidentified woman was shot in the upper torso and pronounced dead at the scene, a police spokesman said. Police did not have any suspects.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 4, 2008.

Two teenagers and two adults were in critical condition at area hospitals after a crash Saturday night on the Southwest Side. Ambulances responded to a crash near 103rd Street and South Springfield about 8:40 p.m. All four victims were in the same vehicle. Five parked cars were damaged, but details on the cause of the crash were not available.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 4, 2008.

A small fire damaged a South Side high school Saturday, but no one was injured, officials said. The fire started about 4:45 p.m. at Robeson High School, 6835 S. Normal Blvd., fire officials said. It was quickly extinguished.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 4, 2008.

A 67-year-old woman has been ticketed for crashing a CTA bus into a vacant building Friday afternoon on the South Side. Twelve people suffered non-life-threatening injuries. The northbound No. 9 Ashland bus struck a building near 75th Street and Ashland about 3:50 p.m. Friday. Tracey Walker, of the 7400 block of South Wood, was cited with damage to property, police said. The cause of the crash remained under investigation Saturday.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 4, 2008.

The man was on a porch in the 4900 block of South Marshfield Avenue about 11:20 p.m. when a “known” offender approached on foot and shot the man in the chest, police News Affairs Officer David Banks said.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 4, 2008.

The crash happened about 4 a.m. near East 85th Street and South Stony Island Avenue, according to a Major Accidents Investigation Unit officer.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 4, 2008.

John Barnes, of 3436 S. Calumet Ave., was taken to Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 4:45 a.m., according to a spokesman for the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 4, 2008.

The 150 marchers, led by Mayor Daley and local priests, were united in their anti-violence sentiment as they walked en masse through the Back of the Yards neighborhood Saturday.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 4, 2008.

Willie Gamble, a retired machinist who lives in Roseland, intends to work with IIT to develop action figures, educational materials and electronic toys and games based on his "Super Souls of Zantrier" comic book featuring black superheroes.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 4, 2008.

Mama mia: Restaurateur Phil Stefani spotted at 437 Rush with Giorgio DeRoni, a director of Air One, Italy's largest privately owned airline, to discuss new nonstop service from Chicago to Milan . . . and Stefani's new food service consulting contract with the airline.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 4, 2008.

The first annual Pullman – Roseland Spring Parade of Homes began yesterday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Pullman Place North, a renovated six-flat condo at 10461 S. Corliss Ave.

Published by YoChicago on May 4, 2008.

The boy was critically wounded in the shooting at his home in the 6100 block of South Wabash Avenue.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on May 4, 2008.

Prosecutors say she wrote threatening graffiti on a bathroom wall at Saint Xavier University last month. The school shut down for four days while officials investigated.

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Police Officer David Banks says Jason Gill was standing with a friend on the porch in the 4900 block of South Marshfield Avenue when an assailant reportedly known to police approached on foot and fired a handgun, striking Gill in the chest.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on May 4, 2008.

The crash happened about 4 a.m. near East 85th Street and South Stony Island Avenue, according to a Major Accidents Investigation Unit officer.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on May 4, 2008.

John Barnes, of 3436 S. Calumet Ave., was taken to Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 4:45 a.m., according to a spokesman for the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on May 4, 2008.

The accident happened at approximately 4 a.m. near the intersection of 85th Street and Stony Island Avenue.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on May 4, 2008.

The boy was shot in the head at 5:42 p.m. in the 6100 block of South Wabash Avenue, police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said.The boy was taken to University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital in critical condition, Fire Media Affairs Chief Joe Roccasalva said.

Published by NBC 5 on May 4, 2008.

Authorities have identified three people fatally shot earlier this week in a house on the West Side neighborhood of Little Village.

Published by NBC 5 on May 4, 2008.

The main entrance to the CTA's Cermak-Chinatown Red Line station is open again.

Published by NBC 5 on May 4, 2008.

The university closed its three campuses and sent its 5,600 students home the next day after the message was found in Regina Hall, 3700 W. 103rd St., in Chicago's Mount Greenwood community.

Published by NBC 5 on May 4, 2008.

Police responded at about 4 a.m. to 8540 S. Stony Island Ave., where they found a man lying in the street, according to the police Major Accidents Investigation Unit.

Published by NBC 5 on May 4, 2008.

The incident occurred at 5:42 p.m. in an apartment in the 6100 block of South Wabash Avenue. The boy was transported to the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital in "very serious" condition, Mirabelli said.

Published by Chicago Tribune on May 4, 2008.

A 19-year-old woman was fatally shot on the South Side Friday night, Chicago police said. The shooting took place around 10 p.m. in the 7900 block of South Marquette Avenue, said Chicago Police Officer John Henry.

Published by Chicago Tribune on May 4, 2008.

A 5-year-old boy is in critical condition after suffering a gunshot wound to the head Saturday evening in the South Side’s Woodlawn neighborhood. The boy was shot in the head at 5:42 p.m. in the 6100 block of South Wabash Avenue, police News Affairs John Mirabelli said.

Published by Fox News Chicago on May 4, 2008.

A 5-year-old boy is in critical condition after suffering a gunshot wound to the head Saturday evening in the South Side’s Woodlawn neighborhood. About 4 a.m., police responded to 8540 S. Stony Island Ave. and found a man lying in the street, according to the police Major Accidents Investigation Unit.

Published by Fox News Chicago on May 4, 2008.

The woman believed to be responsible for fatally striking a 36-year-old man with her car early Sunday on the South Side remains in police custody but has yet to be charged. The man, identified as John Barnes, of 3436 S. Calumet Ave., was taken to Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 4:45 a.m., according to a spokesman for the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

Published by Fox News Chicago on May 4, 2008.

The parents of a 5-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself in the head with a gun inside his residence were charged early Sunday. The boy was critically wounded after being shot in the head at 5:42 p.m. Saturday in the 6100 block of South Wabash Avenue, police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said. The boy was taken to University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital in critical condition.

Published by Fox News Chicago on May 4, 2008.

On the morning of March 2, 1908, a 19-year-old Jewish immigrant from Eastern Europe named Lazarus Averbuch presented himself at the Lincoln Park home of George Shippy, Chicago's chief of police.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 4, 2008.

Sitting on the deck at 4221 N Keeler #2 on a Sunday in Old Irving Park. The neighbors are all out working on their yards... gorgeous views from every window and the deck. This is probably the nicest day of year... great weather and the leaves and flowers have finally bloomed in force.

Published by The Chicago Real Estate Local blog on May 4, 2008.

The crash happened about 4 a.m. near East 85th Street and South Stony Island Avenue, according to a Major Accidents Investigation Unit officer.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on May 4, 2008.

John Barnes, of 3436 S. Calumet Ave., was taken to Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 4:45 a.m., according to a spokesman for the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on May 4, 2008.