Roderick Sawyer

Ald. Anthony Beale (9th) ordered the signs taken down, but Ald. Foulkes is trying to get them back.

Ald. Roderick Sawyer (6th) said a block at 80th Street and Wabash Avenue was the worst hit in the ward.

The land at 634 E. 86th St. detracts from the park, and a cleanup is one idea for improving the area.

Plans are moving forward to bring a call center to Kennedy-King College, officials said.

Ald. Anthony Beale's measure heads to the full City Council next week.  

More than 4,000 people lined 42 blocks in an effort to show how big the city's gun violence issue is. 

“We need somebody like this," said Ald. Roderick Sawyer (6th).

Eddie Johnson, the former Gresham commander, is the right man to be police superintendent, Pfleger said.

"We needed a win-win candidate," Ald. George Cardenas said. "He fit the bill."

African-American aldermen want to question the finalists, and Latinos joined that call Friday.

A bar regular who sometimes works security opened fire following a fight in the bar, officials said.

A move to raise tobacco taxes and put money toward high-school orientation met resistance.

Black Youth Project 100 called on four South Side aldermen to not invest more money in police.

Marian Hayes, an artist, teacher and bike activist, was killed after being struck by a car.

Aldermen introduced a series of ordinances to curb excessive police force and increase accountability.