Joe Moore

After months of peace, neighborhood cops prepare for the "baseball season" of crime.

Ald. Joe Moore (49th) said the drive-through restaurant would attract more business to a shopping center.

The Rogers Park elementary schools, once on a closure list, breathed easy again Thursday.

Parents who've waited years for a new playground got a second look at design plans.

Ald. Joe Moore said he would make a final decision within "the next week or so."

Hundreds of protesters wanted Moore to publicly oppose charter schools in the 49th Ward.

Ald. Joe Moore wanted commitments on security, hiring and upkeep before supporting the drive-through.

"It takes a community" to stem violence in the neighborhood, leaders of the anti-violence group said.

Ald. Joe Moore told constituents Rogers Park had no shootings this year and the second-lowest crime rate.

Sting in heart of gang turf has netted 16 arrests, and nobody's been shot since November, commander said.

Some Far North Side homes to get carts starting Monday, and pickups could begin as early as March 11.

At a town hall meeting, parents said they didn't want to open a school building to a charter school.

A pared down list of 129 schools facing closure did not include Gale and Field Elementary Schools.