Walter Burnett Jr

Ald. Matthew O'Shea called it "pretty strange stuff" and said it had led to kids' deaths.

The Payton College Prep addition, scheduled to be completed by 2014, passed unanimously.

But the mayor's ordinance would set strict rules for sales and for the location of gun shops.

Signs banning parking from 1:30-3:30 p.m. remain posted as groups push morning ban, Madison St. meters.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said the Chicago Housing Authority would also launch a re-entry program for felons.

The program will reinstate 65 positions for felons and former addicts to clean CTA trains.

The resolution would call on smartphone manufacturers and carriers to help discourage thefts.

But Ald. Latasha Thomas (17th) countered, "School is not a baby-sitting apparatus."

The City Council approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel's 2014 budget with little opposition.

A proposal that would impose a five-year ban on felons as carriage drivers clears Council committee.

Many on the Skinner Park Community Council say they don’t want an artificial turf dog park.

The addition should be completed by the end of 2015 and will be paid with Tax Increment Finance funds.

His mother hopes to see the sign between court dates for the man accused of killing her son.