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Chicago Teachers Union plans mass demonstration against school closings
Chicago is bracing itself for a large, potentially disruptive demonstration on Wednesday involving acts of mass civil disobedience against the largest proposed round of school closures in recent memory. The city last week announced plans to close 54 schools affecting more than 30,000 students, primarily in low-income black and Latino…
Chicago now home to nation’s largest vertical farm
An formerly abandoned warehouse in Chicago is now home to the nation’s largest hydroponic vertical farm. FarmedHere LLC opened the 90,000-square-foot farm in Bedford Park on Friday. The facility utilizes aquaponics, a sustainable system that combines raising fish with growing soil-free plants. “The tilapia fertilize our plants. Their primary job…
With 42 homicides, Chicago sees most violent January in 11 years
With 42 homicides, Chicago sees most violent January in 11 years One month into the new year Chicago has already set an ignominious record for homicides. By late Tuesday, the Chicago Police Department had logged 42 such killings, making this the second consecutive January to top 40 homicides and the…
18 human heads found in package at Chicago’s O’Hare airport
A package with coolers containing 18 human heads was found at Chicago’s O’Hare airport on Monday. According to the New York Daily News, airport employees found a grisly surprise when they opened the mysterious package. Some of the heads were still covered in skin. It was determined that they were…
Lottery winner poisoned with cyanide in Chicago
Not long after winning a $1 million jackpot with a scratch-off lottery ticket, a Chicago man was poisoned with cyanide, officials said Monday. Urooj Khan, 46, had planned to use the money to pay off bills and invest in his dry cleaning business. Instead, he was poisoned, the Cook County…
Chicago registers its 500th homicide of 2012 – the highest number since 2008
Rahm Emanuel’s first full year as Chicago mayor ends on a tragic note: The city marked its 500th homicide Thursday evening, making 2012 the deadliest year in the city since 2008. Overall, Chicago homicides are at a historic low compared to decades past – 928 in 1991, for example. But…
Chicago skyscrapers slash energy costs with green gadgets
Chicago’s skyline is going green, as property managers install energy efficient tools like motion-detectors on office lights, in a project officials hope will inspire changes across the United States. At the riverside Sheraton hotel, chief engineer Ryan Egan cannot get over what his new thermostats can do — or the…
Chicago homicides already pass mark for 2011, defying trend in other U.S. cities
Chicago: Homicides already pass mark for 2011, defying trend in other US cities With two months left in 2012, the number of homicides in Chicago has already surpassed the total count for all of 2011, a trend sharply at odds with other large US cities. Deadly shootings over the weekend…
Court declares 92 Occupy Chicago arrests unconstitutional
A judge in Cook County, Illinois on Thursday dismissed over 90 cases against Occupy Chicago activists on the grounds that they violated the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. Judge Thomas Donnelly declared that the city’s park curfew law that was used to arrest activists in Grant Park last…
Chicago teacher strike enters second week, Mayor Emanuel threatens suit
Updated with a statement from CTU below and news of threatened lawsuit. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) did not vote on a proposed deal Sunday, as they were expected to, meaning the strike will enter a second week. The union’s House of Delegates was expected to vote on the deal…
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