Archive for November, 2011

On the first day of filing two local offices are already under contention: 32nd Ward Democratic boss and 14th Rep. to the General Assembly.

  The IceHogs’ had their 2 game home winning streak cut short last night, as the Oklahoma City Barons took the win 3-1. Brian Connelly scored the lone goal for the IceHogs, with the assist going to Brett McLean. Philippe Cornet tallied twice in the 3rd frame the Barons, with Ryan O’Marra scoring a...

MT CARMEL WINS PREP BOWL By John Montgomery The high school football season began with Mt. Carmel(10-4) beating Simeon(10-4) at Soldier Field in August. The season ended with Bolingbrook(13-1) beating Loyola (13-1) 21-17 at Champaign in the Class 8A championship game. In our area, the two biggest stories occurred off the field. Gordon(5-5) forfeited...

  Wednesday night was Brandon Pirri’s night to shine. They say all things come in 3′s and Pirri’s night was no exception. The night ended with Pirri, a 20 yr old Toronto native, earning himself a Hat Trick during the game between the IceHogs and the San Antonio Rampage. His 2nd thrill of the...

A mashup of burglaries reported in Chicago, Illinois Police Districts 17, 19, 20 and 23 from Oct. 1 - Nov. 13, 2011.

Examiner is reporting of new sniping between John Fritchey and Scott Waguespack. Both are competing for 32nd Ward Democratic Committeeman. Waguespack is the incumbent Alderman in the ward while Fritchey is the incumbent Democratic Committeeman, along with Ravenswood 12th District Cook County Commissioner. According to the report, Fritchey recently criticized Waguespack for going along...

  Gordon Tech’s Thanksgiving Tournament continued Tuesday evening.  In the first game, Richard Career Academy easily defeated Lake View High School, 76 to 33.   In the second game, the Gordon Tech Rams held off the Ida Crown Aces, 55 to 43.  After giving up the first bucket of the game, the Rams grabbed the lead...

Game on!  Last night the high school basketball season started early with the tip off between the Lake View Wildcats and the Ida Crown Aces.  Both teams came out to make an impression and did not take the early start to the season lightly.  At first glance the Aces out sized  the the Lake View players...

For months, 46th Ward Alderman James Cappleman has been taking suggestions, working out plans, and releasing details of his ward master plan. He’s released this master plan in sections: sanitations, police, education, TIF’s, economic development, etc. Now, in an email to constituents, Cappleman says, “This master plan will be used as a guide to the...