Children’s Hospital  heliport OKd

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Updated: January 23, 2012 3:39AM

The Illinois Department of Transportation on Friday approved a controversial heliport for the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, currently under construction in Streeterville. Some neighbors of the hospital’s new location, 225 E. Chicago, protested the heliport, saying it would by noisy and could be dangerous. Children’s Memorial Hospital has operated a rooftop heliport on its current hospital for more than 20 years, according to a hospital release.

RIVERDALE
No bond for man charged with shooting officer

A 20-year-old man was ordered held without bond Saturday morning in the shooting of a Chicago Police officer last week. William T. Wright, of Riverdale, allegedly ran from officers as they approached him at the Altgeld Gardens public housing project and then aimed his gun at them, firing three shots and hitting an officer in the thigh, police said.

METCALFE PARK
Suspect in teen’s murder ordered held without bond

A man charged with murder in the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Darius “Bay Bay” Brown in August was ordered held without bond Saturday. Jamal Streeter, 18, raised his .45 caliber handgun at the crowd of people at Metcalfe Park and fired five shots on Aug. 3, Cook County prosecutors said. Darius Brown was playing basketball when he was caught in the gang crossfire. Four other people have been charged in the slaying.

Back of the yards
Water main bursts,
floods basements

A 91-year old Back of the Yard water main burst early Saturday morning, forcing street closures and flooding in nearby basements. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who visited the site at 47th and Loomis, has proposed raising water fees to pay for repair or replacement of hundreds of miles of century-old water and sewer lines.