Chicago Sun-Times

Busloads of protesters on their way to Chicago for NATO Summit

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:35:55 -0500

Look out Chicago. Here comes Occupy Wall Street. More than 40 protesters from the original occupation of New York’s financial district are due to be the first of 17 busloads of protesters from across the country when they arrive in Chicago Wednesday night. “Stay safe and kick some NATO ass!” one activist yelled as the bus left.

Kevin Hickey, pitched for Sox after open tryout, dies at 56

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:57:48 -0500

Kevin Hickey was the South Side’s Natural — a punk kid from Burroughs Playground in Brighton Park who by sheer will, talent and a little luck of the Irish made it to the big leagues to pitch for the Chicago White Sox, his favorite team. Hickey, a batting practice pitcher for the club, died on Wednesday. He was 56.

Man paid prostitutes in heroin, food from McDonald’s dollar menu: cops

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:09:23 -0500

A West Side man who allegedly forced young girls into prostitution — and then rewarded them with drugs and food from McDonald’s dollar menu — was ordered held in lieu of $1 million Wednesday. DaJuan Brown, also know “Juan Clark,” beat and exploited at least 12 girls for a five-year period, sometimes locking his victims up without any food or appliances at his West Side apartment, according to Cook County prosecutors. Brown, 35, would ply the girls with heroin and if they met their quotas with johns he would reward them with more drugs and food from the McDonald’s dollar …

Medical examiner halts autopsies in drug, alcohol abuse deaths

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:14:52 -0500

A staffing shortage has prompted the Cook County medical examiner’s office to halt full autopsies in some cases where a person died from drug or alcohol abuse.

Suit seeks to halt $118M jackpot payout to Chicago Heights workplace lottery pool

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:42:13 -0500

A dispute over who was participating in a workplace lottery pool that won the $118 million Mega Millions jackpot with a ticket bought at a Glenwood gas station earlier this month has resulted in a lawsuit. Jose L. Franco and Marco Medina, both of Chicago, are suing 12 former coworkers from Pita Pan, a Chicago Heights bakery, as well as Northstar Lottery Group, LLC, which runs the Illinois Lottery. The suit claims that Franco and Medina regularly participated in a pool conducted by defendants Tony Koumalis and Doug Lein. Two of the tickets won a total of $9 in the …

Girl, 11, dies after pulled from Bolingbrook pond

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:49:35 -0500

Jordan Oliver was the baby of her family, a friendly girl who played on a traveling basketball team and loved to be outside. Jordan, 11, died Tuesday night after slipping underwater in a pond near Pioneer Elementary School.

New money behind plan to build Lake-Canal tower on spec

Wed, 16 May 2012 15:02:17 -0500

Developers joined with Mayor Rahm Emanuel to announce revised plans Wednesday for a 45-story office building in the West Loop, portraying it as a sign of growing confidence in Chicago and a pro-business attitude at City Hall. It will be downtown’s first new office space since 2010 and the first speculative office building in the city since 1998.

Occupy Chicago marches in Loop against evictions

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:53:37 -0500

About 150 people took part in a rally and march Wednesday morning in downtown Chicago, calling for a yearlong moratorium on foreclosure evictions in Cook County. Occupy Chicago organized the rally.