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Police want 5:00 security start time at Adams Supermarket

Adams Supermarket owner Ahmad Abud (aka Hussein Alsalahi) insisted that his South Side grocery store needed to sell liquor to be successful, and was willing to agree to a number of conditions in order to secure his liquor license. One of those conditions was having an off-duty Peoria Police officer act as a security [...]

Good news for the Cubs

My sincere condolences to the Chicago Cubs and their fans on losing the National League Division Series. I know there’s a lot of depression right now, but there is some good news, thanks to Lou Piniella’s forward-thinking strategy:

Carlos Zambrano is fully rested and ready for his start on Sunday.

Gorenz admits district can afford two schools

Clare Jellick has written on her blog what we all knew, but that the school board wouldn’t admit before now — that the district has money to build two new schools, one on the East Bluff and one in the North Valley. They just don’t want to build two schools:

At the end of Thursday’s [...]