Friday, May 17 2013 10:37 PM EDT2013-05-18 02:37:06 GMT
On Friday, the current Chicago Teacher's Union President Karen Lewis announced that she has been re-elected and says she won with 80 percent of the vote.
On Friday, the current Chicago Teacher's Union President Karen Lewis announced that she has been re-elected and says she won with 80 percent of the vote.
Friday, May 17 2013 4:20 PM EDT2013-05-17 20:20:58 GMT
A man who tried to rob three women with a knife in the River North area Thursday night was apprehended by police who spotted him downtown soon after the crimes.
A man who tried to rob three women with a knife in the River North area Thursday night was apprehended by police who spotted him downtown soon after the crimes.
Friday, May 17 2013 2:59 PM EDT2013-05-17 18:59:20 GMT
A 15-year-old boy was killed in a shooting Thursday night in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, authorities said. The shooting happened about 9 p.m. in the 8600 block of South Ashland Avenue, according to
A 15-year-old boy was killed in a shooting Thursday night in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, authorities said.
Friday, May 17 2013 2:44 PM EDT2013-05-17 18:44:24 GMT
Police in northwest suburban Park Ridge say a 63-year-old Chicago man conducted a fictitious business that defrauded people in at least four states and they are now looking for additional victims.
Police in northwest suburban Park Ridge say a 63-year-old Chicago man conducted a fictitious business that defrauded people in at least four states and they are now looking for additional victims.
Friday, May 17 2013 12:51 PM EDT2013-05-17 16:51:42 GMT
Police are warning businesses in the River North area of a spate of burglaries, mainly at night, over the past couple weeks, including one night this week when businesses were targeted.
Police are warning businesses in the River North area of a spate of burglaries, mainly at night, over the past couple weeks, including one night this week when businesses were targeted.
Thursday, May 16 2013 11:07 PM EDT2013-05-17 03:07:26 GMT
An elderly woman was the latest victim of a Mag Mile robbery when a group of men stole some very expensive jewelry and cash.
An elderly woman was the latest victim of a Mag Mile robbery when a group of men stole some very expensive jewelry and cash.
CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) -
A man who shot his unarmed ex-wife six times, then claimed the 2010 killing was self-defense, was sentenced Tuesday to 60 years in prison, the Sun-Times is reporting.
The sentenced imposed on 51-year-old Jerry Hudson by DuPage County Judge Daniel Guerin will keep the Bolingbrook man behind bars until he is 109 years old.
Hudson was convicted earlier this year of murdering his former wife, 45-year-old Melissa Bridgewater, as she sat in her car outside an Oak Brook hotel on Jan. 1, 2010.
A jury in February rejected Hudson's claim that he acted in self-defense when he shot his unarmed ex-wife six times.
Hudson admitted gunning down Bridgewater as she sat in her car outside an Oak Brook hotel, but told jurors he fired because he thought she was grabbing for a gun as they argued. She had threatened him in a phone call an hour before the shooting at 6:20 a.m., Hudson testified.
Prosecutors ripped those claims, contending an enraged Hudson coolly ambushed his former wife as she left the hotel after celebrating New Year's Eve with a new boyfriend.
No gun was found in her silver Acura.
A letter written three days before the shooting clearly showed Hudson wanted his former wife dead, prosecutors argued. Hudson wrote that Bridgewater "stole my manhood, so I'm taking her with me," Assistant State's Attorney Mary Cronin said, quoting the letter.
