Ricky Collins and Eric Wiley Jr. of Public Works install the VFW Post 311’s community service award sign on Sauk Trail. Photo courtesy of Larry Gobel (Director of Public Works)

Ricky Collins and Eric Wiley Jr. of Public Works install the VFW Post 311’s community service award sign on Sauk Trail. Photo courtesy of Larry …

Published on October 2, 2013
L-R back row, Community activists Otis Porter, Meldan Langford and Miguel Bonilla were on hand to serve centenarians who were honored Friday during an event held at the Wheeler House Senior Apartments, 1450 W. 69th St. Pictured front row L-R Community Activist Webb Evans, who turns 100 in Oct.; Aimlee Cruikshank, 109; and Aileen Reed, 103.

L-R back row, Community activists Otis Porter, Meldan Langford and Miguel Bonilla were on hand to serve centenarians who were honored Friday during an event …

Published on October 2, 2013
Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA) elevated structure at Wabash - Washington will soon be transformed into what’s being called “a gateway for Millennium Park and the Loop.”

Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA) elevated structure at Wabash - Washington will soon be transformed into what’s being called “a gateway for Millennium Park and the …

Published on October 2, 2013
Members of the US Park Service close the Lincoln memorial on the National Mall October 1, 2013 in Washington, DC.The United States lurched into a dreaded government shutdown today for the first time in 17 years, after Congress failed to end a bitter budget row after hours of dizzying brinkmanship. AFP PHOTO / Brendan SMIALOWSKIBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images

Members of the US Park Service close the Lincoln memorial on the National Mall October 1, 2013 in Washington, DC.The United States lurched into a …

Published on October 2, 2013
Former Cook County Commissioner William Beavers was sentenced to a six-month prison term following a March tax evasion conviction.

Former Cook County Commissioner William Beavers was sentenced to a six-month prison term following a March tax evasion conviction.

Published on October 2, 2013