Daywatch: The search for a new head of Chicago police
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Remember “The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vaults?”
Today marks the anniversary of the live TV special hosted by Geraldo Rivera in 1986. Three out of every four televisions in the Chicago area watched the excavation team blast through concrete walls and delved through piles of debris during the two-hour broadcast from the depths of the former Lexington Hotel at Michigan Avenue and Cermak Road on the city’s Near South Side.
A few empty bottles and a sign were the only tangible effects found in the space during the show. The production — and its presenter — instantly became a punchline.
Who thought it was a good idea? For answers, we searched our archives and spoke with those involved.
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Commission aiding in police superintendent search will weigh candidate plans for controlling youth gatherings
The Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, now holding public forums to gather input on helping Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson select a new Chicago police superintendent, will consider ideas for managing large gatherings of youths downtown as it sifts through prospective replacements for the department’s boss.
Anthony Driver Jr., president of the commission, said that strategies for crowd control, as well as “how to deal with youth and youth incidents,” are among the commission’s search criteria going forward as the group prepares to hand the incoming mayor a shortlist of names.
Second of two ‘cartel wives’ married to twins who cooperated against El Chapo pleads guilty to money laundering
The wife of a Chicago drug trafficker who cooperated against Sinaloa boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman pleaded guilty Thursday, the second of two “cartel wives” accused of laundering millions of their twin husbands’ drug proceeds over a 12-year period.
According to the indictment, she and her sister-in-law spent much of the money on private school tuition for their children, international and domestic travel, rent and child support.
Are you there God? It’s me, Dwight. ‘Soul Boom’ is Rainn Wilson’s new book about spirituality.
Rainn Wilson, former son of Wilmette and security guard at the Baha’i House of Worship on Sheridan Road, New Trier High School graduate, best known as Dwight Schrute on “The Office,” can bet what you’re thinking. He can see the eye rolls from California.
He begins his new book expecting some skepticism: Why, in the name of Scranton, should you read a book by Rainn Wilson on the importance of spirituality in contemporary life?
Chicago Blackhawks have several roster decisions to make this offseason. Here’s a player-by-player look.
The Chicago Blackhawks finished third from the bottom of the NHL yet somehow still exceeded expectations, writes Phil Thompson.
The Hawks have some decisions to make over the summer as they continue building. Here’s a look.
Meet ‘Air’ screenwriter Alex Convery, the pride of Western Springs
Many famous hands collaborated on director Ben Affleck’s “Air,” now in theaters. “Argo” style, with shoes instead of hostages, it sells a rousing, semi-fictionalized version of events surrounding the invention of Nike’s Air Jordan shoe line; the gumption of Nike marketing executive Sonny Vaccaro (portrayed by Matt Damon), among others, in securing Michael Jordan for an unprecedented sponsorship deal; and the backstory of how a “film nerd” (his phrase) from Chicago’s western suburbs grew up to be Alex Convery.
