Chicago News Stories for Apr 02 2012

Hot off the presses go 2 Chicago brings you the latest breaking Chicago News Stories to hit the internet. We make a point of updating today’s headlines at least twice a day so make sure to check back for all your Chicago News Headlines

• Cops stop suspected wrong-way driver on Edens Expressway
  Authorities this morning stopped a motorist who reportedly drove a mile in the wrong direction on the Edens Expressway.
• Murder convict charged in West Woodlawn triple slaying
  A man who finished serving a sentence for murder four months ago has been charged with a triple-slaying last week that left a South Side home strewn with bullet-riddled bodies.
• Tribune Co. stations go dark Sunday for millions of DirecTV subscribers
  DirecTV subscribers in 19 U.S. markets saw all Tribune Co. television stations go dark Sunday as a contract expired and a battle over retransmission fees hit home.
• Cops: Man found on Near West Side won’t communicate
  Chicago police detectives are trying to locate anyone who knows a man who turned up on the Near West Side today.
• Driver killed in fiery Warrenville accident involving broken gas line
  The driver of a vehicle that crashed into a gas line and burst into flames died early today in west suburban Warrenville, authorities said.
• Bus-on-shoulder success prompts Pace to increase service
  Agency announces schedule adjustments, extra service to reduce crowding
  
  Express buses that use the shoulders of the Stevenson Expressway to avoid snarled traffic have become so popular and overcrowded that Pace plans to add service on the route starting April 9, officials said.

• Chicago Ends Hottest March of All Time
  
  Last month blew away a 100-year-old record for Chicago’s warmest March ever.
  
  Photo Credit: NBCChicago.com
  
  
• Chicago Teachers Take Mock Strike Vote
  
  Chicago Public Schools may have won the first round of negotiations with teachers, but the teachers are ready to strike back, literally.
  
  Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
  
• March to Stop Immigration Detention Center
  
  Immigration activists in the Chicago area wrap up a three-day march Sunday.
  
  
• 9 Shot, 1 Dead in Violent Night
  
  A nightclub shooting that hurt four people highlights a night of gunfire around Chicago.
  
  Photo Credit: Kirk Weddle
  
  
• Lucky Lottery Winner
  
  NBC5 Michelle Relerford reports on Friday’s Mega Millions winners and how the win has not slowed down sales.
  
  
• City Launches LGBT Community Action Plan
  
  The Chicago Department of Public Health announced the launch of a new community action plan to improve overall health of Chicago’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Saturday.
  
  Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
  

• Jade Dragon: The World’s Largest Tattoo Parlor
  At 5331 W. Belmont Ave. in the Belmont-Cragin neighborhood, a Chicago landmark has a history as colorful as its exterior.
• Religious Leaders To March Against Youth Violence
  Palm Sunday marked the beginning of Holy Week on the Christian calendar, and now, political and religious leaders are using the sacred message to combat youth violence by holding a march.
• Elgin Neighbors Fall Victim To Identity Theft
  Three Elgin residents on the same street have recently fallen victim to identity theft. CBS 2′s Dana Kozlov reports on what may be behind the crimes.
• Pick-A-Side: April Fools Week – Which Is Your Favorite Meme?
  
• Nominate A Charity That Popchips & Matt Forte Will Support
  Hungry for change? So is Popchips. They’ve teamed up with Matt Forte to help the community out. Matt will be chipping in by donating his time to a local Chicago cause. Click here to nominate a charity that Matt will support! Popchips – the perfect game day snack. Never baked. Never fried. Always delicious. Think popped!
• Woman Charged With Posing As Cop To Scam Immigrants
  Those in the Little Village neighborhood describe it as a form of terror: the looming threat of deportation. That may in part explain how a woman got away with impersonating an officer.

• Weekend in Review: Swift wins AMC, Elgin woman on TV
  What you may have missed over the weekend: $250,000 Mega Millions tickets sold in Aurora, Streamwood; 1940 census data released today; radioactive cleanup starts near Naperville; Zion suing Fielders for rent; record-setting March temperatures; Elgin woman competes on “Jeopardy!”; Blackhawks clinch playoff berth; Bulls lose to Thunder; Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert win big at ACMs.
• Help for Kirk growing on both sides of the aisle
  It was evident by the string of congratulatory Election Night calls he placed to primary victors that U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk is eager to get back to the business of politics. A growing list suggests that the Highland Park Republican’s peers feel the same way and are doing what they can to bolster the spirits and ease the workload of his office as Kirk recovers from a January stroke and subsequent brain surgery.
• Palatine senator pushes tough rules for toll hikes
  Credit state Sen. Matt Murphy for the Don Quixote bill of the year. The Palatine Republican’s bill requiring eight directors on the 11-member Illinois tollway board to approve future rate hikes sailed through the Senate. And Murphy expects easy passage in the House.
• What construction projects will create traffic jams?
  Everyone hates gridlock. Everyone wants roads in good repair. But Congress somehow can’t get its act together on passing a long-term transportation funding bill. Here’s the latest on the legislative soap opera plus all you need to know about the 2012 construction season in the suburbs.
• Some suburbs take second look at video gambling
  Kane County and Winfield may have been among the first to repeal bans on video gambling, but they likely won’t be the last. A sampling of area communities with bans shows at least some have an interest in revisiting the issue once the state begins handing out licenses later this year. “We’re waiting for the state to get its act together on that,” Roselle Mayor Gayle Smolinski said.

• Jade Dragon: The World’s Largest Tattoo Parlor
  At 5331 W. Belmont Ave. in the Belmont-Cragin neighborhood, a Chicago landmark has a history as colorful as its exterior.
• Religious Leaders To March Against Youth Violence
  Palm Sunday marked the beginning of Holy Week on the Christian calendar, and now, political and religious leaders are using the sacred message to combat youth violence by holding a march.
• Elgin Neighbors Fall Victim To Identity Theft
  Three Elgin residents on the same street have recently fallen victim to identity theft. CBS 2′s Dana Kozlov reports on what may be behind the crimes.
• Pick-A-Side: April Fools Week – Which Is Your Favorite Meme?
  
• Nominate A Charity That Popchips & Matt Forte Will Support
  Hungry for change? So is Popchips. They’ve teamed up with Matt Forte to help the community out. Matt will be chipping in by donating his time to a local Chicago cause. Click here to nominate a charity that Matt will support! Popchips – the perfect game day snack. Never baked. Never fried. Always delicious. Think popped!
• Woman Charged With Posing As Cop To Scam Immigrants
  Those in the Little Village neighborhood describe it as a form of terror: the looming threat of deportation. That may in part explain how a woman got away with impersonating an officer.