Chicago News Stories for Feb 04 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

• D-Day looms for illegal dump
  Illinois EPA prepares for final cleanup of embattled site
  
  For once, the sound of construction trucks is music to the ears of Lake Barrington residents who have complained for decades about a sprawling, illegal dump that is now undergoing a final cleanup by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
• Child critically hurt during North Side fire
  A 3-year-old was critically injured during a kitchen fire tonight that also left four adults hospitalized in the Sheffield Neighbors neighborhood on the North Side.
• Fisherman reported lost in McHenry County’s Pistakee Lake
  Emergency crews searched a body of water near northwest suburban Johnsburg following of report of a fisherman falling into a lake tonight.
• City settles over rogue cops’ shakedown
  $700,000 to go to South Side family menaced by police
  
  The city of Chicago has agreed to pay a South Side family $700,000 to settle a 2006 lawsuit that alleged a group of rogue police officers extorted thousands of dollars during a series of armed raids at the family’s home, according to the family’s attorney.
• Teen shooter sentenced to 20 years
  Paralyzed victim says he had ‘no choice’ but to forgive attacker
  
  Ondelee Perteet was just 14 when he woke up in a hospital bed with a bullet wound to his spine, his limp body hooked up to machines as his family stood over him and wept.
• A belated reward for Riley Fox murder lead
  After investigation, Fox family pays tipster
  
  More than a year after his daughter’s killer pleaded guilty, Kevin Fox has changed his mind and paid an FBI tipster whose information eventually led to convicted rapist Scott Eby’s murder conviction, Fox’s attorney announced Friday.

• CPS Spends Millions on Unused Sick Days
  
  A new report shows Chicago Public Schools spends millions every year on employees’ unused vacation and sick days, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants it to stop. Data obtained by the Better Government Association…
  
  
• Woman Charged With Driving School Bus Drunk
  
  Kolleen Lampa’s BAC at one point registered at .139 percent, police report says.
  
  
• Flames Beat Blackhawks
  
  Calgary 3, Chicago 1
  
  
• Five Injured in North Side Fire
  
  Five people hospitalized after smokey fire near Ashland and Clybourn.
  
  
• "Rosie" Cuts Staff, Moves to Smaller Studio
  
  Nearly five months after launch, Rosie O’Donnell’s Chicago-based talk show has shifted gears in an effort to boost eyeballs.
  
  
• Concept Cars at the Auto Show
  
  Electric vehicles are playing a big part at this year’s Chicago Auto Show.
  
  

• Wolves Skate Past IceHogs, 4-2
  The Chicago Wolves surrendered the game’s first goal, but rattled off four straight markers en route to a 4-2 Illinois Lottery Cup victory over the Rockford IceHogs Friday night at the Allstate Arena.
• Cleveland State Rocks Loyola Of Chicago 65-47
  Jeremy Montgomery scored 16 points and Cleveland State shot 68 percent Friday night in a 65-47 victory over Loyola of Chicago.
• Your Chicago: PianoForte
  Thomas Zoells’ passion for piano is obvious. From the carefully collected keepsakes of famous composers to the impressive three-story showroom of the world’s best pianos, this is a man in the midst of his passion.
• How To Help Your Skin Fend Off The Harshness Of Winter
  In winter, low humidity outdoors combined with dry indoor heat robs skin of moisture. CBS 2′s Mary Kay Kleist offers some tips to beat the season.
• High-Rise Eyesores Have Residents Seeing Red
  The staggering economy has created scores of abandoned commercial housing developments across Chicago. Should they be torn down when years go by and they become eyesores?
• Someone You Should Know: Barber Instructor To Inmates
  Although Larry Roberts doesn’t profit from the jail house barber college, he’s happy that those who become his students do. CBS 2′s Harry Porterfield reports.

• Listless Hawks lose fifth straight
  Mostly listless once more against a team below them in the standings, the Hawks’ losing streak reached five games Friday night with a 3-1 loss to the Calgary Flames at the Saddledome. “We’ll find a way out of it and things will start looking better for us soon,” Jonathan Toews told reporters.
• WildStang robotics team gets White House honor
  A senior from Rolling Meadows High School will be cutting class on Tuesday, but with good reason — he’ll be in Washington D.C. meeting President Barack Obama. Harrison Drake and his teacher, Mark Koch, will represent the District 214 robotics team at the annual White House Science Fair.
• Madelyn is Facebook’s pick for Crystal Lake baby
  Madelyn Meske was born on Tuesday after more than 4,200 people from all over the world had a say in the choice of her name. Her parents, Dave and Lindsey Meske of Crystal Lake, started an open Facebook poll in September so people could cast their vote for their favorite among four choices: Madelyn, Emily, Addilyne and McKenna.
• Stevenson drug investigation could end next week, officials say
  An investigation into possible drug sales at Stevenson High School could conclude next week, a spokesman said Friday. While not divulging how many students have faced campus disciplinary measures as a result of the investigation, Stevenson spokesman Jim Conrey said most of the students being disciplined in the matter already have served their unspecified punishments.
• Hanover Park man denied bond in 2001 death
  A former Hanover Park man who authorities say fled to Mexico after drowning another man 10 years ago was ordered held without bail Friday. Jose Camacho, 43, is charged with first degree murder in the May 2001 death of Flavio Venancio.Camacho was extradited from Mexico Thursday.

• Wolves Skate Past IceHogs, 4-2
  The Chicago Wolves surrendered the game’s first goal, but rattled off four straight markers en route to a 4-2 Illinois Lottery Cup victory over the Rockford IceHogs Friday night at the Allstate Arena.
• Cleveland State Rocks Loyola Of Chicago 65-47
  Jeremy Montgomery scored 16 points and Cleveland State shot 68 percent Friday night in a 65-47 victory over Loyola of Chicago.
• Your Chicago: PianoForte
  Thomas Zoells’ passion for piano is obvious. From the carefully collected keepsakes of famous composers to the impressive three-story showroom of the world’s best pianos, this is a man in the midst of his passion.
• How To Help Your Skin Fend Off The Harshness Of Winter
  In winter, low humidity outdoors combined with dry indoor heat robs skin of moisture. CBS 2′s Mary Kay Kleist offers some tips to beat the season.
• High-Rise Eyesores Have Residents Seeing Red
  The staggering economy has created scores of abandoned commercial housing developments across Chicago. Should they be torn down when years go by and they become eyesores?
• Someone You Should Know: Barber Instructor To Inmates
  Although Larry Roberts doesn’t profit from the jail house barber college, he’s happy that those who become his students do. CBS 2′s Harry Porterfield reports.