Chicago's Alternative News

Four people have been killed by gun violence in Chicago since the start of the month on Friday.  42-year-old Curley Harvey was confirmed dead on December 1st in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.  There have been 636 shootings deaths in Chicago this year.   Authorities investigate a bomb threat at the Illinois State Capitol.  Police evacuated the building after the bomb threat was phoned in around 2:30 Monday afternoon.  Investigators did not find anything and the building was opened again a few hours later.   A man dies in a single vehicle crash in Aurora over the weekend.  Officers responded to the West Indian Trail and Deerpath Road around 10:30 Saturday night.  They found 22-year-old Brian Dorantes after he’d been partially ejected from the car after hitting two trees.  He died at the scene.