Dibs
Photographer: Warm Winter Has Meant No ‘Parking Dibs’ Items
Photographer Amy Loeffler has seen some pretty crazy things on the streets of Chicago during the depths of winter.
City Begins Clearing ‘Dibs’ Markers
With most of the snow melted, city sanitation workers began junking the pieces of furniture people used to hold their curbside parking spaces.
City: No More Dibs On Parking
If you’re still using an old folding chair or some empty crates to save the parking spot you dug out during last week’s blizzard, get rid of it soon, or the city will.
Blizzard Apparently Keeping Crooks Off Streets
If there was one bright spot to having 20 inches of snow dumped on the city in less than 24 hours earlier this week, it apparently helped keep the city’s crooks off the streets for a while.
Man Hopes To Declare ‘Chair-Free’ Zones In Chicago
It’s a Chicago tradition. Dig out a snowy parking space and ‘reserve’ it with a chair. Now, one man is encouraging neighbors to declare a ‘Chair Free Zone’.
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- Lightning Strikes Damage Two Homes OvernightAt least two homes in the Chicago area were struck by lightning overnight as heavy thunderstorms plowed through the region.198
- Police Seek Help Identifying Female Homicide VictimPolice are asking for help to identify the body of woman or teen girl found strangled and badly burned in a Northwest Side Avondale neighborhood Dumpster Sunday night.137
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