The Daily Herald reports: A Hanover Park man has been charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, according to Kane County court documents. Get the full story: dailyherald.com

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Tribune sports reporters name what they’re most looking forward to seeing in 2011. Plus, we round up the best, worst and most notable of the year: Best games, worst games, best decisions, worst decisions, unsung MVPs, heralded MVPs, best quotes, most eccentric and most powerful. chicagotribune.com – News

A man was found shot multiple times in the Belmont Central neighborhood on the Northwest Side late Thursday, police said. At 10:43 p.m., police found a man with gunshot wounds to his neck and chest near the intersection of North Central and West Diversey Avenues, said police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro

The casket of firefighter Corey Dewayne Ankum is escorted from the Apostolic Church of God at 6320 S. Dorchester in Chicago after his funeral.  (Alex Garcia/ Chicago Tribune) Approximately 3,000 family, friends and fellow firefighters packed the inside of Apostolic Church of God on the city’s South Side as firefighter Corey Ankum was laid to rest. In a stirring two-hour service that featured emotional tributes from Mayor Richard Daley and Chicago Fire Chief Thomas Hoff, Ankum was remembered as a dedicated family man and an honorable public servant.

Two days after an emotional funeral for a Chicago firefighter killed in the line of duty last week, firefighters were to assemble for another one this morning. Corey Ankum was the second of two firefighters who died after a roof collapsed Dec. 22 in an abandoned South Side laundry

Repairs to be paid by $ 10 million grant go unfinishedHundreds of homeowners flooded in 2008 were supposed to be helped by a $ 10 million federal grant administered by Cook County. But there’s no more money available, and many are stuck with half-finished repairs. chicagotribune.com – News

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Chicago police were looking for a man suspected in the sexual assaults of two women this month on the Far South Side . On Monday, a 26-year-old woman was walking near 118th Street and Racine Avenue when a man grabbed her from behind, placed a gun to her head and forced her to walk through an alley near 117th and Throop streets, police said this afternoon.

A Chicago teenager was charged tonight in the slaying of Chicago Police Officer David Blake, who was shot and killed last month in his SUV on the Southwest Side, authorities said. A charge of first-degree murder was approved tonight against Bernard Williams, 18, the Cook County state’s attorney’s office said. Blake was off-duty when he [...]

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As we take stock of 2010, the Tribune shares some of its best photographic moments from the year. Sorrow, joy, beauty and nature’s fury are all represented as Tribune photographers mix journalistic expertise and an artistic command of light, composition and style. chicagotribune.com – News

An 18-year-old man was shot in the head this morning while he was standing inside of a business on the  South Side in the city’s Englewood neighborhood.  The shooting happened about 12:30 a.m. on the 6600 block of South Halsted Street, said Police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer.

Two men were charged in connection with the armed robberies of two Bakers Square restaurants, including one that was held up Sunday night on the Far North Side , according to Chicago police. Eugene Wright, 37, of the 6300 block of South Sangamon Street, and Michael Morgan, 27, of the 10600 block of South Racine Avenue, were each charged with felony armed robbery in the holdups, police said. Bail was set at $400,000 each for Wright and Morgan when they appeared for their bond hearing on the charges today before Cook County Criminal Court Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil.

A Harvey man who was found shot Monday night at his south suburban home has died from his injuries, officials said. Dennis Billings Jr., 31, of the 14600 block of Lexington Avenue, was pronounced dead at 8:25 p.m.

A law student in Washington, D.C., home for the holidays, died Monday after he accidentally fell two stories at the Union League Club where he and his father had gone for Christmas Eve dinner. Eric Fatla, 26, a first-year evening law student at George Washington University who grew up in southwest suburban Frankfort, was pronounced [...]

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A blizzard blanketing the East Coast this weekend has left thousands of fliers stranded at various airports across the country, including some at O’Hare International and Midway airports this morning. As of 7:35 a.m., 130 flights at O’Hare had been canceled due to the East Coast weather, according to the Chicago Department of Aviation. At [...]

North-south rehab will be more focused than east-west reconstructionPicking up where the last Wacker project left off eight years ago, work will begin in one week to rebuild the 55-year-old section of Upper and Lower Wacker from Randolph to Monroe streets. chicagotribune.com – News