Lightfoot's Armed Stalker / 'Sloot and Allie' / Blago Campout

An armed man charged with stalking Mayor Lori Lightfoot was ticked off about parking tickets.

Joseph Igartua was held without bond on felony charges that included firing five shots near the mayor's Logan Square home, which he drove past 15 times in the last month.

Chicago Man Held Without Bond, Charged With Stalking Lightfoot

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• "Sloot and Allie" are staying in "Sky Town." The WNBA Champion Chicago Sky re-signed veteran guards Courtney Vandersloot and Allie Quigley. Quigley will begin her 10th season with the Sky and returns as the franchise's all-time leading scorer. (Patch)
• Blago went camping in a snowstorm for a good cause. Illinois' felonious former governor Rod Blagojevich joined the Rev. Cory Brooks for a snowy sleep on a rooftop Thursday to promote the activist's 100-day campout against violence. (FOX32)
• "When you are a person of color in this city, you are targeted because of the color of your skin," Ald. Leslie Hairston said during a heated debate about a proposed $1.7 million police civil rights lawsuit settlement. (Patch)
• Reporter Dave McKinney broke the news that a subsidiary of AT&T led by a former top aide to ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan could face a criminal charge as part of the federal government's massive public corruption probe. (WBEZ)

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