-
-
-
Loading
Loading
The scrap metal business seeks the same type of operating permit that was denied to the relocated General Iron on the Southeast Side.
A lawsuit accuses the company that operates the Skyway of overcharging users by anywhere from 10 cents to $1.20 per trip. The overcharges allegedly tallied about $3 million over the five-year period ending in March.
Chicago firefighters responded to a call of a fire Wednesday at an auto body and battery shop about 6 p.m. The fire was out by 8 p.m., officials said. Flames spread to a neighboring building. No one was hurt.
Everything at the business — Commercial Pallet, 2029 W. Hubbard St., including inventory, machinery, equipment, vehicles — was 'a total loss,' in the fire, the owner's daughter said. Fire crews were rotated in and out to protect them from heat exhaustion.