state representative derrick smith has been convicted of taking a payoff. and with the conviction, smith automatically loses his house seat. the f-b-i set up a sting, in which a man claiming to represent a daycare operator asked for a letter of recommendation from smith, so the operator could get a state grant. a week after smith wrote the letter, he was recorded receiving 7 thousand dollars in cash. >> take care of people and serve them. that's what i was doing. serving the people. >> of chicago is a difficult town to overcome the presumption that all public officials are doing something wrong. >> i think here in the crime as occurs as it develops, i think that's persuasive. >> he could get 30 years in prison. >> federal agents raided 19 charter schools run by a company headquartered in des plaines. the f-b-i says it's investigating "concept schools" in connection with an ongoing white collar crime. the department of education and f-c-c were also involved in the raids last wednesday. concept has three schools in chicago and one in peoria, as well as schools

i'm derrick smith and i'm with the tobacco free committee and it's apart of your promotion branch. i'm here with the health department itself, but i'm here with our colleagues who are the community partners. can we ask the public that is in conversation to try to vacate the room so we can hear the next presentation, thank you. >> thank you. so we're here with partners. here's jessica and nguyen who has been leading projects and ali who is a staffer in san francisco. speaker: we're here today just to give you a little brief update. particularly about local legislation related to e-cigarettes. have you been on this since introducing a legislation. e-cigarettes matter and they fit into a fixture on smoking and health. i would like to tell you about projected. we partnered these people. they're local leaders and they're the people who move the city forward as far as making services a health a place. we provide resources and data and that sort of thing. our paradigm has been to address tobacco use so it's changing the world and changing san francisco one item at a time. i'm sure you've

a federal jury heard more recorded conversations in which former state representative derrick smith is said to have taken a payoff. smith is charged with bribery and extortion, for pursuing a kickback from a daycare center that, he was told, wanted his help in getting a state grant. in one conversation, smith appears to insist that the kickback be paid in cash. in another, an f-b-i informant actually counts out the money. >>prosecutors say smith took the bribe, just days before a primary election, because he was desperate for money to fund his campaign and pay his campaign workers. smith's lawyers claim, the f-b- i informant's testimony is not credible. the trial continues later this morning. the carried school board will close schools due to budget cuts. facing more than $27 million deficit. struggling for buildings and making retirement payments and paying bills. the teachers' union blames the growing number of charter schools. >> the mayor wants the comedian jimmy fallon come to chicago again. he made this offer is chicago agrees to read $2.4 million he would come back and take the

prosecutors have started presenting secretly recorded conversations in which state representative derrick smith allegedly schemed to take a 7-thousand dollar bribe from a day care center operator. smith's defense argues, he was entrapped. more recordings are expected to be played today when the trial continues. chicago police are searching for a man who sexually assaulted a woman inside a bar in wrigleyville. officials are not naming the bar, but it happened on clark south of addison. the incident was reported by the victim early sunday. police only have a vague description of her attacker. the coast guard plans to question the only survivor of a boating accident on lake michigan. the man was pulled from the water sunday morning, after the boat capsized on a trip from new buffalo, michigan, to burnham harbor. 26-year-old ashley haws died after going overboard. the boat's owner and a woman in her 20's are missing and presumed dead. a father from cary is talking publicly about the freak accident that killed his ten- year-old daughter during a camping trip last weekend. allison spahr died early su

deliberations will resume today in the federal bribery trial of state representative derrick smith. jurors deliberated for two hours after hearing closing arguments yesterday. smith is accused of accepting a 7-thousand dollar bribe from a day care center seeking a state grant. the developer planning to build on the former children's memorial hospital site says he will wait to learn the outcome of a lawsuit that was filed yesterday, before breaking ground. dan mc-caffery told the sun- times the 350-million dollar project can wait. two community groups are suing to overturn a zoning change approved by the city council. they say the project is dramatically inconsistent with the height and scale of the neighborhood, and it will diminish property values. the cubs say they will continue to offer free parking at a remote lot on chicago's northwest side, as they seek a special permit from the city's zoning board later this month. the team has requested a special-use permit to operate the free parking lot in the 39- hundred block of north rockwell street. the cubs have been offering parking