Hate-crime suspect freed on personal bond

A North Chicago man who allegedly tried to incite a crowd after anauto accident that killed a boy last month in Zion was released fromLake County Jail Monday on a personal recognizance bond. KevinHowell, 26, was arrested July 28 on a charge of hate crime, afelony, after James Moses, 4, was run over by a pickup truck. Policesaid Howell called the driver of the truck a "skinhead" and accusedhim of running over the child because he was black. Howell alsokicked in the door of the driver's truck, police said. AllenFuesting, 17, of Zion, the truck's driver, was not ticketed in theincident, which was ruled accidental by the Lake County state'sattorney's office. Howell is scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 22 inLake County Circuit Court in Waukegan. Harbors to get new boat slips Work will begin next month to replace outdated boat slips inChicago's public harbors. Over the next three years, the ChicagoPark District hopes to add 350 new slips at its eight marinas andharbors. The $33.6 million project will be subsidized by increasedboater fees, said Scott Stevenson, vice president of Westrec, theprivate management company hired last December by the Park District. The average increase will be 10 percent, so the average price perfoot of floating dock will go from $50 to $55, Stevenson said. Thehigher fees are expected to add about $1 million to the $6 millionin current annual fees. Rail damage stalls CTA Red Line Riders on the southbound CTA Howard; Dan Ryan Red Line were sent ona detour Monday morning because of a damaged rail near the North;Clybourn subway station, agency officials said. Service wasdisrupted from 11 a.m. to 12:55 p.m. while the rail was replaced.Red Line trains were rerouted onto the Ravenswood Brown Line tracksinto the Loop, then onto Orange Line.