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November 23, 2009 11:20 AM The Philadelphia Daily News reports: Chicago boxer Francisco Rodriguez died Sunday night in Philadelphia after being removed from life support, according to his older brother and manager, Alex.
Tags: Chicago Golden Gloves, Alex. Rodriguez, Francisco Rodriguez, chicago boxer, Illinois, Human Interest
Wait wait … I'm semi-retiring Carl Kasell, a National Public Radio newscaster for 34 years who did the first newscast for the first edition of its "Morning Edition" program in 1979, is relinquishing that role (and its requisite 1:05 a.m. wake-up call).
Tags: Carl Kasell Escapes NPR, Illinois, National Public Radio, Tipster, Carl Kasell, Wait Wait¬タᆭ Don't Tell Me!, Verlyn Klinkenborg, Morning Edition, Chicago Public Radio, Entertainment Culture
Metro-east attorney John Kujawski is wrapping up his tenure serving on the board that regulates Illinois attorneys. He recently sat down with business reporter Will Buss and reflected on the time he has served and the impact the board has left on the...
Tags: John Kujawski Job, Illinois, ARDC, Springfield, USA PATRIOT Act, Dismissal of United States Attorneys controversy, Lawyers, Legal ethics, Solicitors, Law Crime
I am a supporter of the church and the neighborhood though I live far west of there. My husband and I can't afford to buy in that neighborhood but are lucky to be welcomed by many who live there. Like most city neighborhoods the area is actually quite...
Tags: hate crime, having volunteering, Mr. Warren, Illinois, Social Issues, Human Interest
The dead body of a man was pulled out of Monroe Harbor in Lake Michigan this morning, a fire department spokesman said. A morning jogger spotted the body floating in the water about 6:10 a.m., said Fire Department spokesman Quention Curtis. Department...
Tags: Lake Michigan, Illinois, Buckingham Fountain, Michigan, Law Crime
A man who was shot in the abdomen in the West Side 's West Humboldt Park neighborhood drove himself to a downtown hospital this evening, police said...West Division Street, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Ronald Gaines.
Tags: Ronald Gaines, Illinois
The person was hit by the Empire Builder train about 2:45 p.m. along railroad tracks near Dundee Road in Northbrook , said Cliff Cole, a spokesman for Amtrak...Details about the victim's identity were not immediately available. The train travels along...
Tags: Amtrak, Cliff Cole, amtrak train, Illinois, Open Travel Alliance, Empire Builder, Northbrook, Disaster Accident, Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, Electrification
A 29-year-old woman from Chicago 's Northwest Side has been accused of repeatedly physically and sexually abusing her daughter over the course of three years, police said today. Maria Flores, of the 2300 block of North Meade Avenue, has been charged...
Tags: Maria Flores, Illinois, Assault, Marlowe, Battery, Crimes, Violence, Aggravated battery, Social Issues, Law Crime
The Cook County medical examiner's office says it needs time to identify what Cook County Forest Preserve police are calling decomposed human remains found in a Niles forest preserve. A forest preserve maintenance crew found the skeletal remains in a...
Tags: Cook County Forest Preserve, Illinois, Forest Preserve, Mayberry, Cook County Illinois, Environment, Autopsy, Law Crime
Director Marc Miller and Pike County Farm Bureau President Terry Rush at Blue River Farm near Pittsfield, according to a press release from the governor's office. Tens of thousands of deer hunters were in the field in West-Central Illinois and throughout...
Tags: Pat Quinn, outdoor recreation, West-Central Illinois, deer season, Pittsfield, Deer, Illinois, Illinois state parks, Hunting