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Injured Cicero firefighter struggles with pain and finances

By Admin on March 11, 2010

Man severely hurt in fire that killed 7 must also deal with caring for daughter with Sandhoff disease

Man severely hurt in fire that killed 7 must also deal with caring for daughter with Sandhoff disease.

School bus driver charged with DUI while driving children

By Admin on March 11, 2010

Blood-alcohol level was nearly 3 times over the legal limit, authorities say

A Mount Prospect school bus driver who smelled of alcohol to a co-worker managed to drop off 50 children before she was arrested Tuesday for being nearly three times over the legal limit for alcohol, police said.

Injured Cicero firefighter struggles with pain, finances

By Admin on March 11, 2010

Man severely hurt in fire that killed 7 must also deal with caring for daughter with Sandhoff disease

Dozens of bricks toppled on Shawn Ahrens’ head and battered him until he was unconscious and buried alive while fighting the Valentine’s Day fire raging in a Cicero house.

Prosecutors allege developer bribed alderman

By Admin on March 11, 2010

Trial opens for man accused of paying off Carothers

Faced with a languishing property that was being used as an illegal dumpsite, developer Calvin Boender did what he thought he had to do to get the 50-acre property rezoned: He bribed a Chicago alderman, prosecutors alleged Wednesday.

Crash survivor struggles with loss of best friend

By Admin on March 11, 2010

The father of a 17-year-old Joliet girl who survived a fatal collision in New Lenox this week said his daughter is struggling to heal from losing her best friend while overcoming injuries from the accident.

Young immigrants declare illegal status

By Admin on March 11, 2010

Overcoming their fear of deportation, a group of college-age immigrants publicly admitted their undocumented status at a rally at the Federal Plaza on Wednesday in hopes of putting a face on the need for comprehensive immigration reform.

Senate candidate Kirk shows his tax returns

By Admin on March 11, 2010

GOP Senate nominee made more than $232,000 in 2008 according to joint filing

Republican Senate nominee Mark Kirk and his now ex-wife made more than $232,000 in 2008 — the most since he became a congressman, according to 10 years worth of tax returns his campaign made available Wednesday.

Daley backs Turner for lieutenant governor

By Admin on March 11, 2010

Mayor says Democratic primary’s second-place finisher should fill spot vacated by Cohen

Mayor Richard Daley on Wednesday threw his support behind state Rep. Art Turner for the Democratic lieutenant governor nomination vacated by troubled Chicago pawnbroker Scott Lee Cohen.

Daley’s choice for lieutenant governor

By Admin on March 11, 2010

Mayor says Democratic primary’s second-place finisher should fill spot vacated by Cohen

Mayor Richard Daley on Wednesday threw his support behind state Rep. Art Turner for the Democratic lieutenant governor nomination vacated by troubled Chicago pawnbroker Scott Lee Cohen.

Graffiti artist, chased by police, jumps in river, dies

By Admin on March 11, 2010

Fellow taggers spray-paint mural in his memory

Friends of a graffiti artist who died after plunging into the Chicago River in a chase with police paid tribute the best way they knew how Wednesday: spray-painting a mural in his memory on a brick wall behind a Radio Shack in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood.