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Republican Oberweis Will Face Durbin In U.S. Senate Race
(CBS) – Republican Jim Oberweis is his party’s candidate to try to unseat longtime incumbent U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin in the November election. Oberweis, an entrepreneur, dairy owner and state senator...
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Rep. Berrios Unseated By Challenger Guzzardi
(CBS/AP) — State Rep. Toni Berrios lost her bid Tuesday to hang onto her 39th Illinois House District seat as opponent Will Guzzardi pulled off an upset against the Northwest Side incumbent. Berrios,...
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Despite Risky Votes, Most Illinois Lawmakers Win
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Several Illinois state lawmakers who cast tough votes on pensions and gay marriage fended off expensive primary challenges Tuesday. The targeted challenges were among the...
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Man Convicted Of Killing WWII Vet To Be Resentenced
ELGIN, Ill. (STMW) – The man convicted of stabbing 83-year-old Roscoe Ebey to death in 2007 will be resentenced, after appellate court judges ruled that a Kane County judge placed too much emphasis on...
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Naperville Man Charged With Repeatedly Molesting Underage Girl
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (STMW) – A west suburban man is free on bond and awaiting trial after being accused of sexually assaulting a young girl several times over a two-year period. Anthony J. Biagioli, 61,...
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Porter Man Charged With Investment Fraud
VALPARAISO, Ind. (STMW) – Six people thought they’d invested in a Porter County company that put together lucrative real estate deals in Tennessee or bought land from sheriff’s sales in Lake and Porter...
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Activist Immigrant Who Took Refuge In Chicago Church Returns To U.S.
(CBS) – A Mexican immigrant who made international headlines seven years ago for living in a Chicago church while fighting to stay in the U.S. with her son before she was deported has returned from...
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AG Madigan Sues Cash Lender For Predatory Lending
CHICAGO (STMW) – An Elgin-based cash-lending business is charging its customers with interest rates as high as 500 percent, state prosecutors say. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed the...
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Shooting Suspects Arrested After Police Chase
CHICAGO (STMW) – After allegedly shooting a man in the South Lawndale neighborhood Tuesday night, two suspects led Chicago police on a car chase that ended in their arrests in west suburban Lyons....
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Kane County Voters Reject Tax Hike To Fund Disabled Programs
(CBS) – Voters in Kane County have overwhelmingly rejected a proposed property tax increase that would have paid for programs for the developmentally disabled. “We’re disappointed. We put a lot of work...
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Police: Man Stabbed To Death In Possible Home Invasion
CHICAGO (STMW) – A West Side man was stabbed to death at his home in the Austin neighborhood during a possible home invasion Tuesday morning, police said. Authorities found 32-year-old Paul Carter with...
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Chicago Voters Say No To Taxi Fare Hike
CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago cabbies were not surprised to see most voters say no Tuesday when they were asked whether cab fares should go up. According to unofficial preliminary results, with 98 percent of...
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Man Charged With Killing Toddler Found In Riverdale
CHICAGO (CBS) – Cook County prosecutors have charged a 23-year-old man in connection with the death of a toddler who was found dead last weekend in south suburban Riverdale. James Harris, of Chicago,...
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Gourmet Chef Steps In To Cook For Highland Park Nursery School
CHICAGO (CBS) — A gourmet chef, a master of fois gras and rack of lamb, is busy turning out mac n’ cheese for a Highland Park nursery school while the regular cook recovers from a broken wrist. play...
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Quinn, Rauner Quick To Trade Attacks In Race For Governor
CHICAGO (CBS) – Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bruce Rauner wasted no time in attacking each other Wednesday, just hours after winning their respective primaries. Quinn, who easily won the...
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Gay Rights Activist Vernita Gray Dies
CHICAGO (CBS) – A lesbian activist has died, nearly four months after she made history by becoming one of the first two women to marry each other in Illinois. WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger...
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Illinois Primary 2014 Results: Rauner’s Margin Of Victory Cost $622 A Vote
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Supported by $14 million in campaign donations, including $6 million of his own fortune, Bruce Rauner came from a political unknown to the GOP candidate for governor in...
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Police: Father, Son Slain In Palatine
PALATINE, Ill. (STMW) – A father and his 15-year-old son were found shot to death early Wednesday in northwest suburban Palatine, police said. Segundo Reynoso, 38, and his 15-year-old son Luis Reynoso...
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“Bad Hair Bandit” Sentenced To 14 Years For 11 Salon Robberies
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man who pleaded guilty to robbing 11 hair salons in Chicago and the suburbs in 2012 and 2013 has been sentenced to 14 years in prison, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Jason Logsdon,...
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Man Charged With Abandoning Dog After Eviction From Apartment
NILES, Ill. (CBS) – A 37-year old homeless man has been charged with animal cruelty for allegedly abandoning his dog in an empty apartment in the northern suburbs. Niles Police Sgt. Robert Tornabene...
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