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Jury Awards $80,000 To Former Death Row Inmate
Jury Rejects Claim Of Conspiracy To Frame Former Gang Member WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause CHICAGO (CBS) – A former Illinois death row inmate said his jury award of $80,000 is a travesty, after he was...
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Former Rezko Partner Gets Probation For Stealing $500K From Mother
CHICAGO (STMW) – A businessman who stole more than $500,000 from his dying mother — to help his drug addicted son — was spared prison Thursday by a sympathetic federal judge who said he might have done...
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Five Seriously Hurt In South Loop Crash
CHICAGO (STMW) – Five people were seriously hurt in a crash Thursday night in the South Loop. The five-vehicle crash happened at 9:30 p.m. at West Congress Parkway and South Wells Street, according to...
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Former Country Club Hills Police Chief Gets 5 Years In Prison
CHICAGO (STMW) – Former Country Clubs Hills Police Chief Regina Evans was sentenced late Thursday to five years in prison for stealing more than $900,000 in state grant money. U.S. District Judge Sue...
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Elderly Woman Pulled From Chicago River
CHICAGO (STMW) – Fire Department crews rescued a 79-year-old woman who was trying to commit suicide by jumping into the Chicago River early Friday. The woman was reported in the water near the Orleans...
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4 Seriously Hurt In Lake Shore Drive Crash
CHICAGO (CBS) – Four people were seriously injured early Friday, when an SUV headed the wrong way on Lake Shore Drive slammed into a taxi. The crash near Monroe Street caused extensive damage to the...
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Sixth Person Charged In Murder Of Back Of The Yards Teen
CHICAGO (CBS) – A sixth person has been charged in connection with the slaying of a 14-year-old girl in the Back of the Yards neighborhood this week. Police said the gun used to kill 14-year-old Endia...
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Police Release Sketch Of Suspect Who Sexually Assaulted Boy In Restaurant
CHICAGO (CBS) – Police were asking the public to help them identify the attacker who sexually abused a boy in a Little Village restaurant’s washroom Saturday. The sketch released Thursday by the...
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School District Suspends, Moves To Fire Hall Of Fame Coach Over DUI Charge
(STMW) – Longtime Hillcrest High School girls basketball coach and social studies teacher John Maniatis has been suspended without pay, with the intent of having his employment terminated at the...
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Marquette Student Shot During Robbery In Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE (AP) – A Marquette University student was shot in the hand and two others were robbed near the downtown Milwaukee campus. Authorities say the robberies happened outside a parking structure...
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Group Gets 532,000 Signatures To End Gerrymandered Districts
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – With the help of wealthy donors and a bipartisan group of politicians, a petition to end the gerrymandering of Illinois election districts was presented Thursday, but it faces...
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Two Arrested After Shots Fired At Cops In Robbins
ROBBINS, Ill. (CBS) – Two people were in custody and police were conducting a manhunt for a third suspect who went on the run after shots were fired at police in south suburban Robbins on Friday. Cook...
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A Little-Known Wrigley Field Tradition Vanishing With Time
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) – Over Wrigley Field’s 100-year history, Chicago Cubs fans have seen many traditions come and go. Only day games. That stupid goat. However, there is one little-noticed...
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Two Critically Wounded In Police Shootout In Hobart, Ind.
HOBART, Ind. (STMW) – Two people are in critical condition with gunshot wounds after a police-involved shooting in northwest Indiana on Thursday night. On Thursday night, a Hobart police officer saw a...
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Cops: Drunk Drove Up To Police Station After Hitting Girlfriend
(CBS) – Maybe he was just living up to his last name. Police in west suburban Riverside said a man who’d had a bit too much to drink for his birthday on Wednesday drove up to the police station, walked...
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Prince William Slips Into Chicago, Eats Nachos, Leaves
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Prince William, husband, father and heir to the British throne, managed to spend two hours in Chicago on Thursday without many people knowing it, according to several...
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Sheriff Calls For More Mental Health Clinics
CHICAGO (CBS) – Green balloons were released into the air on Friday as the Cook County Sheriff’s Office marked the start of Mental Health Awareness Month with a short rally across from Cook County...
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County Touts New Care Plan For Low-Income Residents
New Program Gives Poor More Access To Health Facilities WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause CHICAGO (CBS) – Cook County officials said they’ve found new and better ways to provide low-income residents with...
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Indiana Patient Contracts Deadly MERS Virus, First Case In United States
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Health officials say a patient in Northwest Indiana, who traveled through Chicago, has contracted a deadly virus from the Middle East, marking the first time the virus has...
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Doctor: Don’t Arrest Kids For Sexting, Teach Them Better
Psychiatrist Decries Child Porn Charges Against Teens WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause (CBS) – As Barrington police crack down on students caught sexting and two other suburban middle schools investigate...
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