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Kirk Wants Full Investigation Into Hines VA Hospital
(CBS) – Federal investigators are combing records at Hines Veterans Hospital in Maywood and Senator Mark Kirk says they’re there for a good reason. Kirk says he’s asked for a complete investigation by...
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Suspect Arrested For Streeterville Carjackings
(CBS) — Chicago Police have arrested a 22-year-old man suspected in recent carjackings in the Streeterville neighborhood. Chicago Police are still searching for a second suspect The carjackings...
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Decommissioning Of Zion Nuclear Plant Raises Safety Concerns
ZION, Ill. (CBS) — It’s the largest closing of a nuclear plant in the United States and, it’s right in our backyard. The most critical and dangerous part of the process at Zion is underway right now...
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Violinist Rachel Barton Pine Teaches Englewood Students About Music, Adversity
CHICAGO (CBS) — A world-famous musician, who beat adversity to achieve success, brought her story to Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood Wednesday night. Her instrument? The violin. Her focus? The young...
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Age-Enhanced Picture Of Missing Boy Brings New Leads
(CBS) – A new age-progression image of a missing Aurora boy has generated some tips – the first leads police have received in six months. WBBM Newsradio’s Steve Miller reports the image of what...
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Pace To Offer New Express Service To Brookfield Zoo
WBBM 780’s Bob Roberts WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause (CBS) – Pace wants to make it easier this summer for CTA riders to get to the Brookfield Zoo. Pace express buses to and from the zoo will begin to...
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Man Dies After Shooting In Riverdale
RIVERDALE, Ill. (STMW) – A man died after being shot in south suburban Riverdale Wednesday night. Ronald D. Smith III, 32, was shot in the 13700 block of South Parnell Avenue in Riverdale, according to...
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Judge Tosses Criminal Case Against Gary Cop
GARY, Ind. (STMW) – In an unusual move, a Lake Superior Court judge has dismissed a criminal case against a Gary police officer who was charged with attacking his girlfriend in their apartment in...
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Madigan: Budget Vote Helps With Tax Increase
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – House Speaker Michael Madigan said Wednesday that his chamber’s effort to pass a budget without first securing all the needed revenue would aid a push to make an income tax...
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Claypool: Whistleblower Off-Base On CTA Budget
CHICAGO (STMW) – A former CTA employee who says he was axed for blowing the whistle on what he called unrealistic budget projections “has no clue what he’s talking about,’’ CTA President Forrest...
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Toddler Found In Car With Used Syringes; Parents Face Charges
CHESTERTON, Ind. (STMW) – Police stopped a driver for failing to use her turn signal, then allegedly discovered more than a dozen uncapped drug needles in the vehicle, a driver who was high, and a...
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1 Killed, 1 Wounded In Aurora Shooting
AURORA, Ill. (STMW) – One man was killed and another wounded in a shooting in west suburban Aurora Wednesday night. Joseph B. Trejo, 18, was sitting with his 31-year-old cousin on the front porch of a...
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Mayor Insists His Door Is Open To Principals’ Concerns
Emanuel Denies Stifling Dissent From Principals WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause CHICAGO (CBS) – Mayor Rahm Emanuel has sought to counter a perception his administration stifles dissent from school...
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Report: Segregation Returning To Schools
WBBM 780’s Nancy Harty WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause (CBS) – It has been has been 60 years since the landmark U.S. Supreme Court “Brown vs. Board of Education” ruling barring state-sponsored segregation of...
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Man Dies Before Being Released From Cook County Jail
CHICAGO (STMW) – An Elmwood Park man died Wednesday night while he was in the process of being released from Cook County Jail. Daniel J. Paredes, 49, had been in custody at the jail since April 6 for a...
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Man Charged With Streeterville Carjacking
CHICAGO (STMW) — A South Side man has been charged with one of three recent carjackings in the Streeterville neighborhood. Demetris McCrea, 22, of the 8600 block of South Wolcott, is charged with...
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Emergency Text To 911 Available, But There’s A Catch
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — As of today, most mobile device users have the ability to send a text to 911 in an emergency, but that doesn’t mean law enforcement will be able to respond. While the full...
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Albany Park Residents Fear More Flooding This Year
CHICAGO (CBS) – Residents of the Albany Park neighborhood have again raised concerns they could be the victims of flooding along the Chicago River if the city doesn’t do something to address the...
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Bicyclist Struck By Vehicle On Northwestern Campus
EVANSTON, Ill. (STMW) – A bicyclist was struck by a vehicle Wednesday night on the Northwestern University campus in north suburban Evanston. The 21-year-old woman was struck while riding her bike at...
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Chicago Fast Food Workers Part Of Global Protest
CHICAGO (CBS) – Nearly 100 fast food workers braved the rainy and chilly conditions Thursday to make a point about their pay, and how they’re struggling to survive. CBS 2’s Susanna Song reports the...
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