Chicago
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Plan would allow release of reports on police conduct
Sep 11, 2019 11:00 pm - For years, Inspector General Joe Ferguson's reports on the police shooting of Laquan McDonald and the death of David Koschman have been kept under wraps because city law...
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American Football talks Riot Fest, popularity and the band's Wheeling connectionSep 11, 2019 2:30 pm - Riot Fest's claim to fame on Chicago's summer fest landscape is its variety. Despite its punk-rock roots, year after year the three-day music festival promises an e...
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Woman sitting in Chicago house shot in head by passing car
Sep 11, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago woman is in critical condition after a bullet fired from a passing car pierced her front window and struck her in the head as she sat in her liv...
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Chicago-area woman charged in fatal hit-and-run crash
Sep 11, 2019 7:00 am - CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (AP) - A Chicago-area woman is facing charges in the hit-and-run death of a motorcyclist. Crystal Lake Police say 53-year-old Carolyn A. Tyrell of Cry...
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Chicago man pleads guilty to Indiana armored truck robbery
Sep 11, 2019 7:00 am - HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - A Chicago man has pleaded guilty in an armored truck robbery in northwestern Indiana that netted several suspects more than $600,000 in cash. Thirty...
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Lisa Madigan joins Kirkland & Ellis law firm
Sep 11, 2019 1:00 am - Former Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who has been relatively out of the spotlight after announcing she wouldn't seek reelection two years ago, has joined Kirkl...
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Watchdog alleges patronage in Cook County clerk's office
Sep 11, 2019 1:00 am - A government watchdog has accused Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough of operating "an illegal patronage employment system" less than a year into her first term in the off...
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Anne Burke 'humbled and honored' to become chief justice of Illinois Supreme Court
Sep 11, 2019 1:00 am - Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke will become the next chief justice of the state's highest court. Burke, the wife of indicted Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, has ser...
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Lightfoot takes aim at costly perks and staffing requirements in firefighters contract
Sep 10, 2019 11:00 pm - Runaway overtime at the Chicago Police Department isn't the only item in Mayor Lori Lightfoot's cost-cutting crosshairs. She also hopes to hammer out a new firefighters'...
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Lightfoot's $3M affordable housing plan hits a snag
Sep 10, 2019 11:00 pm - Mayor Lori Lightfoot's $3 million plan to help chip away at Chicago's affordable housing crisis and prevent longtime residents from being priced out of homes in fast-gro...