Menard Prison On Lockdown After Weapons Found
A state prison spokesman says the lockdown of Illinois' largest maximum security prison will continue "for days" after a cache of crude weapons and homemade alcohol was found there.
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A state prison spokesman says the lockdown of Illinois' largest maximum security prison will continue "for days" after a cache of crude weapons and homemade alcohol was found there.
If you're not one of the thousands picked by lottery to run in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Oct. 12, there are back door ways to guarantee a spot.
The most recent fatal shooting occurred Saturday night in the South Side Burnside neighborhood.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he wants to repair the damage done to city streets by this year's brutal winter weather, and has announced plans to resurface an additional 13 miles of roads.
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The man's fit of rage didn't get him too far, Cook County prosecutors said. Nicholas A. Spadaro allegedly fell face first onto a sidewalk after the incident.
The body of the man — since identified as the 82-year-old Caplin — was found about 10 a.m. Saturday on the Edens Expressway near north suburban Northbrook, on Illinois Tollway property.
Michael Flournoy III, 16, a sophomore who was on the football and wrestling teams at Simeon, was shot and killed near a relative's house Saturday night.
The Art Institute of Chicago and other museums will take some of their masterpieces to the streets.
About 8:45 p.m., a suspect got into the ambulance as emergency personnel was unloading a patient and taking them into the hospital, located at 1969 W. Ogden Ave.
The woman, 32, was walking with two males at West 59th Street and South Campbell Avenue about 12:20 a.m. when two gunmen across the street opened fire.
The man's body was pulled from the river in the 1000 block of West Weed Street at 7:50 p.m.
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