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Niles to Chicago: Save marathon race 911 calls
Fearful of a potential lawsuit, north suburban Niles officials want the City of Chicago to preserve all radio dispatches, 911 calls and other emergency communications from the day of the Chicago Marathon.
That’s because a Niles ambulance driver, called in to assist for the Oct. 7 race, got lost […]
Chicago-Area Middle School Cracks Down On Group Hugs
Oak Park, IL (AHN) - If you need a hug, steer clear of Percy Julian Middle School. Principal Victoria Sharts is cracking down on the “extreme hugging” that has gotten out of control at her suburban Chicago school, evidenced by a rash of recent “hug lines,” causing hallway […]
185000 powerless as severe storms hammer Chicago
About 310,000 customers in northern Illinois were without power Thursday night, including 62,000 in Chicago, said ComEd spokesman Tom Stevens, who added that it could take days to restore power for some customers north of the city.
People who ventured out to survey the storm’s aftermath dodged felled trees, downed […]
Taken & Torched
The first car stolen was a purple 1993 Chevy pick-up. It was taken from a car lot in the 600-block of Champaign Avenue in Rantoul. It was found burning a few days later in Dolton, a southern suburb of Chicago. The second car was a 1994 Chevy Blazer. […]
Wizard World lights up for ‘Dark Knight’
The Joker was serious business over the weekend at Wizard World Chicago, the pop culture and comic book convention that invades Rosemont each summer.
Warner Bros. chose the convention to show the first live footage of Heath Ledger as the Joker and shed a little light on “The Dark Knight,” […]
Judge Orders Chicago To Halt Bensenville Home Demolitions
…a judge’s order stopped all major work in a section of Bensenville that would be affected by the O’Hare Expansion project. However, it was unclear how long Bensenville would be able to keep the city of Chicago from demolishing almost 400 vacant homes to make way for the […]
With taxes, airport fees and fuel surcharges mounting, cheap fares to Europe may never return to the ridiculous lows we once enjoyed. But if there are discounts to be had for travel later this year, here’s what one of them may look like.
British carrier BMI has a fall fare sale that offers Chicago-Manchester, England, starting […]
Chicago man pleads guilty to uploading ‘24′ shows before premiere
A Chicago man pleaded guilty to a federal charge Monday for posting episodes of Fox’s “24″ on the Internet more than a week before they premiered on television.
Jorge Romero, 25, entered his plea in federal court to one count of uploading copyrighted work being prepared for […]