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IllinoisCHICAGOPort-a-potty explodes in Chicago lakefront park
Police say someone has used an explosive device to blow up a port-a-potty in a North Side Chicago lakefront park.Chicago Police Officer John Mirabelli says no one was injured in the explosion early Friday morning and only the toilet was damaged. Officials say people in the area alerted police after hearing loud noises and car alarms.
CHICAGOBases loaded walk gives Cubs win
Jake Fox's persistence and patience in drawing a game-winning, bases-loaded walk Friday should come as no surprise. He's a determined guy with big minor league numbers trying to find a permanent job with the Chicago Cubs.Fox fouled off four pitches before working a two-out walk on a close 3-2 pitch from Mike DiFelice, sending the Cubs to a 2-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in 10 innings Friday.
CHICAGOIllinois police promise holiday DUI patrols
Illinois State Police say they'll increase drunken driving patrols across the state over the Fourth of July holiday weekend.State police and other law enforcement agencies promise increased late-night roadside safety checks, impaired driving patrols and safety belt enforcement zones. They're calling the effort, "You Drink & Drive, You Lose."
CHICAGOBond set at $500,000 for assault on disabled kids
A Chicago man charged with sexually assaulting two children with developmental disabilities has been ordered held on $500,000 bond.A judge set the bond for 43-year-old Demetrious Hughes on Friday. Officials say he engaged in a sexual act with a 6-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl.
CHICAGOChicago crime down 10 percent so far this year
Chicago police say there was a 10.4 percent drop in total crime citywide in June compared to the same month last year.Officials say that at the end of June the city had recorded fewer than 200 homicides for 2009, a 12.7 decrease from June 2008. Overall, violent crimes were down by 4.4 percent and property crimes had dropped by 12 percent.
OTTAWAReport: Illinois nursing home allowed sexual abuse
The LaSalle County Nursing Home failed to prevent a male resident from sexually abusing 10 female residents and propositioning others, some who couldn't speak or suffered from dementia, according to allegations in a report this week from the Illinois Department of Public Health.The 61-page report details interviews with patients, nurses and other employees who described abuse that included the male resident touching female residents' breasts, trying to kiss them and cursing about sex in nursing home common areas.
CHICAGOMore use engine locks under new Illinois DUI law
Several thousand Illinois residents won't be able to hop in their cars and leave if they have one too many drinks at a Fourth of July party, thanks to a new law that already may be saving lives here and in other states.The law, which took effect Jan. 1 in Illinois, requires first-time drunken-driving offenders to install breath-monitoring gadgets that prevent engines from starting until motorists blow into the alcohol detectors to prove they are sober.
CHICAGOReport: Treasurer's aide helped get teen in to UI
A campaign adviser to state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias helped a politically connected applicant who'd been wait-listed get admitted to the University of Illinois, according to a published report.The Chicago Tribune reported Friday that the applicant had ties to the Rev. Alexander Karloutsos, a politically connected Greek Orthodox priest. After the student's admission, Karloutsos helped with a Giannoulias fundraiser in New York that brought in at least $120,000.
CARBONDALESIU: Blago stumped for 2 law school applicants
Southern Illinois University says its review of whether former Gov. Rod Blagojevich or his allies tried to influence student admissions at the school turned up two possible cases.The university says Blagojevich submitted letters of recommendation in 2005 for two applicants to the Carbondale campus law school, but neither applicant was accepted.
WATERLOOAttorney shuffle continues in triple-slaying case
The father of a southwestern Illinois man accused of killing his wife and two sons may be getting a new attorney in a wrongful-death case involving his son.Bill Margulis has asked a judge in Monroe County to let him withdraw from representing Ronald Coleman.
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