Tuesday, February 28, 2012

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Former fire chief takes deputy chief post in Carol Stream
Former fire chief takes deputy chief post in Carol Stream

The Daily Herald reports: Recently-retired Chicago Fire Commissioner Robert Hoff was hired as a deputy fire chief for the Carol Stream Fire Protection District.

New details surface in the 2008 slayings of Jennifer Hudson's relatives New details surface in the 2008 slayings of Jennifer Hudson's relatives

Jennifer Hudson's career was soaring in the fall of 2008, but the Oscar-winning actress and singer still found time to check in with her mother back in Chicago every day between 9 and 11 a.m.
Cop who saved rooster at Logan Square subway 'knew what to do.' Cop who saved rooster at Logan Square subway 'knew what to do.'

When Shakespeare District patrol officer Enrique Molas found out that a rooster with a broken wing was trapped on the CTA’s Blue Line tracks, memories from his island boyhood sent him to the Logan Square subway station "right away."
Fire department: Teen boy dead, 3 wounded including child on South Side Fire department: Teen boy dead, 3 wounded including child on South Side

A teenage boy was dead on the scene and three other people including a 14-year-old boy were hospitalized following a shooting tonight in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side, authorities said.
Tollway to webcast bid openings Tollway to webcast bid openings

Beginning Thursday, the Illinois Tollway will begin hosting live webcasts of all construction contract bid openings, giving the public and contractors the ability to watch and listen as the agency opens bid packages for the upcoming construction season, the agency has announced.
Woman sues embattled funeral home where 9 bodies found Woman sues embattled funeral home where 9 bodies found

A South Side woman has sued the struggling funeral home that was supposed to handle her mother’s funeral, claiming the business kept her mother’s body for more than 40 days after the funeral until the funeral home was shut down last week by police because it had no heat or power.
Juvenile charged with series of Plainfield arsons Juvenile charged with series of Plainfield arsons

Plainfield Police today announced the arrest of a juvenile who allegedly confessed to string of arson fires in the Arbor Creek subdivision.
Man accused of killing wife says cremation destroyed evidence Man accused of killing wife says cremation destroyed evidence

Lawyers for a Vernon Hills man accused of killing his wife are seeking to have the charges dropped because they say that the cremation of the woman’s body destroyed a key piece of evidence.

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