Police: Woodridge man stabbed 3-year-old daughter to death
By Michelle Manchir Tribune reporter 2:56 p.m. CDT April 5, 2014 Woodridge police guard the home where police say a man killed his daughter and then himself. (Abel Uribe, Chicago Tribune / April 5,...
View ArticleAn Unlikely Ally in the Fight for Internet Freedom
americanprosperity.com by americanprosperity staff April 4, 2014 Photo from: thepopularfront.wordpress.com President Obama’s recent plan to transfer control over Internet domains from the US government...
View ArticleMenard prison in Illinois on lockdown after weapons, alcohol found
JIM SUHR Associated Press April 6, 2014 STL ST. LOUIS • Illinois’ biggest maximum-security prison remained on lockdown for a second day Saturday after corrections officers uncovered an inmate cache...
View ArticleSurging heroin deaths across Ill. draw alarm, ire
By JIM SUHR April 6, 2014 washingtontimes.com In a June 5, 2012 photo, a heroin pouch lays next to a sidewalk on Chicago’s Homan Avenue. Some states, including Illinois, are reporting a rise in heroin...
View ArticleU.S., in nod to Tokyo, to send more ships to Japan, prods China
BY PHIL STEWART AND NOBUHIRO KUBO TOKYO Sun Apr 6, 2014 3:24am EDT Reuters U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (R) and his Japanese counterpart Itsunori Onodera attend their joint news conference at...
View ArticleWoman pays $200 bill with coins, town says no more
myfoxla.com Posted: Apr 02, 2014 9:45 AM CDT Updated: Apr 02, 2014 3:13 PM CDT ERIE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania township is asking residents to keep the change. Officials in Millcreek Township, along...
View ArticleConvicted murderer charged with sexually assaulting elderly woman
By Kim Geiger Tribune reporter 7:40 p.m. CDT, April 6, 2014 A Chicago man and convicted murderer was ordered held without bail Sunday after being charged in the February sexual assault of a woman in...
View ArticleMILLER CHARGED WITH DRUG-INDUCED HOMICIDE
Albert Church EFFINGHAM CO., Ill.—Effingham County State’s Attorney Bryan M. Kibler has filed a Class X felony homicide charged against one of the individuals held in connection with the February death...
View ArticleSexual Violence Among Students Is A Significant Problem As Early As Middle...
Rebecca Klein Posted: 04/06/2014 4:46 pm EDT Updated: 04/06/2014 4:59 pm EDT A substantial amount of sexual violence in middle school takes place right under teachers’ noses in the classroom, according...
View ArticleLEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT…MARCH!! FOLLOW THE MONEY!
“Follow the money…” The Independents Show features, Open The Books “Where’s The Pork?” Special | FOX Business Watch The Independents Open The Books segmentDownload free Open The Books App here With...
View Article1-Ton, Man-Eating Crocodile Caught in Uganda
ABC News By Liz Fields Apr 6, 2014 11:14am Residents of the Kakira village, in the Jinja District of eastern Uganda, gather to look at a crocodile that was captured by Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA)...
View ArticleUPDATE ON LOCKDOWN SITUATION AT MENARD CORRECTIONAL
Here is the latest on the lockdown situation at Menard Correctional Center (CC) in Chester, Illinois from DOC media spokesperson Tom Shaer, this lockdown occurring over the weekend after homemade...
View ArticleJesse Jackson Jr. Tossed In Solitary After Advising Fellow Prisoners Of Rights
The Huffington Post | by Kim Bellware Updated: 04/07/2014 Photo from: www.nationalenquirer.com Jesse Jackson Jr. was locked in solitary confinement after a guard “took exception” to the former...
View ArticleSupreme Court declines free speech, gay marriage case
BY LAWRENCE HURLEY Reuters Mon Apr 7, 2014 10:37am EDT (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider whether a New Mexico photography company had free speech grounds to refuse to...
View ArticleSEARCH WARRANT EXECUTION RESULTS IN FELONY METH CHARGES
EFFINGHAM, Ill.—Effingham County State’s Attorney Bryan M. Kibler has announced the charging of four individuals in connection with a continuing and ongoing methamphetamine investigation in the...
View ArticleParents of sick 1-year-old defend sailing trip after Navy rescue
Victoria Cavaliere 12:19 p.m. CDT, April 7, 2014 Tribune The parents of a sick baby who had to be rescued hundreds of miles off the Mexico coast Sunday are defending themselves against criticism that...
View ArticleSHADLE STILL ON THE RUN; METH FOUND IN VEHICLE
Jason Shadle, 39 CRAWFORD CO.–Last night (April 8, 2014) we received word that Jason Shadle, the man authorities were searching for Northwest of Robinson was captured; this was reported to us by a...
View ArticleJFK Passenger Had Cocaine-filled Meat
Huffington Post Posted: 04/07/2014 5:43 pm EDT Updated: 04/07/2014 5:59 pm EDT NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a man arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport attempted to bring in more than...
View ArticleCoal Rush Kids! Illinois Votes to Keep Big Coal in Schools
By Jeff Biggers Posted: 04/08/2014 10:40 am EDT Updated: 04/08/2014 10:59 am EDT While coal mining families in West Virginia and across the country mourned the fourth anniversary of the tragic Upper...
View ArticleLaSalle County settles lawsuit with woman stripped after arrest
By Juan Perez Jr. Tribune reporter 9:41 a.m. CDT, April 8, 2014 LaSalle County authorities will pay hundreds of thousands of dollars — and re-write some of its jail policies — to settle lawsuits filed...
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