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Police: Homewood slaying victim knew assailant
Special to the TribuneHomewood police today said a 19-year-old Homewood resident gunned down outside his home Tuesday night was "acquainted with the assailant." Police learned of the shooting on 187th Street east of Center Avenue at 11:08 p.m., according to a prepared...Tags: Shootings
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Cook sheriff moving to be IG in suburbs
When the new mayor of Hazel Crest took office this spring, he discovered that the village manager and two top employees had received double-digit pay hikes that he thought violated town rules. But instead of trying to get the attention of federal or...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Labor Legislation, Cook County Government, Justice System, Riverdale (Cook, Illinois)
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Man dies after being dragged by hit-run driver
Chicago TribuneA Hazel Crest man died this morning after being dragged more than 1,000 feet down Division Street by a hit-and-run driver in the Goose Island neighborhood, officials said. Billy Taylor, 40, was taken in critical condition to Northwestern Memorial...Tags: Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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Police: Cousins attacked man with pepper spray, stole his iPad
Tribune reporterTwo cousins are accused of discharging pepper spray into the face of a New Jersey man riding the Orange Line and taking his iPad Monday morning on the Southwest Side, authorities said. Judge James Brown set bail today at $500,000 for Thomas Garner, 18,...Tags: University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago, Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago Transit Authority, Apple iPad, Theft
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Homewood, East Hazel Crest seek casino
Special to the TribuneOn the eve of the Illinois General Assembly's return to Springfield to consider legislation vetoed by Gov. Pat Quinn, East Hazel Crest and Homewood officials announced plans to pursue a gaming and entertainment complex south of Interstate 80/294 and...Tags: Illinois General Assembly, Pat Quinn, Lifestyle and Leisure, Domestic Travel, Travel
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Autopsy shows woman found dead in fire was strangled
Tribune reporterA 40-year-old nurse and mother of three died of strangulation, not the fire that ravaged her Oak Forest home this week, police said this afternoon. Erica L. Rodriguez’s death has been ruled a homicide after an autopsy by the Cook County medical...Tags: Murder, Hospitals and Clinics, Oak Forest, Oak Lawn, Injuries and Wounds
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School board beefed up pension, pay for ex-superintendent now facing criminal charges
In the face of repeated red flags, school board members hiked the pay of a south suburban superintendent and fattened his pension to among the more lucrative in the state, the Tribune has found. The superintendent, Alex Boyd Jr., was indicted last...
Tags: Lawyers, Teaching and Learning, Justice System, Elections, Politics
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Hazel Crest woman dies in homicide, man charged
Tribune reporterA 41-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of a Hazel Crest woman on Sept. 3, officials said. Erika Ellison, 35, was pronounced dead at 5:02 p.m. Monday at Advocate Christ Medical Center, according to the Cook County...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Justice System, Murder, Prosecution
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Officials: Man in car at bottom of Thornton Quarry committed suicide
Tribune reporterThe body of a mentally disabled man was found behind the wheel of his 2005 Chevy Impala at the bottom of the Thornton Quarry, and officials today said he died of an apparent suicide. Workers of the Hanson Material Services found the car upside down in...Tags: Thornton, Suicide, East Hazel Crest
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IDHS seeks dismissal of complaint on mental health center closure plan
TribLocal - Tinley Park » NewsThe Illinois Department of Human Services is asking a Cook County judge to throw out a legal attempt by mental health advocates to intervene in …... -
Alsip teen dies in Tinley Park auto crash
An 18-year-old Alsip woman was killed Saturday night in Tinley Park when a car she was in went off the road and rolled over several times, police said.
The crash happened just after 11:30 p.m. in the 6200 block of 183rd Street, according to a statement...Tags: Forestry and Timber, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Elan Corporation Plc, Cook County Forest Preserve
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