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Chicago man crushes Ferris Wheel ride world record
A man from Chicago rode Ferris Wheel for more than two days - 384 times, up and around - to break the existing world record. Clinton Shepherd, a park operations manager of Chicago's Navy Pier, who spent 48 hours, 8 minutes and 25 seconds riding Navy Pier's Ferris wheel over the weekend, said that he thought that Chicago - birthplace of the ride - should have the title, People magazine ...
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Crystal Lake pool opening depends on weather
Tweet Widget URBANA -- Urbana Park District officials say their target date to open the new Crystal Lake Pool is June 20. But the exact date could be sooner or later, depending on the weather, according to park district spokeswoman Dana Mancuso. "As soon as we are able to swim, we will be open," Mancuso said on Monday. Mancuso said construction crews are working on installing the ...
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Republicans want quick hearing on Gill appointment
Tweet Widget SPRINGFIELD -- A group of central Illinois Senate Republicans is asking for an expedited confirmation hearing on the nomination of Dr. David Gill to be assistant director at the Illinois Department of Public Health, although it seems unlikely they'll get it. Gill, who earlier this year said he was considering running for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the 13th ...
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Seniors in Operation Hope prepare for next steps
Champaign Central seniors Ashlee Smith, left, and Queniqua Davis go over a graduation form in the career center at the high school on Monday May 20, 2013. Both girls are in the Operation Hope ...
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Danville may choose school administrators
Tweet Widget DANVILLE -- School board members on Wednesday could approve some administrative appointments for the 2013-14 school year. The Danville school board will meet at 6:30 p.m on Wednesday at the Jackson Building, 516 N. Jackson St., Danville. A copy of the agenda is available online ...
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Visitors bureau focuses on Champaign during tennis tournament
Tweet Widget URBANA -- With NCAA tennis championships in Urbana this week, hotels, restaurants and stores can expect a boost -- but look at the Champaign ...
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High school senior has perfect attendance record
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) -- A 17-year-old high school student in Rockford will graduate with a perfect attendance record he's maintained since ...
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Attorney $19.6M settlement in priest abuse case
CHICAGO (AP) -- An attorney for six men who claim they were abused by a now-defrocked priest says Jesuit officials have agreed to pay $19.6 million to settle his clients' ...
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Bear Bites Gould Could Be Back This Week
Good morning and welcome to Bear Bites, your morning rundown of Chicago Bears news. Read on for the latest on Robbie Gould's health, Gabe Carimi's gamble and a close look at an offensive lineman's eating ...
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Ofman It’s Time For Replay In Baseball
Major League Baseball is considering replay for every call except balls and strikes and you know that will fester its way into the game one day soon. The NFL looks at just about everything except plays in which Jay Cutler sneers at fellow teammates. Thank goodness it's not an infraction though someone in the rules committee with an axe to grind will probably suggest sneering become a ...
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Lightning Strikes Damage Two Homes Overnight
CHICAGO (CBS) – At least two homes in the Chicago area were struck by lightning overnight as heavy thunderstorms plowed through the region. CBS 2's Susanna Song reports strong winds, heavy rain, thunder, and lightning made for a very disruptive night in the Chicago area. Early Tuesday, the Cook County Board Up service was in the Little Village neighborhood, where at least one home ...
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Four Teens Wounded In Austin Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) – Four people were hurt in a gang-related shooting after large groups of teenagers started fighting in the street Monday night in the West Side Austin neighborhood. About 9:30 p.m., someone in a light-colored sedan drove by the fight in the 5300 block of West Iowa Street and opened fire, police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro ...
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Alleged Mugger Crashes Stolen Car Into Semi On I-80
JOLIET, Ill. (STMW) – Police say a Joliet man mugged two elderly women in different grocery stores before crashing a stolen car into a semi-truck on Saturday. Joliet Cmdr. Al Roechner said Matthew J. Boban's crime spree began at 11:55 a.m. when he arrived at Jewel, 1401 W. Jefferson St. Boban allegedly had asked a 32-year-old friend to bring him and his girlfriend to an ATM so he ...
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Police Seek Help Identifying Female Homicide Victim
CHICAGO (STMW) – Police are asking for help to identify the body of woman or teen girl found strangled and badly burned in a Northwest Side Avondale neighborhood Dumpster Sunday night. Firefighters found the charred body after putting out a Dumpster blaze in an alley in the 3100 block of North Kimball Avenue about 11:05 p.m. An autopsy Monday found the person was strangled, and ruled the ...
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Chicago Red Cross Joining Tornado Relief Effort In Oklahoma
People assess the damage after a powerful tornado ripped through the area on May 20, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma. The tornado, reported to be at least EF4 strength and two miles wide, touched down in the Oklahoma City area on Monday killing at least 51 people. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty ...
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Boeheim on Melos title hopes Not on that team MAY 21
07:10 AM ET 05.21 | His former head coach has picked a side, and it's squarely in the corner of his one-time star forward. Jim Boeheim maintains little hope that former Syracuse ...
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Muhammad believes hes the best player in the draft MAY 21
07:09 AM ET 05.21 | While Shabazz Muhammad's draft stock may be slipping in some circles, he certainly hasn't lost any faith in himself. [The] weeks leading up to the June 27 draft will be about altering negative perceptions about his character and his game. "Being the number one guy, everybody wants you to fall," Muhammad said last week at the NBA draft combine in Chicago. ...
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Lakers chief rivals for Howard MAY 21
Dwight Howard 's version of The Decision. The pitches he will get after the second leg of this journey, the ones that will likely come from Houston, Dallas and Atlanta, among others (after July 1), will no doubt be very different. And yes, he intends to listen to those pitches, and no, he won't give ...
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Jackson wants Jack back ... but business is business MAY 21
Jarrett Jack . "As a coach I value everything that he did for this basketball team and not just on the basketball floor but off. He was incredible, he was a great leader, he as a voice, he was a big time competitor, he was a winner, he plays with an edge. He was instrumental in everything we did. I heard Bob talk about it earlier' being he's a free agent, it's not just about ...
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InnovateLTC will co-sponsor Chicago entrepreneur competition
Entrepreneurs working in the aging care sector will compete for $10,000 during the annual LINK long-term care conference, which runs July 22-24 in Chicago. As Business First reports, the Louisville-based Center for Long Term Care Innovation, a business incubator program for aging care startups thats more commonly known as InnovateLTC, will co-sponsor the competition with Connecticut-based ...
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From foster parent to full-on mom
Cedra Watson plays with Jalaya, 5, and Joshua, 7, as Jeremiah, 6, sorts through coloring pages in their Hyde Park home. Watson was a foster parent who adopted the ...
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Donald Trump may have met his match in Evanston grandmother
Donald Trump seems to relish an image as a no-nonsense businessman and boss, some might even say a bully. But the real estate mogul might have met his match in an Evanston grandmother who had humble beginnings growing up in a children's home. "Someone had to stand up to him," Jacqueline Goldberg testified Monday at a trial in Chicago that has drawn national attention because of ...
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Former Chicago police officer gets 18 years for drug conspiracy
With prosecutors seeking a 30-year prison term for him, former veteran Chicago narcotics cop Glenn Lewellen closed his eyes tightly and held his palms together in prayer Monday as the judge was about to announce his sentence on federal drug conspiracy charges. A smile cracked his lips as Lewellen heard his sentence: 18 years in federal prison. Moments later, as he was led away by deputy ...
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More poor in U.S. suburbs than cities report says
Once considered the definition of the middle-class American dream, the suburbs are now home to a larger, faster-growing poor population than urban areas, according to a new analysis. During the 2000s, the number of poor living in U.S. suburbs grew by 64 percent - more than twice the 29 percent growth rate in cities. Overall, 16.4 million poor people consider suburbia home, compared with 13.4 ...
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Summer vacation time not equal across Chicagoland
While many of her friends are stuck in school into June, Wauconda eighth-grader Alexandra Hayden plans to take advantage of her district's early summer break to beat the crowds at Six Flags Great America. "I'm going to party," said Alexandra, who is finishing her last year at Matthews Middle School. "The good part is, Great America is open, so there will be no lines ...
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Illinois' pumpkin patches may be in trouble
Illinois is the pumpkin capital of the US, we grow more pumpkins than any other state and have around 25,000 acres of land taken up by growing pumpkins, which accounts for 95% of the countries supply, but the industry constantly faces a terrible blight that almost caused its total collapse in 1999.
The pumpkin industry in Illinois is the largest in the country, the state is the main pumpkin producer and processor in the United States and in 2007 the value of unprocessed pumpkins in the field in the state was around $22 million. A pumpkins value goes up significantly after processing and the entire industry is worth around $166 million. Read more
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