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Illinois State Trooper Jason Heinzl is top ticket writer with 5,005 in 12 years

suntimes.com A record 79,724 tickets were written on the highways in and around Chicago in 2010 ...  more interesting traffic ticket statistics  ...

Jon Adams and Mathias Padalino, both 21, of Orland Park charged with bomb threat and attempted bank robbery

chicagobreakingnews.com Attempted robbery took place Aug. 20, 2010 with bomb threat to the Chase Bank at 15100 Lagrange Rd near Orland Square  ... MAP / SAT / Street View ...

Jovan Richardson, 23, fatally shot in head while driving Cadillac through West Garfield Park neighborhood

chicagobreakingnews.com Shot while driving south on Kilpatrick, approaching Jackson Blvd  ... MAP / SAT  ...

Maya White located one day after her nephew found safe

abclocal.go.com Under investigation; no explanation why she took the nephew  ...

Juan L. Carbajal, 35, of Harvard, Illinois charged with sexual assault of juvenile female victim

nwherald.com Immigration hold, which means he's illegal immigrant or the case could change his immigration status  ...

Four people were killed and at least 9 wounded in overnight shootings on Chicago's South and West Sides

chicagobreakingnews.com 9:24 p.m. :  19-year-old was fatally shot in 1400 block of South Trumbull Ave,, 9:25 p.m. A 23-year-old man shot and killed in the 300 block of South Kilpatrick Ave.,  9:45 p.m. girl stable after she was shot by a man on a bicycle 3400 block of South Hamilton, 10:45 p.m. A 17-year-old shot in right knee in 6600 block of South Drexel, 10:46 p.m. man and woman shot at South Michigan Avenue and East 47th Street 11:57 p.m. Two boys shot in the 1300 block of West 79th Street 12:48 a.m. 17-year-old boy shot sitting on a front porch in the 6600 block of South Langley Ave 1:43 a.m.  20-year-old man shot in head at street party in the 5200 block of South Wood Street ( died Saturday night )  1:45 a.m. Man and woman found shot dead in car in 2700 block of West Polk Street 2:15 a.m. Man grazed in leg in 5500 block of South Lowe Ave  ...

Rwanda President Kagame's visit to Chicago draws protest in front of Hyatt Regency

abclocal.go.com/wls 'Dr. Congo needs justice' protest during a speech at the Hyatt Regency; Kagame's expected to discuss the economic and social progress in Rwanda since the 1994 genocide, while protesters believe he is responsible for millions of genocidal deaths  ... MAP / SAT / Street View ...

Caterpillar threat 2 months ago, now CME Group threatens move after Illinois tax hike ... will the Merc flee Chicago

businessweek.com  CME Group, owners of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade, said this week it is studying a possible relocation out of Illinois  ...  investors.com The state legislature's tax hike on corporations from 4.8% to 7% costs CME an extra $50 million a year  ...

Arnulfo Saldana, 49, and Hugo Sanchez, 38, of Washington State held after seizure of 800 pounds of marijuana

chicagobreakingnews.com Police were tipped off about drug activity near 58th Street and Pulaski Road in the West Elsdon neighborhood east of Midway Airport  ... MAP / SAT / Street View  ...

Nicole Robinson, 37; unidentified man in 30's gunned down, killed in Lawndale neighborhood, West Side

chicagobreakingnews.com Police responded to report of sound of shots fired; found GSW victims in 2000 Chevy 4-door ... 2700 block of West Polk Street MAP / SAT ...

Chicago police investigate attack of woman jogger on lakefront near 31st Street

abclocal.go.com/wls Stopped to rest and man attacked; didn't seem to be going for iPod she was carrying ... MAP / SAT ...

Jonathon Banks, 19, shot in the face Friday, dies early Saturday at Mount Sinai Hospital

chicagobreakingnews.com Fight during dice game ... 1400 block of South Trumbull Ave MAP / SAT ...

Victor M. Ponce to serve 7.5 years for sexual contact with minor

nwherald.com Crime took place at the girl’s Carpentersville home  ...

Julie Gorczynski, 17, killed in crash involving a Jeep Liberty and Toyota, 135th Street and 88th Avenue in Orland Park

chicagobreakingnews.com  Driver Julie Gorczynski was reported to be without a seat belt at the time of the crash 10:23 p.m. Friday  ... Pin-in crash, 3 ambulance response, second female passenger transported with life-threatening injuries ...  135th Street and 88th Avenue MAP / SAT / Street View ...

Off-duty cop, landscaper chase down suspect, Saul Chavez, in fatal DUI

suntimes.com  66-year-old insurance agent, William McCann hit, then dragged 150 feet ... Off-duty police officer Zachary Cuatchon and Adalberto Aceves catch him down in foot chase  ... 3200 West Wilson Ave   MAP / SAT / Street View ...

Bobby Simms, 22, caught in the act of armed robbery at knifepoint -- Chicago police observed

chicagobreakingnews.com Pattern of attacks against tow truck drivers  ... MAP ./ SAT / Street View ...

Bridge lifts today for the 2011 boat season

(Bridge lifts) Bridge lifts today for the 2011 boat season. Ashland to the Lake from 0800-1400hrs.Expect additional traffic.