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Firehouse Friday at Westmont Firehouse with Tammy Souza.

Passenger aircraft at O'Hare landing sideway into the wind. Video with flight delay information from ABC 7 Chicago  […] Chicago Weather O'Hare Data November 06 2014  […] AirportsChicago.com | Flight Delays and Flightaware Misery Map

Antioch and Antioch Township reject proposal to raise taxes to fund rescue squad at the Antioch Fire Department […] Antioch rescue squad rejected the six-month deal, and the village decided to end the relationship June 1, 2013 […] Lawsuit against Antioch Rescue Squad contended in 2012 that rescue department employee Shannon Volling and former employees Julie Banser and April Soulak complained to supervisors about the harassment but were ignored […] Daily Herald Endorsed "Yes" in November 2014 Election […] Antioch Rescue Squad (Official)

Firefighters in the village of Maywood say they were sent home for refusing to take American flag decals off their equipment [...] Flag problem traced back to a decision by several firefighters to replace a tattered American flag last month in one of Maywood’s firehouses. The new flag mysteriously disappeared early Aug. 23. The order on decals was issued last week   [...] Maywood Fire Chief Craig Bronaugh says there’s a culture of racism in the department and issued memo saying all decals and stickers, including American flags and military stickers, be removed from lockers and helmets.  He shows a picture of a monkey smoking a cigarette that was taped on a locker as "proof" [...] “My dad was a fireman for 26 years in Maywood, I took over his locker and on the outside of his locker I have a Marine Corps decal on my locker, it's been there for well over 30 years, I take great offense to that,” said David Flowers Jr., Maywood Firefighter Union Predident [...]

Steve LaVoie, CEO of Arrowstream headquartered in the Bank of America building on LaSalle St, and who police said was shot by a disgruntled employee at the end of July, has left the intensive care unit at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and been transferred to the Rehab Institute of Chicago [...] CaringBridge.org Jody & Steve Lavoie [...] Loop shooting victim Steven LaVoie moved to Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, wife says http://t.co/HYnEmSETpX pic.twitter.com/vxB9OyDQjU — ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) September 10, 2014 LOOP SHOOTING UPDATE: 1 dead, 1 wounded at 231 S. LaSalle. Nancy Stone photo http://t.co/rDQmeeT6Fn pic.twitter.com/zhwyxczk8x — Scott Kleinberg (@scottkleinberg) July 31, 2014

Seven people, including three juveniles, arrested and charged with attacking two brothers with a machete at the Brown Line Kedzie CTA station in the Albany Park neighborhood Monday September 8, 2014 at 12:30 am ... one severely injured with machete wound 6 inches long and 1 1/2 inch deep   [...] Victims said they weren't in a gang; refused to flash gang signs [...] Kedzie Brown Line 4700 N 3200 W ...

Emad Karakrah, 49, was charged with felony counts of disorderly conduct, aggravated fleeing and driving without a valid license after he told police there was a bomb in his car during a traffic stop. Police stopped the a silver Pontiac after a report of a suspicious vehicle in the neighborhood of 7700 South Kedzie Avenue [...] Karakrah lives in the 5900 block of South Kedvale [...] Taken into custody about 9:18 a.m. Wednesday after blowing red lights in Ashburn neighborhood; also charged with driving with an object that obstructed his view  [...]

We know Rob Stafford as Allison Rosati's co-anchor on NBC5 News at 6P and 10P. He anchors with Allison Rosati on all three newscasts. Stafford joined NBC5 News in Chicago as weekend anchor and reporter in September, 2007.   He moved to the main anchor position in July, 2009. As a Dateline investigator, his Dateline report on hazing in the United States Marine Corps received a national news Emmy in 1997, and he was also nominated for Emmys in 1998 and 1999. In 2000, Stafford received an Edward R. Murrow Award for his Dateline investigation into racial profiling. On June 10, 2014 a Google image search for Rob Stafford reveals header photos of Allison Rosati with her name captioned and Rob Stafford photos with the "Wife" captioned under his photos. Time to contact reputation.com ? See Google Images search rob stafford ... Google? Rob Stafford: Allison Rosati's Co-Anchor or Wife? http://t.co/EFYUoDNdrg pic.twitter.com/TIwP9UuAfx — ChicagoMediaScanner (@chi

The Chicago Tribune published "Vintage: WGN-TV" on April 17, 2014,  The Chicago Tribune described the television station's debut with the following words, "But last night, with the speed of light, a stellar program was flashed in all its sparkling beauty to screens as far away as 45 miles" [...]

Man, age 34, critically injured Saturday, May 10, 2014 after he was thrown from his own car and run over by another car after he tried to stop a teen from stealing his BMW at a gas station at 52nd St and Lake Park Ave [...]

Watch Dogs (stylized as WATCH_DOGS ) is an upcoming open world action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft that is set within a fictionalized, hyper-connected version of Chicago, Illinois, which is managed through a centralised system called ctOS (the city's central operating system). A game player is able to hack into the lives of fictional characters that live and work in Chicago. Players able to eavesdrop into phone calls, hack into anyone's life, identify criminals, disrupt communications, and disrupt infrastructure. While the player is watching, any other character in the game could be watching and acting on the player.

Two men enter an elderly woman's home. One said they were installing a speed bump, but damage her garage. He said he needed a drink of water for "catch" in his throat, and turned on the water hard. The other offender apparently took a necklace her deceased husband gave her [...] Ruse offender, who was on his knees tying his shoes, stood up when the elderly woman answered the door ... "We are going to put a speed bump in your area, we hit your garage but the city will take care of it,"

Barack Obama arrived back in his hometown for a fundraiser as a protestor interrupts CBS 2's Jay Levine shouting, "Obama is a war criminal." [...] Surrounded by sand-filled Streets and Sanitation dump trucks as security for Mesirow Financial's  big ticket dinner with host CEO Richard Price. Mesirow Financial is an independent and employee-owned financial services firm based in Chicago. The firm has about 1,200 employees globally with four divisions. Investment Management Global Markets (including Investment banking) Insurance Services Consulting Mesirow Financial was founded in 1937 by Norman Mesirow.

One block from Lake Michigan. Remarkable estate of screenwriter, director & producer, John W. Hughes. Beautifully renovated & expanded, this magnificent residence includes: 21 rms, 6 en-suite bdrms, 6.4 baths, 10'-11' clngs, exquisite millwork & built-ins, 6 fireplaces, gorgeous grounds & pool, unmatched construction: plaster walls, Ludowici clay tile roof, leaded windows & more. Meticulously maintained. Filmmaker John Hughes attended Glenbrook North High School -- a reported source of his inspiration for many of his films ... National Lampoon's Vacation Ferris Bueller's Day Off Weird Science; The Breakfast Club Some Kind of Wonderful Sixteen Candles Pretty in Pink Planes, Trains and Automobiles Uncle Buck Home Alone Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. Coldwell Banker listing ...   [$4,295,000]

"Investigators learned while on West College Street Pravin Varughese accepted a ride from a recent acquaintance on February 12, 2014, just before midnight. Following a dispute, Pravin exited the vehicle in the 1400 block of East Main Street and fled into the wooded area," said Chief Jody O'Guin, Carbondale Police Department [...] Police believe the difficult terrain and low temperatures made it difficult for him to find his way out of a wooded area, and no foul play is suspected in his death, according to police [...] Pravin Varughese's body was was found Tuesday, February 18, 2014 about 9:45 a.m. in a wooded area in the 1400 block of East Main Street, near a Buffalo Wild Wings and Kohl's [...] Family not satisfied with the investigation, woods weren't searched earlier, Varughese left a party in the 600 block of West College Street with a male from Harrisburg he met at the party [...]

The 15-year-old girl, who was shot the same time as her mother Thursday morning in southwest suburban Romeoville died at Loyola University Medical Center at 2:00 p.m. Saturday. Romeoville police are asking neighbors not to touch any firearm or other potential piece of evidence they may find in the neighborhood, and report it to police immediately  [...] Previously, Erick M. Maya, 23, of the 5600 block of Park Avenue in Cicero, was charged with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of aggravated battery with a firearm, and one count of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon [...]

Citing a Tribune investigation: Uber issued an apology Friday acknowledging it missed the felony conviction of one of its Chicago uberX drivers in its background check [...] Chicago Tribune shows varying standards of Ride-Sharing Services [...] A group of Chicago taxi drivers has filed a lawsuit against the City of Chicago for failing to enforce its own rules -- claiming ride-sharing services can charge whatever they want and don't need chauffeur's license [...] Uber, did not check some of the criminal records of its drivers; one driver had a 2010 Cook County felony conviction for residential burglary [...] Services ... uber.com lyft.com side.cr

Carol Stream Police Sgt. Bryan Pece, who faces DUI charge after crash has been awarded non-duty disability leave from injuries from the same crash [...]

Lakeview residents reported more than 2,000 rat complaints from last January until February 3, 2014 [...] Rats can squeeze through a hole only one-inch in diameter [...]

Michael Worsham shot and killed his wife and his 17-year-old son, then shot his 15-year-old daughter in the back as she fled  [...] A 14-year old stepson is being called a hero for saving his five-year old nephew and himself about 10:30 p.m. Sunday  [...] The 14-year-old stepson attempted to wrestle the gun from his stepfather, who said he let him live if he stopped trying to disarm him  [...] Murdered: Michelle Ollie, 42 Steven Ollie, 17 Trisdion, 15 LIVE TRAFFIC MAP  [ MAP/SATELLITE ]

Eight Chicago Police officers face a federal lawsuit for illegal strip searches near 9040 S. Laflin of suspects believed to have been selling drugs [...] Robert Douglas was later shackled to the window bars of a nearby home, where officers pulled his pants down, bent him over and searched his buttocks [...] Attorney Michael Oppenheimer: "This poor woman was forced to pull down her pants, pull down her underwear and remove a tampon from her after she proclaimed that she was menstruating. Officers made jeering comments about her body parts and how good she looked as she was forced to do this, as 5 police officers looked on" [...]

Oak Brook firefighter/paramedics responded about 10:00 a.m. to a report of people sick in a house -- possibly from carbon monoxide illness. The Oak Brook Fire Department Battalion Chief immediately called for an EMS Box for extra ambulances [...] Police vague on weather source of carbon monoxide was a water heater or specifically a indoor swimming pool heater ... the house was equipped with carbon monoxide detectors, but the monitors were not functioning at the time of the incident ... carbon monoxide levels were found as high as 1,000 parts per million [...] Oak Brook police say Pei Yeh, 86, was the man that died at a large home in the 2900 block of Oakbrook Hills Road, Oak Brook, where eight other people were also sick with CO poisoning [...]

Dora Betancourt -- a kind, bubbly girl who loved cheerleading and sports as a student at St. John Lutheran School in Libertyville [...] Mom wasn't home when 14-year-old older half-sister stabbed her 11-year-old sister to death because she had been 'ungrateful' and shouted the reason for the attack with each blow [...] Mundelein Moms raised more than $6,000 for the family of both girls as they prepared for the funeral next week [...]

Asst. State's Atty. Claudia Kasten reports the suspect vocalized with each stab wound that the victim was not thankful for all that the suspect/older girl had done for the younger girl [...] In a short timespan after the stabbing, the 14-year-old girl called 9-1-1 and told police that there was a Hispanic male intruder stabbing her little sister  [...] Victim had about 40 stab wounds, and older sister admitted attack when she was confronted that DNA from hair strands on the victim's hands would indicate the killer [...] Local schools were locked down, but police provided no alerts with any details about the reasoning behind the lockdown for 11 hours after the murdered girl’s body was discovered at about 8:30 a.m. [...] Police called to townhouse in the 1600 block of Woodhaven Court, Mundelein [ MAP ]

Interview with Art's Bike Shop owner Barry Kerstein; tenants upstairs escaped  [...] No injuries reported in fire that closed Cermak Rd between Austin and Ridgeland Ave [...] Most of the roof collapsed on the apartment over Arts Bike Shop in Berwyn -- aerial video [...] Fireground video from CAPTURED NEWS on NBC [...] CHICAGOFIRMAP.NET FIRE AT ART'S CYCLING AND FITNESS ON WEST CERMAK RD, BERWYN -- EXTRA ALARM FIRE [...]

A man was found dead and frozen in the 1000 block of Windham Parkway, Bolingbrook Tuesday morning and pronounced dead at 9:35 AM [...]

Amtrak derailment while the train was switching tracks just before 8 a.m. Thursday, near Rudder Street in Wood River [...] No injuries, train derailed at slow speed, and the engine and wheels on the front car lost contact with the track -- left St. Louis at 6:40 a.m. and was due in Chicago at 12:20 PM [...]

Death investigation for the death of 7-month-old Mya Edwards from Barrington [...] Barrington police and Cook County Major Case Assistance Team investigating the death of Mya Edwards [...] Cook County Major Case Assistance Team has been called in to help investigate the death in the 100 block of South Hager, something that typically isn’t done unless a death is considered suspicious [...]

A Comcast cable technician was approached while he was sitting in his Comcast van and then shot during a robbery in the 7600 block of South Kingston Ave [...] Witness says Comcast worker was complying with offender, but was shot in the stomach [...] Offender took his cell phone and wallet in an alley, and fled in a white car in the South Shore neighborhood [...]

With Bolingbrook police emblem on the squad car, video shows video poker on screen, but does not show the officer actually playing the game while driving [...] “The officer in this video has been identified. “Due to the seriousness of this incident, the Bolingbrook Police Department has placed this under an internal investigation,” said Lt. Michael Rompa [...]

Illinois hasn’t been nationally ranked since Jan. 14, 2013 [...] Arizona is #1 for the fifth consecutive week [...] collegebasketball.ap.org/poll Twitter.com/IlliniHoops