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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 [...]