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Flatbed trailer in Joliet with steel rings worth $200,000 vanishes
A flatbed trailer containing 40,000 pounds of steel rings worth $200,000 disappeared from a lot on Joliet's southwest side, according to a Sunday police report. The truck driver told police he parked the trailer in the lot on the 1500 block of...Tags: Police, Police Investigations
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60-year-old man critically injured after fire near Lockport
A 60-year-old man was hospitalized after firefighters rescued him Thursday afternoon from his burning house near Lockport. The Lockport Fire Department was called about 3 p.m. to the 400 block of Oak Avenue, said Battalion Chief Paul Hertzmann. The man...Tags: Injuries, Fires, Lockport
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FBI searches 2 suburban pharmacies
The FBI has searched two Joliet pharmacies owned by a fundraiser for Gov. Rod Blagojevich. FBI spokesman Ross Rice said agents took records from Basinger's Pharmacy stores but declined to say what they were investigating. Rice said no arrests were made....Tags: Rod Blagojevich, Police, Medicine, Fraud, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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FBI searches stores owned by Blagojevich fundraiser
FBI agents on Thursday searched two Joliet drugstores owned by a major fundraiser for Gov. Rod Blagojevich who was the focus of a state investigation into whether campaign donations were made in exchange for regulatory favors. Agents took records from...Tags: Medical Staff, Rod Blagojevich, Medicine, Police, Fraud
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Thursday's Scores
PREP BASKETBALLBoys Basketball Chicago Uplift 70, Prosser 67 Chicago Vocational 55, Hubbard 48 Fenger 91, Chicago (Urban Prep) 32 Glenbrook South 58, Maine West 49 Grayslake 92, Lakes Community 44 Hillcrest 68, Evergreen Park 45 Ida Crown 61, St....Tags: Bolingbrook, Blue Island, Kenwood, Hillcrest, Homewood
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So many shows ...
Wanna get away from the holiday to-dos? Entertainment venues around town are packed with an array of music and comedy shows for you to check out. All tickets are available through Ticketmaster at 312-559-1212 or ticketmaster.com. The Chicago Theatre, 175...Tags: Wayne Newton, Gladys Knight, Hammond, St. Charles, Jeff Foxworthy
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Amtrak drops opposition to EJ&E sale
Amtrak is dropping its opposition to the hotly debated sale of a suburban Chicago railway line. The passenger service says it's agreed with the company that's vying to purchase the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway line that loops around Chicago. Amtrak... -
Illinois' gambling problem
Tribune reportersThe struggling economy has dealt a bad hand to the nation's usually robust gambling business, a downturn made even worse in Illinois, where the state's nearly year-old smoking ban has proved unhealthy to casinos. Among those paying the steepest prices...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Indiana, State Budgets, Iowa, Las Vegas
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Track repair deal ends Amtrak's opposition to CN purchase of EJ & E
Associated Press Amtrak has dropped its opposition to the hotly debated sale of a suburban Chicago railway line after reaching an agreement with Canadian National Railway on track maintenance, officials said Wednesday. CN wants to buy the Elgin,...Tags: St. Charles, Transportation, Railway Transportation
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Stanley Johnson, retired Argonne chemist, dies
Special to the TribuneStanley A. Johnson had a deep appreciation of nature's role in molding Chicago and its suburbs. The retired Argonne chemist devoted years to helping preserve open land and waterways, such as the Santa Fe Prairie and Illinois & Michigan Canal, so the...Tags: Michigan, Seattle, Transportation, Illinois, Manhattan (New York City)
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Now you see him, now you don't
Armand Assante visited Chicago on Monday to record post-production dialogue for "Chicago Overcoat," a mob film shot locally and starring Frank Vincent, who was in "The Sopranos." The movie, produced by Beverly Ridge Pictures and directed by newcomer Brian...Tags: Michigan, Movies
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Joliet holiday festival to light up downtown
Downtown Joliet will play host to a holiday party and parade Friday. The city's annual Light Up the Holidays festival begins at 10 a.m. and features free activities including crafts, a fun fair and vaudeville-style acts at various downtown locations....Tags: Festive Event
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