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- Police apparently pulled over the stolen van which contained a missing 7-month-old infant for whom an Amber Alert was issued, but let the driver go when they received a report of shots fired nearby. The infant, and car, remain missing.
- More than 500 residents in Crystal Lake are protesting a new cell phone tower that has gone up in a nearby park calling it, "an eyesore and a health hazard."
- Sad news from Cicero: Regis, the 13-year-old dog who was rescued from a fire that claimed the life of his owner who died trying to save the dog, has passed away.
- Police have charged Kristy Wright with first degree murder and first degree attempted murder for an incident on November 17 in which she ran over and killed her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend and injured a second woman.
- A third area family managed to escape the violence in Mumbai this week.
- The Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington has a unique gift this holiday season: ornaments made of deer poo. Ummmmmmmm, no.
- The five finalists for the "Why Chicago" contest, helping to promote Chicago's 2016 Olympics bid, have been chosen. Check all of them out here and cast your vote for your favorite.
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Every single one of those videos for "why chicago" are embarrassing to the point of losing the olympics on pure suckage alone.
"ummm, chicago is, ummmmm a good place, to ummmm get the olympics and to, ummm, the heartland, blah blah blah"
what garbage.
The kid was found in Skokie as of 6:15 PM Friday.
They're still looking for the guy who took the car.
The kid was found in Skokie as of 6:15 PM Friday.
They're still looking for the guy who took the car.
The baby was found as Scooter said. However the Chicagoist tidbit above is incorrect. The van was pulled over in response to the shots fired prior to the child being reported missing. They didnt leave the van in order to respond to shots being fired. It was determined the driver was not involved in the other separate crime. The Amber alert had not been issued, so the police were not ignoring a description of a vehicle and missing child that was right in front of them. Let's not paint the police to be doing less than they are.
Ok, the video of a white suburban kid, "rapping" about Chicago, filmed in the suburbs, feating him throwing up a "folks" gang sign...is in the lead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORKgF9CktGw&eurl=
Reason #1443 why I'll be taking a month long vacation in 8 years.
That's not what the linked NBC5 story says:
Chicagoist may have incorrect info, but if they do, it's only because NBC does, too.
oph is correct. At the time, this was the only report that was out there at major media outlets and it was corrected later...when I had already logged off for the evening. That, of course, doesn't excuse us having the misinformation on the site, but it was the only info we could find at the time.