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Extra Extra: South Shore Drill Team To Perform At Inauguration

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Dec 21, 2012 12:00AM


  • The South Shore Drill Team has been chosen to march in the Inauguration Parade in Washington on Jan. 21. Check out video below of the drill team in action at the 2012 Bud Billiken Parade. [NBC]

  • Violence against paramedics is on the rise. [ABC7]

  • Asian carp found in the Humboldt Park lagoon are now at the Shedd Aquarium. [WBEZ]

  • A father and his 5-year-old son were seriously injured when they were struck by a car in Evanston. [Sun-Times]

  • A burglar was hanging out, eating coffee cake, admiring the Christmas tree and watching television while the family was sleeping. The man stole Hot Pockets and beer, then tried to siphon gas from the residents' cars. [Sun-Times]

  • Police and the Guardian Angels are searching for a man who sexually assaulted a woman near the Morse Red Line station. [DNAinfo.com]

  • Chicago gospel singer Inez Andrews has died. [ABC7]