Posted Soldier Killed In Fort Hood Shooting Remembered In Joliet to Chicagoist
Photo by: AP Photo/ M. Spencer Green The street outside the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home in Joliet was lined with 200 motorcycles yesterday, all mourners paying their respects to U.S. Army Pfc. Michael Pearson, 22,...
Posted Skokie Teenager Dressed Up As A Woman To Rob A Bank, Police Said to Chicagoist
Photo by: mmmmarshall Shane T. Collymore, 18, Skokie, was charged with three felony counts of armed robbery, three felony counts of aggravated unlawful restraint, and three felony counts of aggravated kidnapping in connection with robbery of...
Posted State Officials Plan To Poison Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal To Keep Out Invasive Asian Carp to Chicagoist
Photo by: burningshoes The last time we checked in with the Asian carp, Congress had voted to allocate $6 million to help fight off their invasion, with the money going towards building permanent barriers and studying...
Posted Bargain Hunting Website Exposes Black Friday Sales For Target (And Other Stores) to Chicagoist
Photo by: waynegunn Back in the day, it was customary to buy the newspaper right around Thanksgiving and check out all the ads and circulars to see which store had the best Black Friday deal. But...
Posted Homewood Soldier Wounded At Fort Hood In "Terrible Condition" to Chicagoist
Photo by: waynegunn Pvt. Najee Hull, 20, Homewood, is back in Illinois and recovering after being shot three times, twice in the back and once in the knee, in the mass killing at Fort Hood while...