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Mayoral and municipal primaries are being held in some Chicago 'burbs today. Don't forget to vote if you live in Cicero, Berwyn, Calumet City, Waukegan, North Chicago, Elgin and Dolton. Polls are open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Not much other information is available right now, but Dolton Police are reporting two people are dead from gunshot wounds after a 5-hour standoff today. It's not known if the hostage holder was one of the deceased.

Dolton police are still on the scene at a home at 146th Street and Avalon Avenue in south suburban Dolton where a man has allegedly taken his wife hostage. Dolton Police Chief Robert Fox said no one has been injured and police are still trying to sort out the situation.

Things are getting heated in Dolton, where the inspector general was attacked by a corrections officer on the street. Inspector general Robert Shaw, twin brother of Dolton's recently deceased mayor Bill Shaw, was allegedly attacked by Elliott R. Kozel, 48, of Chicago who was circulating a petition in support of mayoral candidate Riley Rogers (Riley's nephew Larry knocked Shaw off the Cook County Board of Review a few years ago). Like all similar situations, each party is blaming the other one for the fracas. Though it's still not clear what the cause of the fight was. We guess it was just simple, good old fashion political loathing?

Kozel claims he was being "chased down" by Shaw and called 911, Kozel's attorney, Michael Joyce, said.

Continue reading "Politics Gets Rough in Dolton. Literally."

Dolton Mayor William "Bill" Shaw passed away Wednesday at the age of 71 after a four-year bout with colon cancer. He was Dolton's first black mayor and had a long history in Illinois politics. he was elected the Illinois State Representative of the 34th Legislative District in 1982 where he served five terms. He also served as a state senator for 10 years and was elected mayor of Dolton in 1997. He had previously been hospitalized for the cancer in 2005, shortly after he was elected to a third term in the south suburban city.

During his two decades in the Illinois General Assembly, Shaw served as a member of the Senate Energy & Environment Committee and the Task Force on Electric Deregulation. As a member of the Senate Local Government Committee, Shaw was instrumental in the redevelopment of the Historic Pullman District on Chicago's South Side. Additionally, in 1984, Mayor Shaw along with current Illinois Senate President Emil Jones Jr, co-sponsored groundbreaking legislation with both Illinois House members that made it mandatory that African American History be taught in Illinois public schools. Mayor Shaw also sponsored legislation that created the Illinois Donor Program within the office of the Illinois Secretary of State.

Shaw is survived by his long time companion, Debra Green, three adult children, two grandchildren, his twin brother and former Cook County Commissioner Robert Shaw, his sister Barbara Shaw-Brown and many nieces and nephews.