Extra, Extra

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Jan 9, 2009 12:30AM

Photo by The Lovely Olivia Leigh

• By a vote of 21-0, the state House committee investigating Gov. Rod Blagojevich has recommended impeachment. A vote in the House is expected tomorrow, which will send articles of impeachment to the Senate for trial.
• Roland Burris told the committee today that there was no "quid pro quo" for his Senate appointment.
• The Sun-Times Media Group will be closing 12 suburban papers as of January 15. They are: Algonquin Countryside, Arlington Heights Post, Cary-Grove Countryside, Des Plaines Times, Elk Grove Times, Hoffman Estates Review, Mount Prospect Times, Palatine Countryside, Proviso Herald, Rolling Meadows Review, Schaumburg Review and Wheeling Countryside.
• Joliet police are holding Jeramy J. Green in custody for last night's stabbing death of his girlfriend, Brittany Brooks.
• Some county workers managed to finagle timesheets so they got paid overtime on their days off. Quigley is not amused.
• The state lottery jackpot has grown to $2.5 million. We're feelin' lucky.