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Midday News Links: Rivers Casino Is A Gold Mine

By Staff in News on Jan 10, 2012 6:40PM

  • Rivers Casino helped raise Illinois' take from gambling for the first time since 2007. [CBS Chicago]
  • A Naperville family vacationing in India was killed in a car crash. [Sun-Times]
  • The fisherman dragged out of Diversey Harbor last week was reunited with the fireman who saved him. [Chicago Breaking News]
  • The Zion-Benton school district and striking teachers have reached a deal. [Chicago Breaking News]
  • Patrick Sharp's upper body injury, reportedly a fractured wrist, will keep him out 3-4 weeks. [SB Nation]
  • Tammy Duckworth gets the endorsement of SEIU in the 8th Congressional District. [Progress Illinois]