Extra Extra: Former Cook County Sheriff Richard Elrod Died
By Chuck Sudo in News on Apr 22, 2014 11:00PM
- Former judge and Cook County Sheriff Richard Elrod has died. [Tribune]
- Five of Illinois’ top 10 high schools are CPS schools. It should surprise no one they are all selective enrollment schools. [Sun-Times]
- A local lottery winner wants to use her winnings to open a facility for battered women and children. [NBC Chicago]
- Illinois basketball player Darius Paul, a transfer from Western Michigan and the younger brother of the Illini's Brandon Paul, was charged with underage drinking and resisting arrest. [Tribune]
- Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd) is vehemently opposed to a property tax hike to fund two of the city's four municipal pension funds. [Sun-Times]
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