Extra Extra: Jackie Robinson West Team Wins Little League World Series Opener
By Chuck Sudo in News on Aug 14, 2014 11:00PM
- The Jackie Robinson West baseball team won 12-2 in their Little League World Series opener. The game lasted five innings and was called after the mercy rule was enacted. [Sun-Times]
- Photos were released of three people alleged to have stolen a dog from a Chicago Heights shelter. [ABC 7]
- Illinois' unemployment rate is down to 6.8 percent, the lowest since 2008. [Tribune]
- A woman gave birth in a van on the Eisenhower expressway earlier this week. [CBS Chicago]
- Illinois' failing racetracks are still lobbying for gambling expansion. [NBC Chicago]
- From the city’s Open Data Portal, a chart of beachfront water temperatures. [City of Chicago]
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