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Extra Extra: Local Man Dies At Aragon Ballroom Friday Night

By Selena Fragassi in News on May 24, 2015 8:00PM

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  • During a concert by Grayslake rock band Chevelle at the Aragon on Friday night, 24-year-old Kyle W. Kirchhoff fell from an overhead catwalk and was later pronounced dead. [Tribune]

  • The four-year-old child who was shot in the head in West Englewood on Friday night has now been upgraded to serious condition. Her grandfather says "she is doing fine." [Sun-Times]

  • A group of local Girl Scouts fed up with all the pigeon poop in Old Irving Park organized a mass cleanup this weekend. The CTA even offered a power washer. [DNAinfo Chicago]

  • Pac-Man turned 35 on Friday and was celebrated with a party at a new themed restaurant in Schaumburg. [RedEye]

  • Well that's one way to keep a frown upside down. A Pennsylvania chain is suing Chicago American Sweet & Snacks Inc. saying its smiley face cookies infringe on a trademark it has had in place since 1985. [WGN]
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