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“I had a funny feeling that something was going to happen”

When the owner of a Maywood clothing store thought she was being robbed, she used a remote-control system to lock the suspected thieves in the store. via Chicago Tribune

“For someone to imply that I paid $60,000 to get a job of $127,000 is erroneous and wrong.”

A former top official in Gov. Blagojevich's administration said Tuesday the governor gave him a $127,000-a-year state job in exchange for pouring cash into Blagojevich's campaign fund, including tens of ... via Chicago Sun-Times

“They're actually easy to find in the woods because they're almost, there's almost no other green on the forest floor, aside from the tops of the ramps”

Spring has officially sprung, and one of the first signs in the kitchen is the appearance of ramps on local menus. via WLS-TV Chicago

House Speaker Michael Madigan told a firefighters' group last week that he, Gov. via Illinois Times

The Asian longhorned beetle has been eradicated in Illinois.

The tree-eating beetle led to the removal and destruction of more than 1,700 trees in the state.

Five years have passed without a sighting of the black and white insect and now federal and state officials have declared they are all gone.

The last infestation was detected in Chicago's Oz Park in 2003. The first infestation broke out in Ravenswood in 1998.

Quarantine zones have existed in numerous Chicago neighborhoods, including Oz Park located in Lincoln Park, Ravenswood, Kilbourn Park, Loyola, Park Ridge, O'Hare, Addison and Summit. The last chemical treatments took place in Oz Park in 2006. Read more

“He still had a lot of support. He knew I would help him if he was in trouble.”

Well before his murderous rampage at Northern Illinois University, Steven Kazmierczak described himself as a victim who had overcome hard times. via WGN-TV Chicago

“These things, the protection orders, they're a license to dehumanize somebody”

BOSTON - The young mother's long nightmare began to subside soon after her abusive ex-husband was outfitted with a satellite monitoring device that would electronically warn authorities if he ever got too ... via Chicago Tribune

“Everybody was on the same wavelength, which is phenomenal”

The coalition of various governmental entities banding together to fight the purchase of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway by the Canadian National Railway now has a name: TRAC. via Beacon News

“We are conducting a follow-up clinical trial to compare computerized breathing feedback with other unique methods of pulmonary rehabilitation”

Categorized by Health / Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may gain better control over their breathing and breathe more efficiently by using their breath to play a computer game, according to ... via Tech News Watch

“I was really planning on finishing that all up this week, this has put kind of a kink in that plan.”

Classes at Malcolm X College on the West Side were scheduled to resume Monday evening after a threat was found written hours earlier on a bathroom wall, a City Colleges of Chicago spokeswoman said. via Chicago Tribune

“They are betting on it and confident. If all this did was buy a few extra years with Zachary then it has been resources well spent”

Friends, family members and the Plainfield School District community are planning a fundraiser to benefit Plainfield North High School senior Zach McCulloch. via Herald News

“For me, I don't know that there's a hierarchy”

Let's talk about poetry. Most people don't give it a second thought. Others dismiss it because they don't understand it. via Chicago Sun-Times

“They are scared to death of BRIC”

Any politician worth his weight in lawn signs knows that building constituent consensus is key to success. via WGN-TV Chicago

Leaders and Legends: Russell Williams Russell Williams Inducted 2002 Hall of Fame for Leaders and Legends of the Blindness Field Russ Williams was born in Indiana in 1918 and graduated as a secondary education ... via Fred's Head Companion

“Every time I dialed I got the fast-busy”

Stung with four tollway violations, Kevin Weller joined thousands on the road of frustration when he made nearly two dozen recent calls to try to clear up the problem. via WGNTV Chicago

“The people of Illinois employ their elected officials and pay their salaries, and they should have the right to fire them if those officials don't perform as promised.”

Illinois voters may soon get the power to kick politicians out of office before their term is up. via WEEK-TV

“One of the horses reached out and bit me”

Betsy Goltermann likes happy endings - but at the time, the prospects looked grim. via Suburban Chicago News

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“He would always say he saw his customers at the most important times in their lives: before weddings; around the holidays; before they were going on big trips or vacations; before funerals”

To his customers, Ralph "Pete" Peterson wasn't just a barber -- he was a friend and confidant. via Daily Herald