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See police sketch of "bee" killer
A man described as mentally unstable stopped his pickup truck in rural, out-of-the-way spots in Illinois and Indiana on Tuesday morning, randomly asking strangers questions about honeybees before opening fire, wounding a farmer and construction worker and...Tags: Lake County (Indiana), Beecher, Health, Washington (U.S. state), Illinois
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2 Killed, 1 Wounded in Calumet City Bar Fight
(WGN-AM)- Two people were shot to death and one wounded early Wednesday morning in a bar fight that escalated in south suburban Calumet City, police said. The shootings happened in a parking lot outside Laristos II Sports Bar and Grill, 403 Torrence Ave....Tags: Health, Calumet City, Michael Johnson (football, safety), Murder, Hospitals and Clinics
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Steve & Johnnie
"The Steve and Johnnie Show" is an overnight kaleidoscope of people, places and things ranging from breaking local, national and international news stories, to celebrity interviews, to creative sculpture (with Spam), to in-studio "jams" with visiting rock...Tags: Nashville, Paul Harvey, Newspaper and Magazine, Holidays, Aurora
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60-Year-Old Man Gets 5 Years for Child Molestation
(WGN-AM)- A Hammond man who pleaded guilty to child molesting last month was sentenced Monday to five years in prison, prosecutors said. Stephen Barnhart, 60, pleaded guilty to the crime on June 22. According to a press release from the office of the...Tags: Lake County (Indiana), Justice System, Lawyers, Prosecution, Public Relations
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Three Indiana State Prison Guards Suspended, Two Escapees Still At Large
(WGN-AM)- Three Indiana State Prison guards have been suspended for failing to properly supervise three inmates who escaped last weekend.
Investigators claimed the guards did not keep a close enough watch over the inmates and the guards were indefinitely...Tags: South Bend (St. Joseph, Indiana), Michigan City, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Long Beach (Los Angeles, California)
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Man cleared in rape case gets 17 years in slaying
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — A man exonerated five years ago by DNA evidence in a rape case after serving several years in an Illinois prison has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for a woman's 2008 beating death. The Times of Munster and the Post-...Tags: Lake County (Indiana), Prisons, Rod Blagojevich, DNA, Munster
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Man punched, kicked after asking for quiet, and more
TribLocal - Tinley Park » NewsThe following items were taken from Tinley Park police reports Sept. 15. Battery A 31-year-old Tinley Park man was arrested at his home in the …... -
Cops: Video aided arrest in Boystown attack
LakeviewDarren Hayes, 24, of Hammond, Ind., is charged with aggravated battery and mob action.... -
Feds: Couple hid taxes, gave out weight-loss drugs illegally
Tribune reporterA Tinley Park couple who operated weight-loss clinics faces federal drug and tax evasion charges for allegedly providing prescription weight-loss drugs to patients without performing physicals and not paying some $750,000 in taxes. Rakesh Anand, 55,...Tags: Health, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Internal Revenue Service, Crimes
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Indiana: America's original wine country
VEVAY, Ind. — Every summer, over the last weekend in August, girls in Swiss costumes dance traditional polkas, passenger boats ply the Ohio River, and fireworks light up the night sky here.
The riverbank of this otherwise quiet Switzerland County...Tags: Thomas Jefferson, Peanut Butter, Grapes, Alcoholic Beverages, White House
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Officials investigate cause of Calumet Harbor boat crash
The eight people injured after their boat struck a breakwall on Lake Michigan at Calumet Harbor Sunday evening were treated and released from area hospitals as investigators determine the cause of the crash, Indiana officials said today.
The eight...Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Indiana
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Woman recorded cops after harassment claims ignored
Tribune reporterA former stripper who is accused of illegally recording a conversation with two Chicago police internal affairs detectives cried on the witness stand Tuesday as she admitted being mad at the time because she thought her sexual harassment complaint wasn&...Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Justice System, Lawyers, Prosecution, Illinois
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