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Chicago

Bulls Take Crushing Blow Against Trail Blazers

Russell Simmons - November 18, 2021

By the half, the Trail Blazers were trailing the Bulls 63-48.

Community

National Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump Responds to Unredacted Video of Christian Hall Shooting

Silence DoGood - November 18, 2021

“It is a horrible truth that our legal team had to push relentlessly for nearly a year to obtain the unredacted video of Christian Hall’s killing. When we have to push so hard, it begs the question: ‘What is there to hide?’"

Politics

Rush on Revelations that J Edgar Hoover Withheld Information That Witnesses Involved in Malcolm X Assassination Trial Were FBI Informants

Silence DoGood - November 18, 2021

“In hindsight, it is clear that Hoover’s FBI was one of the truest enemies of the civil rights movement and the aspirations of America’s Black citizens.”

Former Crestwood Mayor Pleads Guilty to Participating in Bribery Scheme Involving Red-Light Camera Services

Silence DoGood - November 18, 2021

LOUIS PRESTA, 71, of Crestwood, pleaded guilty to one count of using a facility in interstate commerce in aid of bribery and official misconduct, and one count of filing a false income tax return.

Crime

Federal Indictments Charge Department of Veterans Affairs Employees with Pocketing Cash from Vendors

Silence DoGood - November 18, 2021

ANDREW LEE and KIMBERLY A. DYSON worked as Prosthetic Clerks in the Veterans Health Administration Prosthetics Service in Chicago.

Loves Park Office Manager Charged with Fraudulently Obtaining More than $1 Million from Employer

Silence DoGood - November 18, 2021

The information charges TAMMY E. MOORE, 54, with one count of wire fraud. Moore will be arraigned in U.S. District Court in Rockford on a date to be determined.

Crime

Kankakee Man Charged with Aggravated Battery with a Firearm

Silence DoGood - November 18, 2021

On November 7, Sheriff’s Police responded to a call of shots fired on the 1400 block of East 15th Street in Ford Heights.

Politics

Regulation of Home Businesses Offers New Opportunities and Challenges for Markham

Quinton R. Arthur - November 18, 2021

On the top items on the city attorney's report was an ordinance to approve a text amendment to the Markham zoning code to regulate home occupations in the city was approved.

Community