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Illinois police chiefs group president under investigation over helicopter program
Seven years ago, a small-town police chief launched a big dream to nab criminals and thwart terrorists from the air. Chief Timothy Swanson began a police helicopter program that initially drew raves. He secured six-figure federal grants. Nearly 100...
Tags: Midway Airport, Criminals, Pension and Welfare, Kankakee, Winthrop Harbor
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Suspect in custody after doctor found stabbed to death
WGN NewsPolice have a suspect in custody in the stabbing death of a retired doctor, and the violent attack of his wife. James Goldenstein, 81, was found dead in his Kankakee home early Friday morning. His 81-year-old wife Betty was critically injured when she...Tags: General Practitioners, Kankakee
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Man faces DUI after calling police on himself
A 42-year-old Lynwood man was charged with DUI after he called State Police this morning to say he was out of gas and lost -- and admitted he was drunk.
A police dispatcher tried to get more information but Dante Owens, 42, said he could not remember...Tags: Lynwood, Kankakee, Momence
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Will County officials don’t want to talk about 3rd airport with Jackson
TribLocal - Plainfield » NewsWill County Board members want Gov. Patrick Quinn to negotiate with them — not U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill. — when it comes to …... -
Man killed in crash involving Kankakee County squad car
A passenger was killed Sunday night in a Kankakee County crash that also seriously injured the driver of the car and a Kankakee County sheriff's police corporal in his squad car, Illinois State Police said.
The crash happened at about 8 p.m. at the...Tags: Kankakee, Hospitals and Clinics, Injuries and Wounds
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Kankakee County man dies after single-car crash
A 43-year-old Kankakee County man has died after a single-car crash earlier this week near Momence, Illinois State Police said today.
Lamont Watson of St. Anne was driving alone northbound on 12000 East Road in a 1997 Buick LeSabre about 11:10 p.m....Tags: Illinois, Chicago, Disasters and Accidents, Kankakee, St. Anne
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Part 2: Inept defenses cloud verdict
Tribune Staff WritersBernon Howery needed a lawyer to save his life. Charged with setting a fire in Kankakee that killed four children, including three of his own, he turned to Earl Washington. A veteran Chicago attorney who had represented a relative of Howery's, Washington...Tags: Will County, Hennepin County, Springfield, Politics, Lake County (Michigan)
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Cops urged to tape their interrogations
Tribune staff reportersNearly 2 1/2 years after Chicago police and Cook County prosecutors began videotaping murder confessions, the unraveling of a murder case with a taped confession underscores why some lawmakers and advocates have called for further reform, including...Tags: Minnesota, Law Enforcement, University of Michigan, Trials, Defendants
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Hometown hero gets final salute
Tribune staff reporterAn overflow crowd of friends and relatives shared their grief over Marine Capt. Ryan Beaupre on Thursday with strangers who wanted to help bury one of the first American casualties in the war with Iraq. There was the Army veteran, now a south suburban...Tags: Defense, Kankakee, Kuwait, World War II (1939-1945), Christianity
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Illinois governor will not seek second term
Tribune staff reportersOn the steps of the Kankakee County Courthouse where his 35 years in public office began, Gov. George Ryan on Wednesday formally declared he would not seek the Republican nomination for a second term and lashed back at his conservative critics. Ryan's...Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Richard M. Daley, Elections, Government
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No more excuses. Go to the tape
Tribune editorialIn one of the Kankakee County sheriff's first attempts at videotaping an interrogation, suspect Christopher Connery was led into a small room. It was bare but for two chairs, a table and a wall thermostat the size of a cigarette pack. Detectives listened...Tags: Minnesota, Law Enforcement, Court Preliminary, Politics, Sex Crimes
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School tries improving step at time
Tribune staff reporterPrincipal Charlotte Stoxstell knows time is running out for Bethune Elementary, a North Lawndale school that for the last decade has failed to improve its dreadful reputation and dismal test scores. Bethune is one of 21 Chicago schools facing the most...Tags: Examinations, Academic Progress, Personal Income, Justice System, North Lawndale
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