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More than half of state school chiefs earn $100,000
For the first time, more than half the state's school superintendents earned $100,000 or more last year, records show.
Gov. finds jobs for Cabinet director, lawmakers
Outgoing Gov. George Ryan has created a new job at the Department of Natural Resources that will go to his current agriculture director and has appointed more lame duck lawmakers and aides to state boards.
Judge orders privacy for terrorism suspect
A federal judge ordered privacy for an Islamic charity director charged with bankrolling Osama bin Laden's terrorist network but refused to free him on bond, saying he might flee the country.
Pusher gets 30 years in cop-led cocaine conspiracy
A drug dealer who kept a pair of Rottweilers to guard his stash was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison for his role in a $2 million cocaine conspiracy led by a Chicago police officer.
Ryan names new U. of I. board chairman
Gov. George Ryan has named a University of Illinois trustee whose term is set to expire in January to serve out the term of another board member who has resigned.
Holidays ahead; city closing streets
This weekend's Magnificent Mile Lights Festival, which draws thousands to downtown Chicago, kicks off the coming holiday season's round of street closings.
Metra train hits pedestrian in Lockport
A Metra Heritage Corridor train inbound to Chicago this morning struck and killed a pedestrian in Lockport, officials said.
Man shot, killed after cashing check
Police are seeking three assailants who shot and killed a 69-year-old man who had just cashed a Social Security check at a South Side currency exchange.
Man, 40, dies of burns from fire at gas pump
A Humboldt Park man died Thursday of burns suffered when his clothes caught fire while he was pumping gas with a lit cigarette.
City acts to put lid on huge legal bills
Khingman Chou suffered a cracked pelvis and fractured ribs when a car slammed broadside into the one in which she was riding at 23rd Street and Wabash Avenue, leaving her with chronic pain.
For sale: Items dear to Ann Landers
There was no one too famous, too rich or too important to escape Eppie Lederer's advice--even when she wasn't officially on duty as Ann Landers.
Inmate guilty of lies about key
More than 10 years after inmate Jeffrey Erickson killed two officers during an escape attempt from Chicago's federal courthouse, another prisoner was convicted Thursday of perjury charges for lying about supplying a handcuff key to Erickson that he used to free his hands and overpower a guard.
Experts suggest new jail for Kane
Federal consultants told Kane County officials Thursday that their aging, chronically overcrowded jail should perhaps be scrapped in favor of a new facility built near the judicial center in St. Charles.
Governor defends real-estate deal
The Ryan administration Thursday defended its proposed purchase of an aging building complex that is being brokered by a pal of Gov. George Ryan's, even as key lawmakers and the incoming attorney general questioned the appropriateness of the multimillion-dollar deal.
District 300 eyeing cuts, tax increase
A $22 million budget deficit expected by June in Carpentersville-based Community Unit School District 300 is likely to mean cuts, another funding referendum or both, as the district struggles to control its finances.
Gaming Board conflict denied
Gov. George Ryan's newest appointee to the Illinois Gaming Board, sits on the board of directors of a Loop bank whose chairman is a chief investor in the failed Emerald casino project in Rosemont, state officials said Thursday.
Youth league exec gets 8 years for theft
A former Elk Grove Village Youth Baseball League commissioner was sentenced to 8 years in prison Thursday for stealing more than $900,000 to feed his gambling habit, pilfering it from league funds and swindling investors in a separate scam.
State blasts Bensenville cop training
Bensenville's controversial program to train police officers as emergency medical technicians has drawn a reprimand from the Illinois Department of Public Health, which is requiring 27 officers to take coursework and additional training.
Visually impaired touch the stars
By moving their fingertips over raised lines and bumps on the pages of a new book Thursday, a group of visually impaired students saw images of galaxies, planets and stars for the first time.
DuPage Forest Commission seething over director's letter
In the eyes of some on the lame-duck commission of the DuPage County Forest Preserve District, a farewell letter to them from the executive director was drafted with a poison pen.
New trial ordered in '96 slaying
The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the murder conviction of a West Side man, ruling that prosecutors and the judge hearing the case improperly allowed the introduction of polygraph test results.
New Lake Zurich fish has certain mystique
The tiger muskies recently released into Lake Zurich may be small fry now, but when they hit their full length--40 inches isn't uncommon--they'll give anglers a chance to hook into a real fish story.
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