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Shooting at Schaumburg hotel, possibly 2 injured

Police have confirmed a shooting at a hotel this morning in northwest suburban Schaumburg. The number of victims shot is still unclear.

Reportedly the shooting happened at about 1:30 a.m. at the Homestead Studio Suites at 51 E. Parkway. Police confirmed the incident, but could not provide further details.

Witnesses said at least two ambulances responded to the back of the hotel and transported two victims to area hospitals, but that has not been confirmed.

A desk person at the hotel refused to comment. Homestead Studio Suites is an extended-stay establishment and has several locations throughout the Chicago area.

--Pat Curry, WGN-TV

 

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Source: Chicago Breaking News | Published: 16 Mar 2010, 4:10 am
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1 dead, 2 seriously injured in I-55 crash near Cicero Ave.

One person is reported dead after a veering motorist on the Stevenson Expressway crashed into oncoming traffic, officials said. Two others were taken to an area hospital in serious-to-critical condition. 

The crash near Cicero Avenue temporarily closed lanes in both directions, but southbound lanes were reopening late Monday, while one northbound lane remained open, according to Illinois State police.

Early reports stated that a southbound motorist lost control of their vehicle and veered into northbound traffic, police said. The driver fled the scene and is believed to be injured, said police.

No further information was available.

--William Lee

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Source: Chicago Breaking News | Published: 16 Mar 2010, 1:53 am
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Harvey mayor defended by sister at school board meeting

A sister of embattled Harvey Mayor Eric Kellogg came to his rescue during a school board meeting tonight after a parent said Kellogg had too many jobs and too many scandals on his record to responsibly lead an elementary school district.

Kellogg, 54, is assistant superintendent in Harvey School District 152 and was voted "superintendent designate" in November to replace Supt. Lela Bridges, who is retiring on June 30 after 15 years as the district leader. Of the school board members who voted for Kellogg, one is his sister, one is his cousin and two are on the city payroll, working under Kellogg, records show.

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Harvey Mayor Eric Kellogg, who's also the assistant superintendent of Harvey School District 152, listens to a member of the audience criticize him and the school board Monday. (Tribune / David Pierini)

Source: Chicago Breaking News | Published: 16 Mar 2010, 1:42 am
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Elgin-based school district outlines hundreds of job cuts

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Carolyn Gilbert, the Elgin High School teacher who lost an eye when she was stabbed by a student two years ago, has received a pink slip from Elgin School District U-46. (Stacey Wescott/Tribune)

Elgin-based School District U-46 "dug deep" Monday, outlining potential cuts of nearly 1,100 jobs -- 732 of them teaching positions -- and program reductions including middle school football and art and music lessons for kindergartners.

Facing a $44 million budget gap, officials in U-46, the state's second-largest school system, said they had little choice but to prepare for the cuts, given dwindling property tax revenues and the prospect of losing millions in state money.

More than 700 attended Monday's school board meeting, where parents, teachers and students cr...

Source: Chicago Breaking News | Published: 16 Mar 2010, 12:40 am
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School official: 'Districtwide failure' in bus driver DUI case

Suspicions that a Mount Prospect school bus driver had been drinking on the job were brought to the attention of her supervisor the day before the driver was arrested last week, the school board president said he learned Monday.

It was the same supervisor who allowed the driver to continue on her route the next day after confronting her and then calling police. Authorities later said the driver's blood-alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit when she dropped off her 50 students from Lions Park School.

The revelation came during a special meeting called Monday to discuss the handling of the incident, which President Joseph Leane called a "districtwide failure."

 

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From left: mothers Sheryl Beedy, Laura Traviolia, Katherine Ehlert and Amy Olson listen Monday as members of the Mount Prospect Scho...

Source: Chicago Breaking News | Published: 16 Mar 2010, 12:36 am
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Mean streets for Chicago-area cabdrivers

Cabdriver Salih Abdelsamie felt the steel blade pressed against his throat early one morning at the end of a ride on the city's North Side.

"He reached the knife around with his right hand and brought his left hand around the seat to hold my neck," the 13-year veteran of Chicagoland roads said of the mugging. "He told me, 'I want all your money.'"

Abdelsamie and other local cabbies discussed the hazards of their challenging work in light of recent high-profile attacks on other drivers. In the most dramatic incident, a driver was shot five times Saturday by a passenger in Zion. His wife said Monday that he had been driving a cab for just two months after getting laid off from his last job. He was in stable condition and expected to survive.

Industry experts say drivers are working longer hours to make ends meet -- an 80-hour workweek is common -- and that the threat of violence is never far from their minds.

In a recent survey conducted by a researcher with...

Source: Chicago Breaking News | Published: 15 Mar 2010, 11:43 pm
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Red-light camera tickets may become harder to get

SPRINGFIELD -- Red-light camera tickets would be slightly harder to get and cheaper to appeal under a reform plan endorsed by Senate leaders today that fell far short of the sweeping overhaul demanded by critics of the automated devices.

The measure was sponsored by Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, and hammered out in a closed-door meeting last week with other lawmakers and lobbyists for Redflex and Redspeed, vendors hired to operate camera systems for Chicago and many suburbs.

The Cullerton plan, sent by the Transportation Committee to the Senate floor on a 10-0 vote, would nibble at the edges of complaints that have arisen as cameras have proliferated across the region in recent years. It would ban the city and suburbs from tacking on an extra fee to the standard $100 fine if a ticket is appealed, a common practice which deters many motorists from fighting the charges.

The measure would also give drivers more wiggle room to creep up to the edge...

Source: Chicago Breaking News | Published: 15 Mar 2010, 10:05 pm
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Illinois Senate OKs bill to allow new nuclear power plants

SPRINGFIELD -- With little debate, the Senate voted today to drop the ban on building nuclear power plants in Illinois. The measure was sent to the House on a bipartisan 40-1 vote, with two lawmakers voting present.

Read more in Clout Street on chicagotribune.com.

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Source: Chicago Breaking News | Published: 15 Mar 2010, 9:55 pm
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