Fri05242013

Illinois Lawmakers Hope to OK Gay Marriage in January

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O'Hare Union Workers Call for Re-bid on Contract

Rahm - Job Killer

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Breaking News: 500 King College Prep Students Sit-In Demanding Resignation of Principal

King High School

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Man Dies After Being Tasered By Police

    Crime Scene Revised

    CHICAGO — A man died Thursday after being Tasered by police.

    Philip Coleman, 38, "became combative" with officers Thursday whiles being transported from the Calumet district police station to court, according to a police statement.
    Coleman was Tasered and then transported to Roseland Hospital, where he became physically aggressive with hospital

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    Man Dies After Falling from Hotel Roof

      Ambulance

      (AP) — A 23-year-old man has died after falling into a smokestack atop a Chicago hotel.

      Authorities say the man was trying to take a photo from the top of the Intercontinental Hotel on Michigan Avenue when he fell 22 feet down the smokestack. He was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital early Thursday. His name wasn't immediately

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      Detroit

      DUGGAN OUT THE RACE?

      The Michigan Chronicle

      Today the election commission will gather at 2:30pm to decide the fate of mayoral candidate, Mike Duggan. This week mayoral candidate Tom ...

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      Shinola Brings Manufacturing Back to Detroit

      The Michigan Chronicle

      ALEX STCHEKINE, bicycle production and special projects, affixes the name plate to a Bixby model bicycle at Shinola's Detroit facility.- J...

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      Chicago

      Parents File Suit After Son Mistakenly Pronounced Dead

      The Chicago Defender

      CHICAGO (CBS) – The parents of a disabled boy have filed suit against the Chicago hospital where he was mistakenly pronounced dead.

       

      Jaylen Dorsey was ...

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      New Ill. House Gun Bill Has More Restrictions

      The Chicago Defender

      A compromise allowing the carrying of concealed weapons backed by House Speaker Michael Madigan and agreed to by the General Assembly's leading gun-ri...

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      Pittsburgh

      Shale drillers shafting NAACP? Parker upset with lack of support

      The New Pittsburgh Courier

       

      CONNIE PARKER

       

      by Christian Morrow

      Courier Staff Writer

      Back when steel ruled the local economy and Pittsburgh boast multiple corporate headquarters, th...

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      WAMO100 announces new general manager

      The New Pittsburgh Courier

      GARY GUNTER

       

      PITTSBURGH, PA--WAMO100, owned by Martz Communications Group, recently named Gary Gunter general manager of WAMO100.

      Prior to this new appo...

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