Mary Susan Shearer Neal, 63, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., formerly of Kankakee, died Saturday (Nov. 24, 2007).
Raymond W. Schlachter, 94, of Kankakee, died Thursday (Nov. 29, 2007).
ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A man claiming to have a bomb was holding one or more hostages at Hillary Clinton’s campaign office Friday, police said.
The man had what appeared to be a bomb strapped to himself, said Bill Shaheen, a top state campaign official. The two hostages were volunteers, Shaheen said.
Clinton was not believed to be in the office at the time.
Authorities were sending a tactical bomb unit to assist local police, and the area was evacuated, said Maj. Michael Hambrook of New Hampshire State Police. A nearby school also was in lockdown.
ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A man claiming to have a bomb was holding one or more hostages at Hillary Clinton’s campaign office Friday, police said.
Authorities were sending a tactical bomb unit to assist local police, and the area was evacuated, said Maj. Michael Handbrook of New Hampshire State Police.
ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Police say a man is holding one or more hostages at Hillary Clinton’s campaign office.
MIAMI (AP) — Police have detained at least three people in the Fort Myers area for questioning in the death of Washington Redskins football star Sean Taylor. (more…)
CHICAGO (AP) — An Amtrak passenger train collided with a freight train Friday on the south side of the city, fire officials said.
Approximately 150 passengers were on the Amtrak train, officials said. Fifteen ambulances were on their way to the scene. Conflicting reports put the scene of the accident in the 4800 block or 5200 block of South Shields Avenue.
“So far nobody is being taken on stretcher. That’s a good sign,” said Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford.
The engine of the Amtrak train was resting on top of the last car of the freight train, but the Amtrak cars remained upright. Firefighters were seen carrying several children from the accident scene.
WMAQ NBC 5 in Chicago was reporting some injuries. The station also reported the Amtrak train was coming from Grand Rapids, Mich.
CHICAGO (AP) — An Amtrak train has collided with a freight train on Chicago’s South Side.
Firefighters from several area departments were called to a residential fire this morning at 204 W. Main St. Ashkum, across the street from the Tri-Central Co-Op elevator.
The location is the home of Jim and Tina Burrow. Fire and rescue teams from Ashkum, Danforth and Chebanse Township were on the scene at 9:15 a.m.
John Shoven of Shoven’s Food Mart, about two blocks west of the scene, said the smell of smoke was evident, but no smoke or flame could be seen.
No additional information was available as of 9:30.
Runners and walkers for the 17th annual Jingle Bell Run can pick up their shirts and gift bags from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the gym on the campus of Shapiro Developmental Center. Registrations will also be taken at that time. (more…)
