Roy Edward Dusenbury, 89, of Kankakee, died Wednesday (Feb. 27, 2008) at his home.
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — An explosion ripped through a shopping plaza Thursday in this Chicago suburb, sending eight people to a hospital, but none with life-threatening injuries, fire officials said.
Brian Krengle, 45, of Lafayette, Ind., formerly of Manteno, died Sunday (Feb. 24, 2008) at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Lafayette.
Kris Honel, of Bourbonnais, signed a minor league contract with the St. Louis Cardinals over the weekend.
The No. 1 pick (16th overall) of the Chicago White Sox in the 2001 amateur draft, Honel voluntarily retired last August as a member of the Birmingham (Ala.) Barons, the White Sox AA affiliate.
Mike Honel, Kris’ dad, said, Kris had tryouts last Friday with the Philadelphia Phillies as well as the Cardinals. Mike Honel said Kris pitched three simulated innings for St. Louis officials with his fastball being clocked between 93 and 94 mph.
Kris missed part of the 2005 season and all of the 2006 season with the Barons due to injury and then surgery on his right arm. Mike Honel said Kris signed a AA/AAA contract and was working out today in the Cardinal’ prospects mini-camp.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has begun investigating whether baseball great Roger Clemens lied to Congress about taking steroids.
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — An explosion has hit a shopping plaza in the Chicago suburb of Waukegan. (more…)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Those beautiful snowflakes drifting out of the sky may have a surprise inside — bacteria. (more…)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton raises $35 million in February, an official tells The Associated Press.
NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in history, more than one in every 100 American adults is in jail or prison, according to a new report tracking the surge in inmate population and urging states to rein in corrections costs with alternative sentencing programs. (more…)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Don’t be alarmed. More than 130 million households will get letters from the IRS starting next week — and it’s good news, not bad. The letters are part of an extensive outreach effort to make sure people don’t miss out on their share of the recently passed $168 billion economic stimulus plan. The IRS letters will remind people to file a 2007 tax return in order to receive the 2008 stimulus payment.
