Elmer “Pearl” Sanders, 70, of St. Anne, died Monday at her home.
RENO, Nev. (AP) _ Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday called for Americans to get behind attempts to salvage a $700 billion rescue plan for the financial sector, saying that if Wall Street fails ordinary people will also be hurt. (more…)
Nancy Lee “Mama Nancy” Jones, 84, of Kankakee, died Sunday (Sept. 28, 2008).
Estelle Marie Durkin, 98, of Elgin, and mother of a Bonfield resident, died Sunday (Sept. 28, 2008).
Hobart Hubler, 78, of Mt. Ayr, Ind., formerly of Grant Park, died Friday (Sept. 26, 2008).
Author O. Williams, 65, of Kankakee, died Saturday (Sept. 27, 2008).
CHICAGO (AP) — While journalists scramble to reveal everything Sarah Palin has said and done during her career, a Chicago artist is taking things a step further.
Bruce Elliott has painted a nude portrait of the Republican vice presidential nominee.
The painting of a smiling — and very naked — Palin standing on a polar bearskin rug in front of an Alaska landscape, holding what looks like an assault rifle is now hanging at the Old Town Ale House on Chicago’s North Side.
Viola Marie Gress, 93, of Bradley, passed away peacefully Sunday (Sept. 28, 2008) at the Miller Center, with her family by her side.
Kurtis H. Weems, 49, of Coal City, died Sunday (Sept. 28, 2008) at his home. Cremation rites will be accorded.
CHICAGO (AP) — Republican congressional candidate Martin Ozinga III is denying any ethical violation in connection with a $10,000 donation he made to Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevich.
Ozinga, owner of a Mokena-based concrete company, on Monday told the Chicago Tribune editorial board the money was donated so that he other concrete industry officials could meet with Blagojevich to express their concerns to him about state construction projects.
Democratic state Senator Debbie Halvorson of Crete, Ozinga’s rival for the 11th Congressional District seat being vacated by Rep. Jerry Weller, said Monday the December 2005 donation to Blagojevich represented the style of pay-to-play politics that has dominated discussion of ethics reform in the state.
Ozinga said he regretted contributing to Blagojevich.
