IEPA probes Shell Roxana refinery over 7 accidents
Illinois officials inspected Shell Oil Co. Roxana refinery after seven accidents in 30 days including a Dec 16 gasoline spill of about 294000 gallons. Shell says it is in full compliance and cooperating, while observers fear water contamination risk to the Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxana
Ill
UPI
Shell Oil Co
Shell
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
St. Louis
Robert Casteel
IEPA
Casteel
Tony Canino
Canino
Mississippi River
Testimony ends in rock throwing trial near Monee
Will County prosecutors told a judge that Matthew Taylor 20 watched as Kevin DeLorenzo 20 and Leon DeRouin 19 dropped an 11 pound concrete piece from an overpass onto a pickup near Monee killing Charles Layfield 57. The bench trial verdict is set for Jan 3. DeLorenzo and DeRouin have been sentenced to four years for involuntary manslaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet, Ill
UPI
Steger
Monee
Chicago
Will County
Jeff Baldacci
Matthew Taylor
Kevin DeLorenzo
Leon DeRouin
Charles Layfield
Baldacci
Michael Orenik
Taylor
DeLorenzo
DeRouin
Layfield
Blaze Forces Evacuation of 12 Story Chicago Apartment
A three alarm fire on the 9th floor of a South Side brick building prompted evacuation of the 12 story complex on Wednesday night. Three people were injured and rushed to area hospitals, with extra ambulances dispatched to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
API
Mike Cosgrove
Fire Department
District 4
Bennie Crane
Pat Hyman
Jackson Park Hospital
Official faces gun charge in court attempt
WAUKEGAN Ill UP I reports former Chicago Board of Elections chairman Michael E Lavelle charged with unlawful use of a weapon after deputies say he tried to bring a loaded Smith and Wesson revolver into a Lake County court He is set for trial January 29 Officials say neither deputy status nor firearms card allows carrying a loaded gun into court Lavelle was arrested November 17 after metal detectors found the revolver in his briefcase Local hospital reports mention smoke inhalation injuries from a separate blaze leaving eight homeless and affecting residents and visitors with flames and chaos described by witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan, Ill
UPI
Chicago Board of Elections
Lake County
Michael E. Lavelle
Chicago Tribune
Lavelle
Smith & Wesson
Chicago
Cook County
Michael Waller
University of Chicago Hospitals
Detoit
Cosgrove
Crane
Sean Banks
Also Mentioned on This Page
Madison County
Blaze
Bernice Bede Osol
Capricorn
Astro-Graph
P.O
Cleveland
Aquarius
Aries
Taurus
Gemini
Leo
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Entere
Copibisle AG
Piaon
Sterling Furniture and
Illinois
Norwalk
Hutch & Buffet
Maple
Queen & King
Brill
James
Decorator Fabrics & Colors
Sterling Furniture
Imere
Aera
Fourth St
Sterling
Krogers
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!