Antiques dealer faces endangerment charge over polar bear rug
Forest Park dealer Marie Gits faces a misdemeanor for selling a polar bear skin dated about 66 years old. She disputes the law as she awaits a June 24 court date, arguing the case wastes state resources and questions the rug’s seizure. The rug remains unavailable as prosecutors plan court action.
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Forest Park
Marie Gits
Somethin’ Else Antiques
Madison St
State Departent of Conservation
Mr. Gits
Gits
Gregory Constantine
Drunk law divide stirs debate as Illinois act nears
Illinois moves to treat incapacitated drinkers as medical cases rather than criminals starting July 1 under the Alcoholism Intoxication Treatment Act. Officials warn of hospital bed shortages and funding gaps while police and hospital staff call for clear procedures, transportation, and detox centers.
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Illinois
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood
Robert Downs
18Th
Westlake Hospital
Jeannine
Oak Park Hospital
Nick Coscino
River Forest Police Department
Oak Park River Forest
Social Services
Coscino
DMH
Loyola
Heating Decision at Triton College Referred to State Board
At a June 16 special meeting Triton College officials sent the heating plan debate for the Community Career Center to the Capital Development Board for final choice. Trustee Frances Sullivan urged submitting both gas and electric options for CDB analysis while Trustee Sam Reda noted potential conflicts of interest and supported CDB selection.
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Karen Kelly
Triton College Community Career Center
Triton College
State Capital Development Board
Frances Sullivan
CDB
Sam Reda
Commonwealth Edison Co
Capital Development Board
Sixth delay in Gurka case at Cook County Court
The case of Donald Gurka charged with three counts of attempted murder four counts of armed robbery and one count of unlawful restraint from the December 19 incident at The Ending Lounge 7109 Madison Street continues for the sixth time in Cook County Circuit Court Associate Judge Rudolph L Janega presided Gurka 23 of Rolling Meadows appeared June 17 with his public defender seeking more time to prepare a possible temporary insanity defense prosecutors urged a trial date noting the case is old. Gurka has undergone psychiatric testing and remains in jail after capture following an exchange of gunfire and a hostage situation at the lounge. The trial date remains unresolved. the defense cites need for witness gathering and psychiatric evaluation results.
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Madison St
Cook County
Donald Gurka
Rolling Meadows
Rudolph L. Janega
Oak Park
Atty
Thomas Organ
Organ
Gurka
Gerald Winiecki
Winiecki
Loyola Hospital
California Ave
Welsh to face court again on tax charge
State Sen. Raymond J. Welsh was scheduled to appear in federal court today on a single count indictment for allegedly filing a false 1969 income tax return. The hearing with Judge Alfred Kirkland will set pre trial motion dates. Welsh, 58, previously pled not guilty at arraignment after Judge William Lynch recused himself.
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Raymond J. Welsh
21St
Alfred Kirkland
Welsh
Garfield
Oak Park
William Lynch
Triton college weighs gas heat for state funding project
State funds may favor gas heat for the Community Career Center project as a June 15 letter from a CDB official asks architect John Fox for cost comparisons and gas availability. The 180,000 square foot center, projected at $8.1 million, awaits planning approvals and funding.
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Ms. Sullivan
John Fox
CDB
Fox
Community Career Center
Richard Francetic
Francetic
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By Dianne Moseley
State Department of Conservation
Nathan B. Engelstein
Keith Swinden
MacNeal Hospital
Berwyn
Doreen Schiffman
David LeLievre
Vince Garcia
Oak Park Community Mental Health Board
Garcia
DuPage, Kane, Kendall
McHenry
Department of Mental Health
Riveredge Hospital
Dene Stamas
Riveredge
Stamas
Elmwood Park
Dewey Paoletti
Paoletti
Tially
Sullivan
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