Ancient village found in Clinton County landmark dig
In Damiansville Illinois archaeologists uncovered hundreds of 1200 year old arrowheads and pottery beneath packed soil. The site reveals keyhole shaped houses from the Late Woodland period about 600 to 800 A.D. Science teams link findings to Cahokia era and nearby Metro East digs.
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Damiansville
Clinton Unty
Turkey
Brad Koldehoff
Koldehoff
Illinois Transportation
Monk’s Mound
Collinsville
Southern Illinois
Cahokia
Metro-East
Shiloh
Tim Pauketat
University of Illinois
Pauketat
Cambridge Journal of Archaeology
England
Madison County Historical Society
John Kelly
Washington University
James Brown
Northwestern University
Brown
Three Dead in South Side Corner Shooting
Chicago police say a quarrel on a street corner led to the deaths of Rudolph Ingram 38 Yvonne Demop 42 and Lloyd Gatlin 30 on the 51st Street Prairie Avenue corner. Witnesses said three men approached, exchanged words, then opened fire. attackers fled. Demop who sold cigarettes was killed along with Gatlin. Ingram died later at Stroger Hospital. No motive or suspects identified.
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Chicago
South Side
Rudolph Ingram
Yvonne Demop
Lloyd Gatlin
51St Street
Prairie Avenue
Alleged Jail Guard Abuse Probed at Cook County Jail
Chicago reports reveal a 1999 internal affairs finding that guards beat detainees with batons and dogs after a gang fight. Paramedics allegedly refused treatment, and one inmate suffered seizures. state and federal grand juries are now investigating. The case adds to a pattern of misconduct concerns surrounding the sheriff's office.
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Chicago
Cook County
Jean Maclean Snyder
MacArthur Justice Center
University of Chicago
Rod Blagojevich
Ernesto Velasco
State Department of Corrections
Velasco
Cook County Criminal Courts
Michael F. Sheahan
Sheahan
Cook County Board
Charles Holman
Holman
Richard Remus
Paul W. Groach
Remus
Jerry Lawrence
Dick Devine
Himalayas Art Exhibition Opens at Art Institute Chicago
Pratapaditya Pal curates Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure a sweeping show of 190 works at the Art Institute of Chicago from Tibet Nepal Bhutan Kashmir and northern India tracing Buddhist and Hindu traditions across the region. The display runs April 5 to August 17 with a Smithsonian reprise in late 2003. Strong focus on Nepal Newar art Hindu Tantric symbols and cross cultural influences amid a broader Himalayan spiritual narrative.
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Chicago
Pratapaditya Pal
Himalayas
Pal
Art Institute of Chicago
Tibet
Nepal
Bhutan
India
Kashmir
Mount
Everest
Art Institute
Darjeeling
Los Angeles
Pat
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
John Hindman
Himalayan
Newari
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Clinton County
Chicago South Side
Demop
Gatlin
Ingram
Stroger Hospital
Pat Yarbrough
Sheriff's Office
Michael Quigley
Carterville
Dish Network
Cablelink, Inc
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