Joliet sheds prison-town label as inmates move out
Joliet ends its 150 year association with adult felons as sex offenders are moved from the Joliet Correctional Center annex. About 290 youths remain housed at the nearby Illinois Youth Center and officials explore redevelopment of the 180 acre prison site while stressing Joliet's growth as an entertainment destination.
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Joliet
Illinois Youth Center
Robert Sterling
Florida
Sterling
Joel Matteson
Joliet Correctional Center
Joliet Penitentiary
Rushville
Illinois
Alcatraz
San Francisco Bay
A.J. Wilhelmi
Fired Chicago building inspector back on job
Charles Walker, a Chicago building inspector since 1989, was reinstated after a prior firing for allegedly falsifying an inspection report on a porch collapse that killed a 9 year old girl. He accepted a four month suspension without pay as part of a settlement.
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Chicago
Charles Walker
Walker
Chicago Sun-Times
City Law Department
Jennifer Hoyle
Striking counselors and prison to resume talks at Sheridan
Sheridan Illinois union counselors at Sheridan Correctional Center plan to meet Gateway Foundation negotiators in Morris on Aug. 22, reestablishing dialogue after a two month walkout stalled talks. AFSCME seeks wage and benefit improvements while Gateway cites management rights and operational concerns.
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Sheridan
Illinois
Gateway Foundation
Sheridan Correctional Center
Morris
American Federation of State
Afscme
Gateway
Anders Lindall
Lindall
Michael Darcy
Rod Blagojevich
Blagojevich
Darcy
Chicago
The
Associated Press
Reporter Jill Carroll recalls 82 days in Iraqi captivity
In a web published first account Carroll describes fear during her 82 day kidnapping by the Revenge Brigade. She recounts being moved between homes in Baghdad, being fed, watched with, and pressured not to reveal information while hoping for release. Her interpreter was killed and she was freed near a Sunni party office in Baghdad.
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Boston
Iraq
Jill Carroll
Carroll
Christian Science Monitor
Baghdad
Alan Enwiya
United States
The
Revenge Brigade
Stern
U.S
Mujahideen
University of Massachusetts
Michigan
Middle East
Hamas
Pentagon
Mysterious Ellington Stone Could Rewrite Illinois History
Quincy residents and University of Illinois researchers investigate the Ellington Stone found near Quincy claiming 1671 markings that would place LaSalle before Marquette and Joliet. Tests will determine authenticity, with six months of study and a final report next year.
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Quincy
University of Ilinois
Robert Cavelier de LaSalle
Upper
Mississippi River
Jacques Marquette
Louis Joliet
Ellington Township
Lee Politsch
Marquette
Joliet
Mississippi
Politsch
LaSalle
Quincy Herald-Whig
Ellington
Sarah Wisseman
U of I
Champaign- Urbana
Quincy Museum
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