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Excerpt from Jeff Coen book "Murder in Canaryville."

Film Independent Somehow, we’re closing in on one full year of pandemic quarantine. And while rules, regulations and public adherence have vacillated wildly from region-to-region (picture here the CDC Outbreak Van as one of the buggies from Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride), it’s probably safe to assume that whoever and wherever you are, you’ve probably experienced some degree of personal introspection these past 12 months as a function of extended social isolation. Who am I? What am I doing? The...

Last modified on Tue 9 Mar 2021 12.39 EST Sign up for the Guardians Green Light newsletter Trinity Colón grew up believing everyone had asthma. Raised among heavy industry on the Southeast Side of Chicago, Colón had no reason to believe otherwise: her entire family and neighbors shared the same respiratory issues. The rituals that came with them – like keeping windows shut to ward off billowing clouds of petroleum coke – seemed ordinary. She remembers how once or twice a year, she would b...

Wikimedia Commons Charlotte-based Belk is filing for bankruptcy, but it says it plans to keep its stores open. In uptown Charlotte 50 years ago, there were no Hornets and no Panthers, no Bank of America or Wells Fargo. Really, there were just two names that mattered to our city back then: Ivey’s and Belk. They were both department stores, and in some ways they were the center of life in the city. Countless Charlotteans bought their wedding dresses or prom outfits there. Many Charlotte old-ti...

These were chosen as the WORST tourist attractions in our states... Obviously there are plenty of amazing tourist attractions in Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri, from the Sears Tower and the iconic Chicago Skyline, to The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, and the Worlds Largest Truck Stop in Iowa. But for every great tourist attraction there is a not so great one. And according to the website alotliving.com (click here to see the list) here our the worst tourist attractions in our states... In Iowa the ...

Spiderman climbs Sydney building and gets arrested Spiderman climbs Sydney building and gets arrested 27th Sep 2011 12:00am | By TNT Today A French skyscraper climber nicknamed "Spiderman" scaled a 57-story building in Sydney with his bare hands and was subcequently arrested yesterday. A French skyscraper climber nicknamed "Spiderman" scaled a 57-story building in Sydney with his bare hands and was subcequently arrested yesterday. Alain Robert - aka Spiderman - is know...

Howard Hochhalter Ah, winter in Southwest Florida – the season of cooler temperatures, lower humidity, and fewer mosquitoes. To these seasonal pleasures, astronomers add clearer night skies and the constellation Orion the Hunter, which appears high in the eastern sky after sunset at this time of year and slowly slides westward throughout the night. This is the silver dollar of the sky, the superstar of constellations. It has something for everyone. For me, after 15 years as an astronomer, Ori...

An assailant hopped out of the Journey and knocked him to the ground. The bad guys took the guy’s keys and wallet. To hear CBS Chicago tell it, stealing cars at gunpoint is all the rage in the Windy City: This past weekend saw another rash of violent carjackings across the city – and that came after 2020 saw a jump of more than 135 percent in the number of carjackings compared to the year before. Meanwhile, I’m assuming, #DefundThePolice. Back in June, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said t...

Powerball, Mega Million Jackpots Are at Combined Levels Rarely Seen On 1/7/21 at 11:29 PM EST The two biggest multi-state lottery games in the United States are both around half a million dollars apiece, which is a rarity. Its only the third time in history that both the Mega Millions and Powerball games are both above the $400 million mark at the same time, and the first time since 2018. The Mega Millions 01/08/21 jackpot on Friday is worth $520 million, with a cash option worth $383.4 million...

Pro-Trump extremists break the windows of the Capitol building. Photo: Pacific Press/Getty Images As a child of the 9/11 era, there are a lot of headlines I thought I might eventually see. In the immediate aftermath of the attacks, I thought I might see that a plane had hit the Sears Tower in my hometown of Chicago. After Barack Obama was elected president, I thought I might see that a white supremacist had assassinated him. The only thing that surprises me about a mass shooting is not the act ...