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Walker, Douglass, Hamilton Announce Reelection Campaigns

by Allan Appel | Jun 17, 2013 8:18 am | Comments (4)

Their wards overlap. They can practically signal to each other from their houses, which are not more than five blocks apart. Their issues overlap too: public safety, jobs, and youth opportunities.

So the three first-term Democrat aldermen—West River’s Tyisha Walker, Dwight’s Frank Douglass, and Beaver Hills’ Evette Hamilton—decided to join hands Friday afternoon to announce the kick-off of their reelection campaigns. As a team.

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Despite Mishaps, NRA Instructor Blasts Bills

by Paul Bass | Apr 3, 2013 4:57 pm | Comments (31)

NRA instructor Eugene Kenny would have joined his fellow gun-rights supporters at the state Capitol Wednesday—if he hadn’t accidentally shot himself in the foot.

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Leprechaun Holds On

by Staff | Mar 9, 2013 8:59 pm

It felt like spring Saturday, but one hearty snow leprechaun was holding on to his bearings on Ellsworth Avenue.

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Nemo Never Looked So Scary

by Staff | Mar 1, 2013 9:12 am | Comments (5)

A reader sent in this photo of a snow sculpture still standing strong on Ellsworth Avenue Thursday as much of Nemo’s powder faded into memory.

WEB Gets A Plan Pitch

by Parker Collins | Feb 20, 2013 3:06 pm

A city planner came to Beaver Hills and Edgewood neighbors with a pitch—help us imagine how the whole city should look

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Seen This Guy?

by Staff | Feb 1, 2013 4:20 pm | Comments (2)

Police are looking for two men accused in a violent robbery outside Goodfellas Restaurant on State Street that left a 60-year-old woman with a head injury.

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School Bus Window Shot Out

by Staff | Jan 28, 2013 1:37 pm

Someone shot out the window of a school bus with kids inside.

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Garage Fire Extinguished

by Paul Bass | Nov 7, 2012 1:44 pm | Comments (1)

It probably started with a blow torch, then spread along the vines, surmised Steven.

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Iraq Vet Hit—At Home

by Paul Bass | Oct 31, 2012 3:44 pm | Comments (1)

Nobody ever wounded Marquis Smith when he served his country in Iraq. Someone did successfully aim at him on Mischief Night—and the Army vet may never see out of his left eye again.

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Coogan Pavilion Will Stand

by Thomas MacMillan | Oct 19, 2012 4:56 pm

After a fire tore through an Edgewood Park pavilion, a city building official determined that the bulk of it is salvageable—but part of it will have come down.

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