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Edward Robert Vrdolyak (/ v ər ˈ d oʊ l i. æ k /; born December 28, 1937), also known as "Fast Eddie", is a former American politician and lawyer.He was a longtime Chicago alderman and the head of the Cook County Democratic Party until 1987 when he ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Chicago on the Illinois Solidarity Party ticket.
Anton Joseph Cermak (May 9, 1873 – March 6, 1933) was an American politician who served as the 44th Mayor of Chicago from April 7, 1931, until his death in 1933. [1] He was killed by Giuseppe Zangara, whose likely target was President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but Cermak was shot instead after a bystander hit the perpetrator with a purse.
An alleged cop killer in Chicago was pictured apparently foaming at the mouth in a mugshot released by authorities on Wednesday. Darion McMillian, 23, was charged with two counts of first-degree ...
U.S. Marshals photo of Blagojevich on the day of his arrest 'Governor Arrested for Bribery' – video news report about Blagojevich from Voice of America, December 10, 2008 U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald [ 104 ] directed FBI to arrest Blagojevich at his home on December 9, 2008, and charge him with corruption.
On March 21, 2024, Dexter Reed, a 26-year-old African-American man, was shot and killed by officers of the Chicago Police Department (CPD) in Humboldt Park, Chicago, United States. Reed fired his illegally owned gun and injured a police officer during a traffic stop, then police returned fire, discharging a number of rounds at Reed.
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Charles "Chuck" Panici (December 26, 1930 - December 20, 2017 ) was mayor of Chicago Heights, Illinois from 1975 to 1991. He was also head of the Bloom Township Republican Party from 1978 to 1992. He was born in 1930 in the "Hungry Hill" section of Chicago Heights, a south suburb, which was the home to mainly Italian immigrants in a heavily ...