SHREVEPORT, La. Some people still struggling through the city s water system crisis were happy to see repair crews on their streets fixing the last of the broken water lines even if it meant another interruption in service. I haven t been bathing, Arthur Williams said outside his home in the Country Club Hills area. I can t bathe because I don t want to let all my water out of the tub. That s kind of more important if I have to use the restroom. I ll be able to flush.
Many residents, like Williams, filled their tubs with water to dump into their toilet tanks when they needed to flush.
Timothy W. Smith
Timothy W. Smith pleaded not guilty April 1 to two charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving a girl under the age of 15 and a charge of domestic battery involving physical contact against the same victim.
Bryan C. McGee
Bryan C. McGee was sentenced to 18 months in prison for possession of a stolen handgun after accepting a plea deal. A judge dismissed one count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.Â
Justin D. Tate
Police say Justin D. Tate picked up a runaway 14-year-old girl and force-fed her methamphetamine before making her perform sex acts and then raping her. He was arrested March 24.
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News of longtime House Speaker Michael Madigan’s decision to resign his state House seat percolated Thursday in the Southwest Side’s 22nd District where the powerful pol presided for half a century.
“Who hasn’t heard of Mike Madigan?” Gregory Hatchett, 55, of Country Club Hills, laughed while shopping at the Bedford Park Home Depot. “He’s just Mike. I liked him.
“But you knew something like this would happen eventually, just with the way he was with other politicians.”
Hatchett, like most others who spoke to the Chicago Sun-Times, said he only knew a handful of things about Madigan: He was connected to a recent scandal involving ComEd, he was powerful both feared and reviled and he had been a part of Illinois political life for as long as they could recall.