CHICAGO (CBS)-- Chicago firefighter and EMT Andrew Price, a 14-year veteran of the department who was described as a "great leader" and "wonderful young man," died Monday after hefell through the roofwhile battling a fire in Lincoln Park. He was 39. The fire broke out in the four-s...
Police and fire department officials in Chicago, Illinois are investigating the deaths of at least 21 people who succumbed after hundreds of patrons at a near South Side restaurant/nightclub panicked and trampled one another as they r...
Isolated murders, such as the infamous Valentine's Day Massacre or the beating deaths of brothers Anthony "Tony the Ant" and Michael Spilotro, have become scenes in mob movies. "But nobody ever put it in one place before," says Johnson, who has done that with his new book, "A History...
Cleary wrote. "Within the last 2 years, Local 2 has had 4 separate Firefighter deaths and at least 3 Firefighters severely injured while working without a contract in need of drastic fire safety changes and training."The union also said the department is understaffed, with as many as 35 fir...
Tags: Chicago Fire Department, Chicago LODD, Chicago Tribune, Corey Ankum, double LODD, Edward Stringer, firefighter deaths 2 Chicago firefighters die after building collapse – update Dec 24 Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, Fire Service News | Comments off The Chicago Firefighters Uni...
RELATED: The Most Devastating Deaths on Chicago Fire Across All Seasons As the building crumbled around them, Boden gave the order for the companies to evacuate. As the squads exited, Danny mistakenly believed he heard a civilian cry out for help behind them and pleaded with Boden for permissi...
RELATED: The Most Devastating Deaths on Chicago Fire Across All 11 Seasons Hawkins made the decision to move away from Chicago so that his relationship with Violet would not be under the strain of their work setup. Unfortunately, in Season 11, Episode 3 ("Completed Shattered") — just before...
The Illinois Fire Safety Alliance reports that 3 of every 5 home fire deaths were in homes without working smoke detectors. It will get rid of the need to switch batteries during Daylight Saving time changes. Homes built after 1988 that have hard-wired smoke alarms will not have to make a...
Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, for Sharon B. Gelder’s articles about the high fire death rate in Chicago and the problems of the Chicago Fire Department. The series of articles found that fire deaths in the city’s black areas were almost twice as high as deaths in white areas...
CHICAGO (CBS)-- The shooting deaths of a man and woman in the Warwick Allerton Hotel on the Magnificent Mile were indeed a murder-suicide, officials confirmed Tuesday. The Cook County Medical Examiner's office reported that Amy Bustos, 21, died of a gunshot wound to the head Monday, and ...