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bill ruminski

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Director of metro news at @Suntimes. Former digital content manager, assistant metro editor and business reporter.

 Chicago, IL
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Joined August 2008
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Child dead, 2 injured when extra-alarm fire tears through West Ridge apartment building: 'It was horrible.' chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2…
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Jon Seidel@SeidelContent12 Feb 2025
Madigan jury: "We have come to a unanimous decision on 17 counts. We have tried our very best to come to a unanimous decision on the remaining 12 counts and have not been able to do so. It is our belief that this impasse will not be overcome."
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Judge John Blakey just took the bench in the trial of ex-IL House Speaker Michael Madigan. There's a note from the jury.
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The Christopher Wheatley Chicago Fire Department fireboat breaking up the ice on a frozen Chicago River on Thursday morning.
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Jon Seidel@SeidelContent7 Jan 2025
Will Michael Madigan speak? Time for reclusive speaker to decide whether to testify: chicago.suntimes.com/madigan…
Michael Madigan takes the stand to make his case: 'When people asked me for help … I tried to help...

Michael Madigan takes the stand to make his case: 'When people asked me for help … I tried to help...

Madigan is accused of leading a criminal enterprise designed to enhance his political power and enrich himself and his allies. Michael McClain, his longtime friend and ally, is also on trial and...

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Goats of Christmas Past? Old Christmas trees provide healthy post-holiday snack for South Chicago goats chicago.suntimes.com/news/20… by @cindylu_7
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Advocate to build new South Side hospital and open 10 clinics chicago.suntimes.com/health/…

Advocate plans $1 billion investment in South Side health care, will replace Trinity Hospital

The hospital system hopes the investment closes Chicago's 30-year life expectancy gap between residents on the South and North sides.

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Neil being Neil. I wouldn't want it any other way. chicago.suntimes.com/columni…
'Royko: The Toughest Man in Chicago' celebrates Mike Royko, Chicago's deathless journalistic icon

'Royko: The Toughest Man in Chicago' celebrates Mike Royko, Chicago's deathless journalistic icon

Should we embrace the truth or just enjoy the myth?

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Imani and Searocket hatch 4 chicks on Montrose Beach chicago.suntimes.com/news/20… #pipingplovers
Four piping plover chicks hatch at Montrose Beach: 'Enjoy them, they grow fast.'

Four piping plover chicks hatch at Montrose Beach: 'Enjoy them, they grow fast.'

“I think it’s a really good, hopeful step forward for piping plovers in the Great Lakes region,” said Matt Igleski, executive director of the Chicago Bird Alliance, as chicks hatch in Chicago and...

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Jon Seidel@SeidelContent24 Jun 2024
#BREAKING: Former Chicago Ald. Edward M. Burke has been sentenced to two years in prison and a $2M fine for racketeering, bribery and attempted extortion: chicago.suntimes.com/live/ed…
A smiling Ed Burke greets 2-year sentence on corruption charges as judge rejects prosecution...

A smiling Ed Burke greets 2-year sentence on corruption charges as judge rejects prosecution...

U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall seemed affected by the hundreds of letters written by Burke’s supporters. “I have never in all my career seen the letters that I have received for Mr. Burke.”

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Lion cub Lomelok euthanized at Lincoln Park Zoo chicago.suntimes.com/chicago…
Lion cub euthanized at Lincoln Park Zoo because of spinal condition: 'There are no words'

Lion cub euthanized at Lincoln Park Zoo because of spinal condition: 'There are no words'

Lomelok, a lion cub born in 2023, had undergone an unprecedented surgery in March to alleviate mobility issues caused by a deformity in his lower spine.

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Science & Industry it is. Another fun ready from @NeilSteinberg chicago.suntimes.com/columni…
Sorry, Ken Griffin — Chicagoans will call the Museum of Science and Industry what they please

Sorry, Ken Griffin — Chicagoans will call the Museum of Science and Industry what they please

The Florida billionaire paid $125 million to get his name slapped on the Museum of Science and Industry. But will anybody use the new name? Just look at 875 N. Michigan. Don't know what that is?...

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My dream was to have a 1968 black-on-canary yellow ragtop. A great find by @NeilSteinberg chicago.suntimes.com/columni…
Gail Wise bought the first Ford Mustang sold in the United States; 60 years later, she still owns it

Gail Wise bought the first Ford Mustang sold in the United States; 60 years later, she still owns it

The Park Ridge woman bought the car in April 1964 to get to her job as a third grade teacher.

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Neil nails it. Make time to read this ... Here's why the Museum of Science and Industry closed for mysterious reasons last week chicago.suntimes.com/columni…
Museum of Science and Industry closed for mysterious reasons last week; here's why

Museum of Science and Industry closed for mysterious reasons last week; here's why

Beyond statement that "trained military personnel" were on hand, the museum offered no details. Thankfully, the Pentagon talked.

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4 office-to-residential projects green-lighted by mayor's office chicago.suntimes.com/real-es…
Mayor Johnson seeks more than $150M in TIF assistance for La Salle Street revamp

Mayor Johnson seeks more than $150M in TIF assistance for La Salle Street revamp

The four projects named by Johnson's office stand to create more than 1,000 new apartments with at least 319 projected to have affordable rents through tax increment financing assistance.

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4 Chicago restaurants, chefs are 2024 James Beard Award finalists chicago.suntimes.com/food-an…
4 Chicago restaurants, chefs among 2024 James Beard Award finalists

4 Chicago restaurants, chefs among 2024 James Beard Award finalists

Seventeen local eateries/chefs had been nominated as semifinalists earlier this year.

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So it doesn't always flow downriver. Proposal to ship tons of Chicago garbage down the river is dead in the water chicago.suntimes.com/environ…

Proposal to ship tons of Chicago garbage down the river is dead in the water

After three years of behind-the-scenes planning, trash hauler LRS scraps an idea to send waste down to Central Illinois from the Sanitary and Ship Canal.

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Ashlee Rezin@Ashlee_Rezin2 Feb 2024
Woodstock Willie & Tom Skilling predicted an early spring this morning! #GroundhogDay2024 @Skilling
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A massive underground warehouse plan for Chicago’s Southeast Side was presumed dead because of a city ban on mining. An alderman is trying to save the project. chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/…
Chicago City Council asked to revive Ozinga deep-underground Southeast Side development

Chicago City Council asked to revive Ozinga deep-underground Southeast Side development

After the plan for an old steel mill site was ruled unlikely to proceed due to a Chicago mining ban, Ald. Peter Chico proposes amending city zoning law to help the proposal for the underground...

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Jon Seidel@SeidelContent17 Jan 2024
Heather Mack gets 26 years in federal prison for the murder of her mother in Bali: chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/…

Heather Mack gets 26 years for murder of mom in Bali after stark testimony from family

Before she was sentenced, Mack took the stand and said she was responsible for her own decisions, adding that she still missed and loved her mother.

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BREAKING: EPA considers forcing cleanup of toxic Southwest Side Chicago waterway. Neighbors say the polluted water stinks, causes headaches. chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/…
EPA considers cleanup of toxic Southwest Side Chicago waterway

EPA considers cleanup of toxic Southwest Side Chicago waterway

Little Village group wants the EPA to force action taken on a heavily polluted channel off the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

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