Roger Wicker, 4 congressmen clear Mississippi primary hurdles
full size(George Altman, Washington Bureau)Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Tupelo, questions witnesses during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on Thursday. Wicker touted a proposal that would put federal government officials ininfo
Robber hits Wicker Park bank
man who said he had a gun robbed a Chase Bank branch this morning in the city's Wicker Park neighborhood. Police were alerted shortly before 9:30 a.m. to the bank located at 1230 N. Milwaukee Avenue, police said. The robber said he had a gun, but did not pullinfo
Spotlight on . . .
Scottish films of all time. A tale of dark mystical practices on an island of the north of Scotland, the 1973 movie The Wicker Man is now considered a cult classic â€" the movie’s star, Christoper Lee, hailing it “his best filmâ€. It is to that film that theinfo
Morning bank robbery in Wicker Park
News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli. The man implied he had a gun but did not display one, according to police and the FBI. The man received money from the teller and fled on foot with the case, Mirabelli said. The robber was described as a black man, in hisinfo
Wicker Park Man Cited For Animal Cruelty For Dragging Puppy On Walk
photo of a shadowed pitbull. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) CHICAGO (CBS) â€"A Wicker Park man is facing charges after a neighbor reportedly saw him dragging a puppy down a sidewalk this morning. Stanton Howard told police he was trying to teach a pit bullinfo
Review: 'To Kill a Mockingbird' retains its suspense on stage
which is quite appropriate, given the large cast. And it has a top-level actor where it counts, in Jim Wicker's nuanced performance as the lawyer and late-in-life father, Atticus Finch. Wicker has a good way with a Southern drawl and the folksy fables thatinfo
It’s Electric!
electric lighting at that time. Of course, you can’t talk about early electricity without mentioning Thomas Edison, the man who brought us the electric light bulb. Interestingly both his labs in Menlo Park and his home in Llewellyn Park were reasonably closeinfo
Burning Man Meets Daytona: California's Crazy Gonzo Race
jutting from the top and ants the size of kindergartners scaling the wicker sides. As the basket sits in traffic, a herd of human giraffesspotted tights, papier-mâché headssweeps by. Then from behind comes the sound of clanking metal. I turn around to confrontinfo
Man cited for animal cruelty for dragging pit bull puppy
man was ticketed for animal cruelty early Tuesday when police officers discovered a trail of blood leading up to his Wicker Park apartment and determined that he’d dragged a pit bull puppy because it wouldn’t walk. Officers responded to a call around 1:56info
Man ticketed for animal cruelty for dragging puppy who refused to walk
42-year-old man was ticketed for animal cruelty early Tuesday when police officers discovered a trail of blood leading up to his Northwest Side Wicker Park apartment after he allegedly dragged a puppy because he refused to walk. Officers responded to a callinfo