SWAT officers search the Metra stop in Tinley Park for two men who escaped from the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago on Tuesday, December 18, 2012. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times

SWAT officers search the Metra stop in Tinley Park for two men who escaped from the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago on Tuesday, December 18, 2012. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times

South Side Irish parade was loved by Cpl. Conner Lowry who recently died serving his country in Afghanistan. His mom Modie Lavin and family marched the full length of the parade route on Western in Chicago. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times

The South Side Irish had thousands lined up Western Ave. from 103rd to 115th street enjoying the parade and the perfect weather. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times

The South Side Irish had thousands lined up Western Ave. from 103rd to 115th street enjoying the parade and the perfect weather. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times

Police investigate the scene at The Ashford House Restaurant, 7959 W. 159th Street, in Tinley Park, IL where allegedly a group of people entered and started assaulting patrons Saturday, May 19, 2012. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media

Police investigate the scene at The Ashford House Restaurant, 7959 W. 159th Street, in Tinley Park, IL where allegedly a group of people entered and started assaulting patrons Saturday, May 19, 2012. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media

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Funeral for Chicago Firefighter Captain Herbie Johnson at St Rita of Casia Shrine Chapel. Thursday, November 8, 2012 | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Funeral for Chicago Firefighter Captain Herbie Johnson at St Rita of Casia Shrine Chapel. Thursday, November 8, 2012 | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY DEC. 23, 2012 AND THEREAFTER - FILE - in this March 15, 2012 file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich departs his Chicago home for Littleton, Colo., to begin his 14-year prison sentence on corruption charges. Blagojevich's incarceration was voted the third most important news story in the AP's annual survey of its Illinois member editors and staff. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)