Elite Irish Dancer Now a Firefighter ... and A Tough Irishwoman: Patch PM

Gold-Medal Irish Dancer Now a Firefighter

• Colleen Martin-Hanley had a stellar career as an Irish Dancer. Now she's driving one of the trucks for the Evanston Fire Department.

Chicago Police Board Names 3 Top-Cop Finalists

• “This was no ordinary search for a new police superintendent because these are not ordinary times,” said Chicago Police Board president.

Ex-Con Brags to Cops About His Prison Fights: Police

• A Tinley Park man at an urgent-care center tried to box with cops and claimed he was a mixed martial artist for eight years, police said. He apparently had no defense for the Taser that put him down.

1970s-Themed Portillo's Coming to Deerfield

• Popular Chicago-area hot dog chain will open another new restaurant on Lake Cook Road.

Chicago Man Guilty of Threatening State Rep

• "There’s no longer a ban on assault weapons,” he told State Rep. Jeanne Ives of Wheaton. A jury found Stephen S. Bona guilty following just 1.5 hours of deliberations Thursday.

How to Check Your Tuna Cans: Bumble Bee, Chicken of the Sea Issue Nationwide Recall

• Hundreds of thousands of tuna cans affected, FDA says.

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