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PART OF THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE CHICAGO RIVER IS SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF AN OIL SPILL. THE COAST GUARD SAYS OIL WAS FOUND IN A PART OF THE RIVER KNOWN AS BUBBLY CREEK....

VANDALS DEFACED THE THEODORE ROOSEVELT STATE OUTSIDE THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY YESTERDAY. THE NYPD HATE CRIME TASK FORCE SAYS SOMEONE THREW RED PAINT AT THE TEN-FOOT-TALL STATUE. THE STATUE SHOWS THE FORMER...

NYPD IS TRYING TO FIND THREE MEN AFTER ONE OF THEM PUNCHED A WOMAN AS PART OF A “KNOCKOUT GAME.” SUSAN FARINA SAYS SHE WAS WALKING ON ESSEX STREET IN THE LOWER EAST SIDE...

FANS ARE ANGRY THIS MORNING, AFTER BEING SHUT OUT OF A CONCERT LAST NIGHT AT THE BARCLAYS CENTER. FANS WITHOUT TICKETS TRIED TO STORM THEIR WAY INTO POWER 105.1’S POWERHOUSE SHOW, POLICE USED PEPPER...

AS THE COUNTRY GEARS UP TO FIGHT THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC, WEST VIRGINIA IS TAKING PART IN THIS WEEKENDS NATIONAL PRESCRIPTON DRUG TAKE-BACK DAY. IT’LL TAKE PLACE TODAY AND TOMORROW AT NEARLY 100 LOCATIONS AROUND...

MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S PRESIDENT, JEROME GILBERT, IS SPORTING A DIFFERENT LOOK . . . GREEN HAIR . . . “GREENING GILBERT” RAFFLE TICKETS WERE SOLD ON CAMPUS TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE UNIVERSITY’S UNITED WAY...

RICHWOOD MAYOR BOB BABER IS SUING HIS CITY COUNCIL FOR PUTTING HIM ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AND PREVENITNG HIM FROM DOING HIS JOB WHILE HE’S UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE CITY COUNCIL ASKED BABER TO RESIGN...

WEEKEND FOOTBALL ACTION . . . W-V-U TAKES ON OKLAHOMA STATE SATURDAY AT NOON. MARSHALL PLAYS FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AT 2:30.

A MAN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTED MURDER IS ON THE RUN THIS MORNING. TODD BOYES ESCAPED FROM THE SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL JAIL EARLY THIS MORNING. HE’S 5’6″, 220 POUNDS, BALD, AND WAS LAST SEEN WEARING...

PRESIDENT TRUMP RECOGNIZED WEST VIRGINIA IS HIS ADDRESS ABOUT THE OPIOID CRISIS. THE PRESIDENT ISSUED A NATIONAL HEALTH EMERGENCY YESTERDAY, SAYING ONE IN EVERY FOUR BABIES IS IMPACTED BY OPIOID ABUSE. THERE WERE NEARLY...