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On top of the world: Chicago company is global leader in manufacturing globes

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:32:35 GMT

HILLSIDE, Ill. -- South suburban Hillside is home the global leader in manufacturing globes. Each year, Replogle Globes makes hundreds of thousands of models of planet Earth, some are less than $10, others cost as much as $13,950.“We make globes,” Joe Wright, the company’s CEO said. “Geographic globes of the world. Planetary globes. Some constellation globes, but basically, we bring the world to people’s homes.”Luther Replogle was a school supplies salesman who saw potential in globes. He founded the company in 1930 and started producing hand-made globes with his wife out of their apartment.In 1933, Marshall Field and Company ordered 100,000 globes to sell as souvenirs at the World’s Fair “The Century of Progress” in Chicago. Find more Cover Story content here When President Franklin Roosevelt would address the nation in his “fireside chats” on the radio during World War II, he would encourage families to have maps and globes nearby to understand the geography of the conflict.The ...

How the Cubs dominated the A's in 1st sweep of 2023

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:32:35 GMT

OAKLAND — They were facing a team that's struggled mightily after just taking a series on the road against one of the best teams in Major League Baseball.Some thought the Cubs would have a good chance to bring out the brooms against the Athletics this week - and that's exactly what they did. In fact, the domination was impressive. In a three-game sweep in Oakland, the Cubs would end up outscoring their opponents 26-3, capturing the series finale 12-2 on Wednesday afternoon. Thanks to their first series sweep of the season, the team improves to 11-6 on the season as they finish a six-game west coast road trip with a 5-1 record.Naturally, the Cubs' hitters get the majority of the initial attention thanks to the sheer numbers they were able to put up over the course of the three games. They pounded out 39 hits during that time and were especially strong in closing the games out, scoring 14 of their 26 runs in the eighth and ninth inning.They got four in the second-to-last inning on Mon...

Community provides input on Chicago's next top cop at meeting

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:32:35 GMT

CHICAGO — Community members met Wednesday night at St. Sabina Church in Auburn Gresham to speak out on what attributes they want to see in the next Chicago Police Department superintendent. Wednesday's meeting was the second of four public forums held by the newly formed Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability. Brandon Johnson makes first trip to state Capitol as Chicago’s mayor-elect These sessions are crucial to the commission as the community's feedback will help them select three finalists for the new mayor to choose from."We're an independent body," Anthony Driver, Dr., the president of the commission, said. "We're not beholden to any administration or city council or any particular party. Rather we're beholden to the community. Our job is to be your voice and to make sure you're all heard."At the forefront of their search process is input from Chicagoans. Those who spoke said they'd like a superintendent to focus on resolving issues unique to the city. M...

Defense rests in 'ComEd Four' bribery trial

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:32:35 GMT

CHICAGO -- The defense rested their case on Wednesday after more than a month of grueling testimony in the "ComEd Four" trial. The "ComEd Four" are former Madigan confidant Michael McClain, former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore, former ComEd lobbyist John Hooker and former ComEd consultant Jay Doherty. All have pleaded not guilty to multiple charges, including bribery conspiracy.Federal prosecutors accused the four defendants of conspiring to bribe former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in exchange for support of the utilities legislative agenda. Judge tentatively OKs $725M Facebook settlement: How to apply for a payout Madigan was charged in 2022 with racketeering, bribery and other crimes. He’s denied wrongdoing. A year earlier, he resigned from the Legislature as the longest-serving House speaker in modern U.S. history amid speculation that he was a federal target.The indictment accused Madigan, among other things, of reaping the benefits of private legal work...

Bear spray 'missed' during TSA screening caused evacuation in part of Nashville Airport: officials

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:32:35 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) -- Several days after a concourse at Nashville International Airport (BNA) was evacuated amid reports of "noxious fumes," airport officials have shared what exactly was to blame.BNA said the initial calls about "an unpleasant odor" in Concourse C near Tootsies came in just before 2:45 p.m. on Sunday, April 16. Passengers and employees were evacuated from the concourse by Airport Operations and Department of Public Safety (DPS).By 2:55 p.m., members of the Nashville Fire Department were dispatched to the airport to respond to "something airborne causing breathing problems," according to officials. Photos and videos shared with Nexstar's WKRN showed emergency responders gathering on the tarmac outside the concourse and walking through the airport with masks and oxygen tanks. PREVIOUS: Part of Nashville Airport evacuated due to ‘noxious odor’ The FAA also issued a ground stop for a short time to allow emergency crews to operate safely.According to BNA, the fir...

UT Austin says report of 'suspicious person' near campus not found, no ongoing threat

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:32:35 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- On Wednesday, the University of Texas said there was no ongoing threat after a report of a suspicious person near the campus was reported shortly after 5 p.m., according to a Twitter post.At approximately 5:10 p.m., UTPD received a report of a suspicious person near the 2800 block of San Gabriel, the tweet said. UTPD officers responded and met with officers from the Austin Police Department to search the area.According to UT, UTPD and APD were not able to locate the suspicious person, and APD determined there was no ongoing threat to the community or to the campus.If anyone has any other information about the incident, they are urged to contact APD. UT said if anyone has any information and feels unsafe to call 911.

Authorities release more details about 9 migrants rescued from freezing bog near Warraod

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:32:35 GMT

WARROAD, Minn. — Nine men who entered the United States illegally from Canada were rescued from a subfreezing bog and given medical treatment for exposure to the cold, authorities said Wednesday.The nine, ranging in age from 19 to 46, were found Tuesday near Warroad, a small lakeside Minnesota community about 7.5 miles south of the Canadian border. The area is southwest of an official port of entry.U.S. Border Patrol agents and rescuers from other agencies were sent to the area at around 5 a.m. after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said someone in the group of men had made an emergency phone call, a Border Patrol statement said.The men were found in a flooded bog.“When agents arrived on scene, they determined the temperatures in the bog were below freezing and they would require special equipment to reach the group,” the statement said. “The agents were able to rescue the men from the frigid water by wearing protective suits.”The men were taken to medical facilities for treatment ...

Twins break out the bats in win over Red Sox

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:32:35 GMT

BOSTON >> Corey Kluber is a two-time Cy Young Award winner and a three-time all-star. For a period of years, he was one of the game’s most dominant starters. But while his name still carries weight around the game, the Kluber the Twins saw on Wednesday isn’t the same pitcher he once was.The Twins ambushed Kluber, scoring seven runs off of him in a blowout 10-4 win over the Red Sox on Wednesday night at Fenway Park.Rookie Edouard Julien hit his second major league home run, a two-run shot, which helped the Twins open up a three-run lead before Joe Ryan even stepped foot on the mound. And two innings later, first baseman Joey Gallo announced his return in a big way. Gallo, who singled in his first at-bat, hit a towering blast to right field, bringing home three more runs.By the time the top of the third inning was over, Ryan — the beneficiary of a nine-run Twins first inning in his last start — was working with a seven-run lead.The offense didn’t quit after Kluber left. Trevor L...

Watervliet man sentenced to state prison for 2021 murder

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:32:35 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A Watervliet man has been sentenced for a murder on Central Avenue in Albany. Sean Pacheco, 40, will serve the next 25 years to life in prison for shooting and killing John Welcome in November 2021. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Pacheco pleaded guilty in December to several charges, including Murder, Criminal Possession of a Weapon, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Criminally Using Drug Paraphernalia. Officials said Pacheco shot Welcome with an illegal firearm and was in possession of cocaine and other drug paraphernalia on the same day.

In Hebron, lack of cell phone service has been a public safety issue for years

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:32:35 GMT

HEBRON, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The tragic events over the weekend have also spotlighted an issue that has been going on for years in Hebron -- the lack of cell phone service. Jill Nadolski is a Town Council member and says that for years, the town has been trying to get better cell phone service, not just for convenience but for public safety.“The people here are in shock and reeling with what has happened,” she said. Read the latest on the fatal shooting of Kaylin Gillis Just last year, a man got in an accident and could not call for help. Then, on April 15, Kaylin Gillis and her friends got lost in the area due to a poor GPS signal. Washington County Sheriff Jeff Murphy said a Hebron homeowner allegedly shot into a vehicle in which Kaylin was a passenger. The group had to drive several miles to the town of Salem to call for help due to the spotty cellphone service in the area. Kaylin died from her injuries.NEWS10 spoke with some town officials, who said adding cell phone towers is not ...