Country Club Hills eyes casino - 2004-01-17
Leaders from 18 south suburban municipalities have
teamed up in a plan to use Emerald Casino Inc.’s dormant license for a casino in County Club Hills.

Crestwood Mayor Chester Stranczek on Friday said he is giving up his pursuit of the license with a coalition of other suburbs to back a casino that would be located on 275 acres near the junction of Interstates 57 and 80 in far south Cook County.
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Comedian Foxx and his sister plead innocent in casino fracas - 2004-01-17
Comedian Jamie Foxx and his sister pleaded innocent Friday to charges stemming from a fight with police officers and security guards last year at Harrah's New Orleans Casino.

Foxx and younger sister Deidra Dixon were arrested April 26, 2003. Police said the two and a group of their friends refused to show identification at the door, then went into the casino and refused orders to leave.
Read the full story at Sarasota Herald-Tribune