Marie Saavedra
Weekday News Anchor and Reporter at WBBM-TV (Chicago, IL)
Journalist @cbschicago, half Cuban, proud sister to a brother w/ #downsyndrome, MIZ, singing in the car at the top of your lungs enthusiast. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
cbsnews.com | Marie Saavedra |Edie Kasten
Chicago's firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics help resident through some of their worst moments, and our female first responders bring a special strength to an incredibly demanding job. In an emergency, all you want to know is that someone is coming to help. Cat Renar, who spent 20 years with the Chicago Fire Department, said the women serving the city play a special role. "I love being an engineer because I love driving the engine," she said.
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3 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Adam Harrington |Marie Saavedra
Arlington Heights Village Trustee Jim Tinaglia was elected as the new mayor of the northwest Chicago suburb Tuesday, and a day later, he was weighing in on the conditions that would have to be met for a new Chicago Bears stadium to succeed there. Tinaglia said he supports a new Bears stadium in Arlington Heights, but the franchise and the village need to come to an agreement on common goals. "The common goals are win-win — win-win meaning the Bears. I know the Bears have to have a good solution.
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1 month ago |
cbsnews.com | Marie Saavedra |Edie Kasten
Charlene Brooks has a pretty neat day job, and then some. As a professional singer, she has done it all; from rock to country, jazz to Broadway. But that's just the beginning. Brooks also is Rabbi Charlene Brooks, but the people at Congregation Bene Shalom in Skokie, Illinois, simply call her Rabbi Char. How did she get from singer to rabbi, and why does she conduct services in sign language? It's a long story, and Rabbi Char loves a good story.
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1 month ago |
news.lee.net | Marie Saavedra |Edie Kasten
DES PLAINES, Illinois (WBBM) -- A woman from Des Plaines, Illinois, has an interesting history and an amazingly positive outlook on life. Her name is Madlan McKernan, but everyone just calls her Mack. She's been everything from a physician's assistant to a scientist and a college professor, and now she's an artist. "Once I was into it, it's better than meditation. I mean, it is absolutely the best thing that I could do," she said.
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1 month ago |
channel3000.com | Marie Saavedra |Edie Kasten
Click here for updates on this story DES PLAINES, Illinois (WBBM) -- A woman from Des Plaines, Illinois, has an interesting history and an amazingly positive outlook on life. Her name is Madlan McKernan, but everyone just calls her Mack. She's been everything from a physician's assistant to a scientist and a college professor, and now she's an artist. "Once I was into it, it's better than meditation. I mean, it is absolutely the best thing that I could do," she said.
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