Marisa Rodriguez
Interactive Producer at WGN-TV (Chicago, IL)
Full-time wife, mommy, interactive producer at @WGNNews and reality TV watcher. It's a hard job...but somebody's got to do it!
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wgntv.com | Marisa Rodriguez |Marcus Leshock
EVANSTON, Ill. — A man has had three vehicles smashed by different trees on his block in Evanston. Tim Heuer says it started back in 2014 when a tree limb dropped on his wife’s car. The vehicle was repaired, and Heuer’s wife still drives it. That tree was eventually removed. Then in 2016, a second tree dropped a limb that totaled his blue Honda CRV, that he had for about one month.
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5 days ago |
wgntv.com | Marisa Rodriguez
Robert Prevost, an missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious order, took the name Leo XIV.
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6 days ago |
wgntv.com | Eli Ong |Marisa Rodriguez
HAMMOND, Ind. (WGN) — The Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) is investigating a Northwest Indiana fatal shooting that involved an officer from the Chicago Police Department (CPD). According to CPD, 4th District officers responded to a person with a gun call in the 13400 block of South Baltimore Avenue around 5:50 p.m. Thursday, for an individual wanted for an aggravated battery. Upon arrival, officers witnessed the person enter a vehicle and flee from the area.
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6 days ago |
wgntv.com | Marisa Rodriguez
Posted: May 8, 2025 / 08:50 AM CDT Updated: May 8, 2025 / 08:51 AM CDT KANKAKEE, Ill. — Funeral services will be held Thursday for former Illinois Governor George Ryan. A memorial service will be held at noon at Asbury United Methodist Church, located at 196 South Harrison Avenue in Kankakee. Ryan, a Republican, served as the 39th governor of Illinois from 1999 to 2003.
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wgntv.com | Marisa Rodriguez
Posted: May 8, 2025 / 07:33 AM CDT Updated: May 8, 2025 / 07:40 AM CDT CHICAGO — A former Chicago Public Schools principal who pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars was found dead on the day of her sentencing. Sarah Jackson Abedelal failed to show up for sentencing Tuesday and was found dead later that night.
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