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Dorm death still being investigated Preliminary autopsy results released; NIU student’s funeral is Friday according to autopsy information released by DeKalb County Coroner Dennis Miller. DeKALB – Northern IlliHow Okedina fell still is unnois University sophomore der investigation, and Miller Oluwarotimi “Timi” Okedina won’t rule on the manner of died of injuries suffered when death until officials can rehe fell Saturday from the 11th view toxicology, autopsy and floor of a campus dormitory, other reports, he said.
By RHONDA GILLESPIE
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Services for the 19-yearold will start today in Chicago with a visitation from 3 to 9 p.m. at the Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 6150 N. Cicero. His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday in a chapel there. Okedina will be buried at the Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago.
Police were called Saturday to the 12-story Stevenson Towers C – one of four that make up the complex at the south end of the university’s student housing area – about 10 p.m. The student was found on the ground after falling from the 11th floor of the building, NIU
spokesman Joe King said. He was taken to Kishwaukee Hospital where he was pronounced dead, King said. Okedina is survived by his mother, father and two sisters. King said it remained unclear how Okedina fell, but confirmed Okedina was not as-
Amidst state budget crisis, museums to close down
DeKalb native celebrates his 1st Emmy win
By SARA BURNETT
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The Associated Press CHICAGO – Gov. Bruce Rauner is set to close state museums and a sport-shooting complex because of Illinois’ budget crisis, although most staff will still report to work and the museum’s board chairman said the savings will amount to “peanuts.” By museum officials’ calculations, the closing of the 138-year-old museum in Springfield and its four satellite facilities will initially save the state less than $400,000, a tiny fraction of Illinois’ projected $5 billion budget gap. The Republican governor targeted the museums and the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in the southern Illinois community of Sparta for closure effective Wednesday. He said it’s part of his efforts to manage state finances while a budget deal with Democrats who control the Legislature remains elusive. Critics said the closings are another sign of how intractable the situation has become, as both sides dig in and the state enters its fourth month without a spending plan. “We’re part of the political football,” said Guerry Suggs, chairGov. Bruce man of the state museum board of Rauner directors. Rauner’s office initially sent layoff notices to more than 100 workers at the sites earlier this year. He said closing the museums and recreational complex would save Illinois about $6.3 million. But labor unions sued, arguing the move violated their contracts with the state. Rauner agreed to postpone the layoffs for union workers pending a court ruling but said he would go ahead with the closings. The decision has left supporters of the facilities scratching their heads. They note workers will be collecting paychecks and the facilities still will have to be maintained, but the public – including school groups that frequent the museums – will be shut out. Suggs said researchers and scientists will continue their work, but it’s unclear what tour guides, security officers and other staff will do. “Maybe somebody will get a good card game going,” he said. Rauner spokeswoman Lyndsey Walters said in addition to scientific research, curators will maintain collections and educators will plan future programming. Other employees will be put in “temporary roles.” Workers at the Sparta complex will prepare the site for winter then be reassigned to other sites.
signed to that building or the room from which he fell. Okedina graduated in 2014 from Maine East High School in suburban Park Ridge. News of his death quickly reached students and staff at the school.
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DeKalb native Richard Jenkins accepts the award for outstanding lead actor in a limited series or a movie for “Olive Kitteridge” on Sept. 20 at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
DeKALB – DeKalb native Richard Jenkins wasn’t just handed an Emmy on Sept. 20 on live TV. He was handed his shiny new award by Lady Gaga. “My thought was, ‘What did you do tonight?’ ‘Well, Lady Gaga just gave me an Emmy,’ ” Jenkins said. “It was done in jest and Voice your it’s like saying, ‘It’s an amazing night.’ opinion That was what I was going for.” Jenkins, a 1965 graduate of DeKalb What’s your High School, has been in the acting favorite Richard business for many years now – more than 50 if you count the handful of lines Jenkins movie? he had in a DHS production of “The Vote now at Daily-Chronicle. Madwoman of Chaillot.” Many TV shows, movies and an com. Oscar nomination later, Jenkins, 68, snagged his first major acting award for outstanding lead actor in a miniseries for his role in “Olive Kitteridge,” an HBO miniseries that aired last fall. Jenkins played Henry Kitteridge, a pharmacy owner and the husband of the titular character (played by Frances McDormand) in a fictional Maine town. He was in good company, as “Olive Kitteridge” won seven Primetime Emmys that night, including ones by series actors McDormand and Bill Murray, as well as nods for writing, directing, casting and editing.
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Richard Jenkins, a DeKalb native, won his first Emmy on Sept. 20 for his role in the HBO miniseries “Olive Kitteridge,” and the Egyptian Theatre congratulated Jenkins this its marquee.
DeKalb native Richard Jenkins (left) is presented the award for outstanding lead actor in a limited series or a movie for “Olive Kitteridge” by Lady Gaga on Sept. 20 at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards.
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