South Chicago Heights NewsLocal news for South Chicago Heights, IL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Man fires 60 rounds during standoff with police- May 30, 2008 Police say a man fired about 60 rounds from an assault rifle before he was arrested at a northwestern Indiana home where officers had gone to investigate a break-in. Newton County Sheriff Don Hartman says the ...http://www.topix.net/city/south-chicago-heights-il/2008/05/man-fires-60-rounds-during-stan... Spin Cycle: Beer coffins, stickless gum and stupid crook- May 12, 2008 Fluffing and folding the news Death Lite A South Chicago Heights, Ill., man loves his Pabst Blue Ribbon beer so much, he's purchased a coffin painted to look exactly like a pop-top. As he has no immediate need ... via Inside Bay Areahttp://www.topix.net/city/south-chicago-heights-il/2008/05/spin-cycle-beer-coffins-stickle... Man to be Buried in Beer Can-Shaped Casket- May 7, 2008 "Why put such a great novelty piece up on a shelf in storage when you could use it only the way Bill Bramanti would use it" Last Update: 552008 6:00:22 PM Author: Jake Wade SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Bill Bramanti will love Pabst Blue Ribbon eternally, and he's got the custom-made beer-can casket to prove it. via 13WMAZ-TVhttp://www.topix.net/city/south-chicago-heights-il/2008/05/man-to-be-buried-in-beer-can-sh... Illinois Man Designs Beer Can Coffin- May 5, 2008 Glenwood village administrator Bill Bramanti's favorite beer is Pabst Blue Ribbon. He loves it. Really loves it. So much so that he's already had his coffin specially made, and it's designed to look like a can of the trendy brew. Bramanti isn't sick, so he doesn't plan on needing it just yet. For now he plans to use it as a cooler. At 5-feet-9 inches tall and weighing 280 pounds, Bramanti has tried it out though. "I actually fit, because I got in here," Bramanti, 67, of South Chicago Heights...http://www.topix.net/city/south-chicago-heights-il/2008/05/illinois-man-designs-beer-can-c... |