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Judge agrees to ex-alderman's release from jail
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CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has freed a former Chicago alderman jailed since his arrest on charges he tried to accept kickbacks in a scheme to sell bandages to hospitals. Prosecutors and defense attorneys said at a Tuesday hearing they had agreed to terms of Ambrosio Medrano's release. The conditions included a $175,000 bond secured by his mother-in-law's home and a daily 10 p.m. curfew. The 58-year-old former alderman entered the hearing in an orange jail jumpsuit and leg chains. He and former Cook County commissioner Joseph Moreno were arrested last week. Moreno was released on bond, but prosecutors initially deemed Medrano a flight risk and he was kept behind bars. Medrano spent time in prison in the 1990s after pleading guilty in an investigation of payoffs to Chicago-area politicians. 
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Today is Wednesday, June 19, the 170th day of 2013. There are 195 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The treasurer of Mercer County has been instructed to sell all thespecie now in the treasury for the highest premium in legal tender and to report same atthe next board meeting.
1888 -- 125 years ago: J.S. Freeman has been elected president of the Recreation Club ofthe Rock Island YMCA.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Rock Island voters will decide next Tuesday on the proposal toconsolidate with South Rock Island Township.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The Rev. Frederick J. Rolf will round out his 30th year as pastor ofthe Evangelical Church of Peace at Sunday worship services.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Dennis Kelly, of Moline High School, has been named a winner inTime Magazine's 27th annual current affairs contest.
1988 -- 25 years ago: The Martin Luther King Community Center will participate in theSummer Food Service Program. Free meals will be made available to all children 18years of age and younger.
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