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Red Line rides out first weekday of construction project
CTA commuters talk about their public transit experience now that Red Line is closed from Cermak/Chinatown through 95th Street, until October ...
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Chamber honors small businesses
h annual Small Business of the Year Awards gala. The overall winner this year was Naperville Dental Specialists and General Oral Health Care, which also took home the award in the Professional category. In other categories Paul Gregory Media won for Business-to-Business, Players Indoor Sports won for Business-to-Consumer, Giving DuPage won for Not-for-Profit and Le Chocolat du Bouchard won for ...
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Schaumburg cop suspended investigated for gun missing heroin
A Schaumburg police officer has been suspended with pay for allegedly keeping a gun that had been turned in to the department, and the same officer also faces scrutiny for a case involving heroin that allegedly went missing from a crime scene, police said. The officer, who was not identified by police, was on front-desk duty April 23 when two people came in to turn in a .22-caliber revolver, ...
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Quinn No new casinos without pension reform
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn appeared before the Chicago Tribune editorial board Monday morning to discuss pension reform. (Posted on: May 20, ...
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Tim West reporter 1946-2013
A versatile journalist, Tim West spent his entire career covering Naperville for the Naperville Sun. Mr. West covered local government bodies, took photos, wrote columns and immersed himself in the life of his community. "Tim cared deeply about quality journalism, and he understood the importance of the press being a responsible community watchdog," said Judy Hostert-Harvey, managing ...
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First lady could be Chicago kids last hope
Michelle Obama and student Kayla Pearson at Harper High School last month. The first lady has kept the plight of Chicago students in the ...
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Deerfield businesses buck trend in minimum wage survey
Krystyna Krell performs a manicure at Renu Day Spa in Deerfield on May 15. Spa owner Anna Pamula says she pays her employees more than minimum wage, and would support a state measure to increase the level from $8.25 to $10 per ...
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Beleaguered NIU administrator to retire
Northern Illinois University officials announced Monday that a longtime campus vice president who has been part of a federal law enforcement investigation plans to retire at the end of the month.Eddie Williams, 68, the university's chief of operations, began working at the DeKalb university 43 years ago and rose to become one of its most powerful figures. He returned to work Friday after a ...
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Sandy Hook parents help Illinois high-capacity magazine ban
SPRINGFIELD— - Grieving parents of children killed at a Connecticut elementary school gave haunting testimony about their lost sons Monday as they tried to persuade the Illinois Senate to approve a ban on the sale of high-capacity gun magazines in Illinois. The parents' emotion injected a palpable measure of heartache into the rough-and-tumble Illinois gun debate, where jockeying ...
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Grant program open for applications
The village of Glen Ellyn is accepting applications for grants for local non-profit organizations. The Community Grant Program funding for 2013-14 is $25,000. Last year, the village budgeted $30,000 for the program, but this year, $5,000 was donated to the Fourth of July Committee, said Kristen Schrader, assistant to the village manager. Organizations must provide direct services to the ...
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Paddle tennis club opens in Glenview
A paddle tennis and golf facility opened this month in Glenview. The village's park district constructed the Glenview Prairie Club, located at 2800 West Lake Ave., to offer paddle tennis, an increasingly popular sport that combines tennis and racquetball. The club includes a new 2,600-square-foot clubhouse, which serves food and drinks, four paddle tennis courts and a previously existing ...
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Highland Park and Deerfield police blotter
A 53-year-old man of the 1700 block of Violet Court was charged with domestic battery after police were flagged down near the intersection of Ridge Road and Hybernia Drive at 10 a.m. on May 13.Possession of cannabisA Waukegan man, 25, was charged with possession of cannabis and failure to wear seatbelt after being stopped by police in the 700 block of Central Avenue at 7:17 p.m. on May ...
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Aurora implements meterless parking system
Aurora has launched a meterless downtown parking system allowing motorists to park at no charge. The city removed roughly 900 parking meters and instituted a color-coded system that designates allowable parking times ranging from 90 minutes to 10 hours. On-street time restrictions will be enforced from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. Parking lots are ...
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Naperville auditing commuter lot wait list
Naperville commuters on the waiting list for a parking permit near the downtown Metra station will need to update their accounts to keep their place in line. The city is performing an audit of the wait lists for the Kroehler, Burlington and Parkview lots and is aiming to remove commuters from the wait list if they no longer need a parking permit. The city last performed such an audit in ...
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Elmhurst Edward merger OKd
State regulators have given approval for Naperville-based Edward Hospital and Health Services to merge with Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare. The upcoming merger will create one of the largest health systems in the area with more than 50 locations serving 1.7 million residents. Edward CEO Pam Davis will head the new system after the merger is finalized, which is expected to happen July ...
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Will County launches property tax app
Will County residents can now use smart phones to pay their property taxes. Treasurer Steve Weber's office has launched an app that allows users to pay their bill, find bank and credit union branches that accept payments, locate the county's drop box and contact their local assessor. To download the free app ...
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La Grange Park District considers turf for soccer club
A synthetic turf field could be installed at Gordon Park if a proposal between the Park District of La Grange the Lyons Township Soccer Club moves forward, officials said. Park District director Dean Bissias said the soccer club approached the park district about installing a synthetic turf field in the place of a natural grass field as the district moves forward with major renovations to the ...
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Park district hopes more campers sign up this summer
Renovations at Wheaton's Northside Park mean summer camps offer more than ever, but the number of kids participating has dipped, camp officials said. Last year, about 250 kids went through Camp Mean Green and Camp Illini. That's compared with about 500 before 2010, when the camps were relocated for a year because of restoration projects at Northside. "I think a lot of people ...
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NHL Detroit Red Wings down Chicago Blackhawks for 2-1 lead
NHL Western Conference semi-final series with a 3-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 on Monday. After squaring the best-of-seven series in Chicago on Saturday, the Red Wings maintained the momentum on home ice to beat the top-seeded Blackhawks and move ahead 2-1 in the series. Game 4 is on Thursday, again in Detroit. Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard weathered an early storm, making ...
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Schuster Adversity Suddenly Haunts Blackhawks
Andrew Shaw #65 of the Chicago Blackhawks reacts to a third period goal being waved off with teammates Brent Seabrook #7, Viktor Stalberg #25 and Nick Leddy #8 against the Detroit Red Wings in Game Three of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Joe Louis Arena on May 20, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit won the game 3-1 to take a 2-1 series lead. (Photo ...
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Source Fewer than 5 schools to be spared despite protests
Pressured for months by teachers, community leaders and aldermen, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's hand-picked school board is nonetheless expected on Wednesday to approve closing all but a few of the 53 elementary schools the administration wants to shut down. Neither side in the battle, in fact, has budged much. The Chicago Teachers Union on Monday followed up a weekend of neighborhood marches with ...
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Hainan Airlines to launch Beijing-Chicago route on Sept 3
Economy-class passengers on the new route, which will initially use an Airbus 340, will be charged about 5,500 yuan ($895.4) for return tickets up to the end of ...
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Area under tornado watch until 5 a.m.
Tweet Widget UPDATED 11:25 P.M. The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for the area until 5 a.m. Tuesday. Affected areas include Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, Piatt, and Vermilion counties. A tornado watch means that conditions have created a significant risk of a tornado. The National Weather service has issued a weather advisory for northwestern Coles, ...
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White Sox confident they can turn things around
The White Sox are three games below .500 and six games behind the American League Central-leading Indians, but they've remained confident, and recently, the results on the field have taken a turn for the better. Chicago has won five of its last seven games and six of its last nine, including Monday's 6-4 win over the Red Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. The White Sox will play 16 of their ...
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Chicago puts ‘L’ on Jon Lester
CHICAGO - When Jon Lester took the mound last night, he was trying to become the first Red Sox lefty starter since 1973 to go at least 7-0 to begin a season.But he also was facing his personal kryptonite.In his best and worst seasons, Lester struggles against the White Sox. Indeed, it has become as predictable as winter blizzards in Chicago. In nine previous starts against the White Sox entering ...
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Thorne Miniature Rooms go fictional
If you live in Chicago and do not know about the Thorne Miniature Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago, then you must have been living under the proverbial rock before you came across this article.
The Thorne rooms are one of the most famous museum exhibits in the city. They are a collection of 68 rooms contained within glass boxes and are notable because each room is constructed at a 1-inch to 1-foot scale and all 68 rooms together display a range of historical periods from various cultures. Read more
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