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Mourners remember Darien murder-suicide victims as loving family
The Andrus family was mourned together Tuesday at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Lemont. Authorities say David Andrus fatally shot his wife and daughters last week before turning the gun on ...
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Plastic bag ban goes before aldermen
Environmentalists came to City Hall on Tuesday to support a proposal to ban plastic bags at Chicago stores, a move retailers say will hurt businesses unless they charge shoppers up to 10 cents for each paper bag that's used instead.Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who is in Israel this week, is trying to get more information on the environmental and economic impact of a bag ban, according to his ...
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Dr. Gertrude M. Novak 1928-2013
Gertrude Novak fled the Nazis as a girl, leaving her native Vienna with one of her sisters just before Germany annexed Austria. Moving first to England and later to New York, she eventually gained an Ivy League education, attended medical school and became a pathologist at Cook County Hospital. In her early 50s, Dr. Novak shifted gears to become a family practice doctor at the hospital. Dr. ...
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Village finds temporary worker to fill staffing needs
Since February, Tinley Park has relied on a temp worker to fill a hole in the village treasurer's office, leasing an accountant from a business based in Deerfield. That company, GovTempsUSA, "focuses on providing staffing resources to local governments nationwide," according to its mission statement. Tinley Park Treasurer Brad Bettenhausen said the village has long-term budget ...
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Orland Park looks to alleviate flooding along 143rd Street
The thunderstorms that hit Orland Park last week were a springtime shower compared to the mid-April storms that dumped up to seven inches of rain in parts of the Chicago area. But they did cause minor flooding along 143rd Street just west of Wolf Road. Village officials and local businesses described the flooding as a recurring problem, one that the village is looking at how to fix. "It ...
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Former Lake Zurich trustee appointed to open position
Newly appointed Lake Zurich Trustee Jonathan Sprawka said keeping the village headed in the right direction with its downtown redevelopment efforts will be his top priority.Sprawka, 32, who served in the same role from 2009 until earlier this year, was appointed to the seat that was vacated when Trustee Tom Poynton was elected mayor in April. Board members unanimously approved the choice at ...
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Striking similarity of dying words
Maggie Callanan, a longtime hospice nurse and co-author of a book on dying, said patients often say the same things as they approach death if they talk, and she believes such patients are getting a glimpse of life after ...
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CPS leader predicts happier ties with teachers union
Chicago Public Schools chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett offered an upbeat vision of the district's future during an event Tuesday night, a dramatically different take from that given by Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis in a speech earlier in the day. Byrd-Bennett, speaking at the Chase Auditorium downtown as part of the Tribune's "Chicago Forward" series, went so far ...
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CTU chief Racism and inequality hurting Chicago schools
In the wake of recent school closings and teacher layoffs, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis took aim Tuesday at the two R’s of her education reform effort - racism and revenue. Lewis, speaking to the City Club of Chicago, did not directly criticize Mayor Rahm Emanuel. But she went after his kitchen cabinet of educational advisers as wealthy "elites" from the venture ...
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Plainfield man on trial for murder in Door County Wis.
The trial of a southwest suburban man accused of killing his girlfriend and then sexually assaulting her corpse began Monday in Door County, Wis., where the alleged killing took place last summer, authorities said Tuesday. Brian M. Cooper, 36, of the 2400 block of Oak Tree Lane in Plainfield, faces two felony charges of first-degree intentional homicide and one felony charge of third degree ...
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Glenview couple reflects on 15 years as foster parents to teens
For most people, raising one child is exhausting. But to take care of your own and give shelter to dozens more is a feat not a lot of families can claim.Marcia and Tom Korman, who have lived in their Glenview home for about 35 years, have fostered 40 local teenagers over 15 years while also raising their own son and daughter.Once the only foster parents in Glenview, the Kormans, who have been ...
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Highland Park and Deerfield talk about guns
Highland Park resident Daniel Easterday comments during a June 13 meeting sponsored by the Illinois State Rifle Association to strategize opposition to several municipal assault weapons ban proposals in Lake ...
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Work at tennis center in Wilmette on schedule
The damaged indoor tennis center, covered by a plastic tarp and concealed by a temporary wall, was little distraction to swimmers at Centennial's Aquatic Center in Wilmette on a recent sunny day. The tennis pod is expected to reopen on September ...
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Final Bell To Ring For Last Time At 28 Schools Today
Anthony Overton Elementary School is one of 28 schools set to close for good in Chicago on June 19, 2013. Another 19 schools will close for good on June 24, while two more will close in 2014 and 2015. (Credit: ...
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Chicago activists lobby for plastic bag ban
Rahm Emanuel is trying to get more information on the environmental and economic impacts of the proposal before deciding whether to support it, mayoral spokesman Tom Alexander said. "The mayor will work with members of City Council to reach a consensus on this issue," Alexander told the Chicago Tribune. Alderman George Cardenas, the council's Heath Committee chairman, has ...
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David Eads runs FreeGeek Chicago an Apple Store for the rest of us
FreeGeek Chicago gives volunteers hands-on training in restoring old computers to sell or recycle - while they earn credits toward taking home their own desktop or laptop free of ...
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Food bank gets more than $30000 in donations
Tweet Widget URBANA -- The Eastern Illinois Foodbank says it will be able to expand its school food pantry program in the upcoming school year with the help of a new donation. The $29,882 donation from Project Goodstart was one of two the food bank announced Tuesday, along with a $5,000 gift from Ameren Illinois. Both have been designated for the food bank's Healthy Futures Initiative ...
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Concrete examples of engineering
Members of the 2013 concrete canoe team from the University of Illinois at the regional competition. Left to right, front row: Raphael Stern, Tawa Sulaiman, Min Yin, Arielle Malinowski,; Jonathan Daly; left to right, back row: Hong Kim, Hareem Dar, Sharla Evatt, Jennifer Zablotny, Robert Butler, Clare Curtin and Luis ...
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Money Mentor program debuts in Vermilion County
Tweet Widget The University of Illinois Extension is launching the new Money Mentor program in Vermilion County. Program organizers are seeking volunteers to help promote healthy financial habits among their community. Applications for volunteers are now being accepted. Anyone is welcome to apply, and no previous financial education is needed. Money Mentor volunteers will help others with ...
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CUB Watch over cellphone bills
Tweet Widget CHAMPAIGN -- An Illinois consumer watchdog group says Champaign residents are overpaying on their cellphone bills by as much as $9 million per year and more than $1.4 billion statewide. That's how much consumers are overpaying on their data plans, according to an analysis conducted by the Citizens Utility Board in cooperation with wireless industry research firm Validas. The ...
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Catlin leaving federal school lunch program
Tweet Widget CATLIN -- The Catlin school district will provide its own meal program in the upcoming school year, and is currently taking orders for items that students and their parents would like to see on lunch trays. Superintendent Gary Lewis said close to 120 people have already responded to a lunch survey that was posted on the district's website earlier this month. It's ...
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Urbana library board meets tonight
Tweet Widget URBANA -- As a controversial "weeding" procedure continues to upset patrons of the Urbana Free Library, board members will meet Wednesday night in a special meeting with only two items listed on the agenda: public comment and a closed session to discuss library personnel. The special meeting at 7 p.m. in the Lewis Auditorium of the Urbana Free Library, 210 W. Green St., ...
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Transit districts budget history
Tweet Widget In its years in operation, the Champaign Southwest Mass Transit District has collected about $195,000 in property taxes from residents of the area of southwest and west Champaign. It's unclear what those residents got for their money, although about 25 percent of them have avoided paying taxes -- temporarily, it appears -- to the larger, more costly Champaign-Urbana Mass ...
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Tom Kacich Campaign law loophole allows for concealment
Tweet Widget I thought I was onto something last week when, looking through state campaign disclosure reports, I saw that Attorney General Lisa Madigan had reported only $22,500 in itemized contributions of $1,000 or more since March 31. Since Madigan had reported $831,190 in campaign donations in the first quarter of this year, clearly that $22,500 figure meant that she had dialed down her ...
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City Announces Taste of Chicago Food Trucks
Ahead of the 33rd annual Taste of Chicago, running July 10 to July 14 in Grant Park, the city announced the 14 food trucks participating in the food ...
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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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