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Savoy to use topsoil from Fourth Street work for park
Tweet Widget SAVOY -- In an effort to cut costs on improving Colbert Park, village officials have found a source of topsoil. The topsoil is needed to construct two planned soccer fields at Colbert Park at a grade that allows for proper drainage. The fields are not expected to be built this year, but village officials want to take advantage of the "no-cost" topsoil. Brent Maue, ...
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Bids in for addition at Unity West
Tweet Widget TOLONO -- It looks like a four-classroom addition at Unity West Elementary School will cost $932,000. Superintendent Andrew Larson said this week that figure was the lowest bid received, and that $1.059 million was the highest bid. Earlier this year, the board passed a $1.75 million bond issuance resolution to finance the addition's construction and the construction of a ...
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4 injured in Chicago elevator mishap
Two of the injured were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, with the other two sent to Advocate Illinois Masonic Center. All were reported in fair to serious, but stable, ...
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Andrew Mason’s Manifest Destiny Strikes Silicon Valley
Groupon Co-Founder Brad Keywell has famously lamented that Chicago’s best tech folks flee here for Silicon Valley. "There are gaps between different constituencies in Chicago, including academics and the government," he said in an interview. "Silicon Valley, on the other hand, has day-to-day connectivity and technology transfer. The structure of those connections ...
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Pair Rescued from Overturned Boat on Lake Michigan
The small craft overturned off the shore of Jackson Park, at 65th Street. Officials rescued two college students -- one male and one female -- who were clinging to the boat and towed the craft back to Yacht ...
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Elderly Woman Takes Stand In Trump Tower Trial
A sometimes prickly, sometimes boastful Donald Trump testified Tuesday at a civil trial where the developer-turned-TV personality is accused of using false promises to entice an 87-year-old investor into buying condos at his namesake Chicago ...
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Alleged wife-killer fit for trial judge rules
A Will County judge has ruled that a Tinley Park man who allegedly beat his wife to death in December can be tried for the offense, officials said.A Will County judge has ruled that a Tinley Park man who allegedly beat his wife to death in December can be tried for the offense, officials said.Judge Amy M. Bertani-Tomczak ruled at a May 16 hearing that Bahaa Sam, 47, could stand trial in the ...
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Highland Park man charged with sex assault
A Highland Park man has been charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl, law enforcement officials said. Victor De Yta-Morales, 43, of the 600 block of Glenview Avenue, was taken into custody in the early morning hours of May 9. Bond in Lake County Circuit Court was set at $500,000, but De Yta-Morales was unable to post the required 10 percent as of earlier this week. ...
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Some parents call for longer school year improved honors programs
Naperville Unit DIstrict 203 parents and community members discuss ways to improve school programs during a Future Focus 203 engagement ...
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Hinsdale reconsiders tree ordinance
Hinsdale's new tree ordinance may be revamped after village officials said they might want allow more circumstances to be considered when residents ask to remove a parkway tree. The ordinance approved last summer imposes a $5,000 fee for removing a parkway tree with village permission and a $25,000 for removing one without village permission. It requires residents to go to village staff ...
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D58 OKs purchase of iPad minis for student use
Hundreds of Downers Grove elementary school students will have their own iPad minis to use in class next year. Grade School District 58 board members unanimously approved the purchase of 650 iPad minis Monday night, at a cost of a little more than $200,000. The measure is part of a proposal to equip all 5,000 students in the district with iPads over the next three years, what officials call ...
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River Forest library to name garden after slain diplomat
Among the personal possessions Tom Smedinghoff received after his daughter died in Afghanistan was her River Forest Public Library card.Soon, a portion of that local library will be dedicated to the life and work of Anne Smedinghoff, who in early April was killed at age 25 in a bomb blast while on a mission to deliver textbooks to children as the group traveled on foot in the southern province ...
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Jackson Cubs Fall To Mets
CHICAGO (AP) -- Matt Harvey won his fifth straight decision, allowing five hits in 7 1-3 innings and singling in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning to lead the New York Mets over the Chicago Cubs 3-2 ...
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Orange Line Service Disrupted
CHICAGO (CBS) — CTA commuters can expect delays on the Orange Line during the Friday rush hour after a train fatally struck a man on the tracks. Service has been suspended in both directions between Roosevelt and 35th/Archer, the CTA said. Images from Chopper 2 showed a man slumped along the side of a train, which was traveling on an elevated portion of the tracks in the Bridgeport ...
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Four Hurt When Loop Elevator Falls Five Floors
(STMW) –Four people were hospitalized Friday afternoon when an elevator they were in at a Near North Side parking garage dropped five stories. An EMS Plan I, which sends at least five ambulances, was called about 3 p.m. at a parking garage at 60 E. Delaware ...
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MLB New York Mets 3 Chicago Cubs 2
Matt Harvey scattered five hits over 7 1/3 innings and drove in the winning run Friday in the New York Mets' 3-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Harvey (5-0) gave the Cubs a pair of first-inning runs but retired 20 of the next 21 batters after that. He allowed five hits, struck out six and didn't allow a walk. The effort was saved by a throw ...
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Dirk Has Class - James and Wade Dont MAY 05
The mocking of Dirk's illness is just one more example of the classless act that James and Wade represent. For basketball and the sake of decency in the NBA, I hope the Mavs send this embarrassment to an ignominious defeat in game ...
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Fallen officers honored during National Police Week
Sounds from the Champaign Police Memorial Service That's the sound of Champaign Police honoring fallen service members in honor of National Police Week.The department paid a special tribue to men and women who lost their lives in the line of duty at its annual ceremony Friday at West Side Park in Champaign. In particular, they recognized two Champaign officers who died while serving: ...
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Illinois Passes Medical Marijuana Bill
sent a medical marijuana bill to Gov. Pat Quinn Friday, after the Senate passed a measure 35-21 largely along party lines. The measure would permit marijuana use with a doctor's prescription for 33 specified ailments, require users, growers, and dispensaries to undergo fingerprinting and criminal background checks, and limit the number of growers and dispensaries. The news comes as several ...
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16 Illinois counties on request for flooding aid
Quinn announced his request on Friday. Previously 11 Illinois counties were deemed eligible for federal aid. Counties receiving federal aid are eligible for grants and loans to assist with flood-related ...
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Four Hospitalized After Elevator Fall
At least five ambulances were called to a downtown building after injuries were reported when an elevator fell a couple of floors, a Chicago Fire Department spokesperson ...
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What Will the O-Line Look Like in 13
CHICAGO, IL - DECEMBER 02: (L-R) Jonathan Scott #79, Gabe Carimi #72 and Roberto Garza #63 of the Chicago Bears look over the defensive formation of the Seattle Seahawks (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty ...
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Read Alderman Scott Waguespacks Parking Meter Questions
Those questions, which only got more confusing after Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a not-terribly-popular tweak to the program, only got more ...
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Downers Grove officer killed in 74 remembered
Downers Grove first responders, elected officials and staff members honored the village's only officer to die in the line of duty during an annual ceremony Thursday afternoon. The memorial for Richard J. Barth, who wore badge number 11, coincides with National Police Week and became an annual ritual some 14 years ago in Downers Grove to honor fallen law enforcement officials at Patriots ...
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Antibiotics May Relieve Back Pain Symptoms
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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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