Around 200 people were evacuated from BP’s Whiting Refinery on Thursday, and nearby roads were closed after an apparent power outage caused an unplanned flaring of gasses at the facility. The company said that refinery staff are in the process of safely shutting the facility down. “We have activated our emergency response team and evacuated […]
Built in 1952 and designed by Beverly architect Rudolph Boehm, the home sits on more than a half-acre, which is large by city standards.
Mufid Hijaz opened his competitive basketball career in eighth grade at Conrady Junior High. He didn’t play much. He entered Stagg and made the freshman B team, then didn’t play much as a sophomore on the JV team and didn’t play much as a junior on the varsity. But here he is as a senior, […]
A Highland woman was sentenced to five years in the Indiana Department of Corrections on Thursday for her second fatal crash. Lisa Damico, 53, was convicted in December of reckless homicide in the Jan. 30, 2022 fatal crash near the Highland Meijer that killed Socorro Keresztes, 70, of Munster. She faced 1-6 years. She will be credited about 2.5 years after her lawyer Russell Brown successfully argued the law gave her a big chunk from time on home detention. Indiana law requires inmates to serve at least 75% of their remaining sentence. Damico was acquitted in July in an earlier Aug. 18, 2021 […]
One of the Naperville area’s first school buildings, Naper Academy, was a multipurpose structure that not only started out as a place to educate students, but also to provide space for social lodges, store malt supplies and house female borders.
Andrew Alexander, 18, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Lake County Court to second-degree murder in the death of Isidro Juarez, 23, of Waukegan, prosecutors said.
Jeff Hafley went 22-26 at Boston College in four seasons. The 44-year-old becomes the latest college head coach to leave for a role as an assistant.
Resolution passed the Chicago City Council 23-22 Wednesday.
Intensity and class.
No other place celebrates Mardi Gras like New Orleans. More than a million people descend on the Big Easy every year, partying in the streets as the best parades on the planet pass by. There’s one place in New Orleans where every day is Mardi Gras. Blaine Kern’s Mardi Gras World is both a working factory and a museum.