The desert nation of the United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Wednesday from the heaviest rain ever recorded there after a deluge flooded out Dubai International Airport, disrupting flights through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel.
Day: April 17, 2024
Ex-Augusta National Golf Club employee set to plead guilty in stolen Masters memorabilia case
A former warehouse coordinator for Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia is set to plead guilty next month in federal court in Chicago to charges he stole millions of dollars in Masters Tournament memorabilia over a 13-year period and transported it to Florida for resale, court records show.
Aurora eyes new fine to cut down on drivers fleeing and eluding police
The ordinance would seek to allow the Aurora Police Department to charge the registered owner of a vehicle with fleeing and eluding a police officer in cases where police are unable to stop the driver of a vehicle.
US probe of Hondas that can activate emergency braking for no reason moves closer to a recall
A U.S. government investigation into unexpected automatic braking involving nearly 3 million Hondas is a step closer to a recall.
Aurora considers $1.2 million contract to manage city’s computer servers
The contract with Arizona-based Insight Public Sector would mean the company would manage the city’s servers instead of the city’s Information Technology Division.
Hobart man avoids prison for threatening cop over Facebook, interfering in neighbor’s SWAT call
A Hobart man told a judge Wednesday he was isolated, paranoid and off his medication when he threatened a Hobart cop over Facebook, then interfered in a neighbor’s SWAT call months later.
Editorial: A GOP speaker risks his neck to finally help a desperate Ukraine. He deserves Democratic support.
It’s shameful that it’s taken the U.S. House so long to act on aid to Ukraine. Speaker Mike Johnson is risking his political future to do so and deserves Democratic support.
School District 204 may put referendum on ballot to continue tax to fund safety, renovation projects
Indian Prairie School District 204 may ask voters in the fall to continue a tax that is currently set to end in 2026 to fund what district officials believe are high-priority needs like school renovations, safety projects and mental health services.
Munster schools back away from CVPA purchase
The School Town of Munster is passing on potentially buying the Center for Visual and Performing Arts, making way for a possible town purchase. STM said Wednesday morning in a release that it’s completed its evaluation of the purchase of 1040 Ridge Rd., for which it issued a resolution to pursue at its March 11 meeting. After looking at such items as property use, viability of maintaining current programming and services, operational cost, short- and long-term district and community needs, community preferences and potential drawbacks associated with purchasing it — such as residents voting against any future referendums for which […]
Homicides reported in Country Club Hills, Markham
The office reported that Alonzo Butler, 44, suffered multiple gunshot wounds in the 3800 block of 171st Street in Country Club Hills.