Mitch Peters, president of the Indiana Dunes Tourism Board for the past 13 years, resigned his post Friday in a letter citing political motivation for unsuccessful efforts to oust him at Tuesday’s Porter County Council meeting.
Three children were injured after a minivan rolled down a hill and slammed into a baseball field in Woodstock Saturday morning, officials said. The car crashed into the backside of a concrete dugout of Dream Field in Emricson Park at around 9:43 a.m., according to Woodstock police. Four children, who ranged in age from 12 to 13, were sitting in the car and accidentally slipped it into drive while adjusting the radio. The car then traveled down the hill and towards the field, where a baseball game was in progress. Three of the children were hospitalized with minor to moderate […]
The NFL draft has a new attendance record after more than 700,000 fans flooded downtown Detroit for the three-day event.
Aurora Ald. Edward Bugg said people are so eager to help out in the city’s 9th Ward they were calling or messaging him months beforehand to find out when the 12th annual Ward 9 Clean Up Day was going to be held.
Under the plan, bars and entrepreneurs elsewhere will be able to apply to use The Sports Bra brand for their franchises.
Residents began sifting through the rubble after a tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved for miles through farmland and into subdivisions.
She can sell out the United Center with her comedy, but this time she’s doing Shakespeare, suckers. And eye-opening Shakespeare at that.
Hamas says it is reviewing a new Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza.
David Pecker, long-time publisher of the National Enquirer and Donald Trump’s close friend, spent hours on the witness stand last week. With the relaxed demeanor of a jovial grandfather, Pecker described how, in 2015, he, candidate Trump, and Michael Cohen met to discuss how they could influence the outcome of the 2016 election. During that meeting, they conspired to hide harmful news, and to embellish fake news to disparage Trump’s rivals. All was done, Pecker testified, with the express and stated intention of promoting Trump’s candidacy for U.S. President. Pecker’s testimony revealed a conspiracy to interfere in the 2106 election […]
Summer-like temperatures in Chicago are expected to approach 80 degrees Saturday before showers move across the region in the afternoon. Predicted highs ranged from 76 to 80 degrees, with showers and thunderstorms possible after 4 p.m. Southerly winds could gust as high as 45 mph, peaking around mid-morning, according to the National Weather Service. Showers will be widespread in the evening and overnight, with the most severe storms west of the Fox River. Downpours could lead to isolated flooding in low-lying regions. “We’re expecting showers and thunderstorms more south of Chicago, closer to central Illinois,” said meteorologist David King. “In […]