Down to Business: No ‘zombiemat’ for this Naperville couple, who believe you get clean clothes at a clean laundry

Nicole Fleming folds laundry that’s been cleaned at Bailey Rd Laundromat in Naperville. She and husband Nick bought the business two years ago. (Steve Metsch – Naperville Sun) Nicole and Nick Fleming have 20 dryers and 18 washers available at the Bailey Rd Laundromat in Naperville, which is open daily. About two-thirds of their business is residential. (Steve Metsch – Naperville Sun) Natalie Fleming (center) often works with her parents Nicole and Nick Fleming at the Bailey Rd Laundromat, a family-owned business in Naperville. (Steve Metsch – Naperville Sun) Business: Bailey Rd Laundry Address: 355 E. Bailey Rd., Naperville Phone/Website: 630-857-9777, www.baileyrdlaundromat.com Owners: Nick Fleming, 52, and […]

Woman pronounced dead after being found unresponsive outside on South Side

An unidentified woman was pronounced dead Wednesday morning after she was found unresponsive outside on the South Side in the West Woodlawn neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly after 8 a.m., the woman was found unresponsive outside in the 6900 block of South Wabash Avenue, and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. No one was in custody, and detectives were investigating the circumstance leading up to the woman being found deceased. No additional information was provided by Chicago Police Department.  

Paris puts Park Ridge artist’s statue of Lincoln on display near Champs Elysee

Usually the well-worn path is one-way, from France to the United States, for high culture and haute cuisine alighting here via the Statue of Liberty, art galleries, fancy restaurants and bakeries. But when the course was reversed, in this instance from Park Ridge to the streets of Paris, there was cause for celebration on Saturday, June 15, via French champagne, charcuterie trays and macarons at the local Kalo Foundation for the most all-American of symbols – a bust of Abraham Lincoln. Park Ridge art patrons gathered at a white-painted converted home just northwest of downtown to hear a story that […]