Chicagoans were fascinated with the Land Down Under during the 1980s. And it didn’t hurt that Australia’s creatures were adorable too. Lincoln Park Zoo welcomed a pair of koalas 36 years ago.
Day: June 27, 2024
Police release more details on fatal Pleasant Township crash; victim ID’d
The Porter County Sheriff’s Department has provided additional details about a fatal motorcycle crash Monday in Pleasant Township after an eyewitness returned to the scene and provided further information to the department’s Crash Reconstruction Team, police said.
Former Outcome Health president Shradha Agarwal sentenced to 3 years in a halfway house
Shradha Agarwal was the second of a trio of former top Outcome executives to be sentenced this week for their roles in a scheme that prosecutors said defrauded pharmaceutical companies, investors and financial institutions.
Matteson orders mandatory, possibly long-term evacuations after train derailment
Matteson has ordered a mandatory evacuation for the Historic Matteson Main Street district a train derailment Thursday morning.
Naperville neurosurgeon enhancing brain tumor research through prestigious endowment from Northwestern Medicine
Neurosurgeon Dr. Osaama Khan has been employing novel technology at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, which is enhancing the center’s capability to diagnose and treat brain tumors.
Parades, concerts, festivals and bombs bursting in air planned for Fourth of July week
There will be no shortage of things to do or see this Fourth of July holiday, with Elgin-area festivities starting Saturday and continuing through July 5.
NHRA drag racing great John Force, 75, has head injury and ‘long road’ to recovery after fiery crash
NHRA drag racing great John Force has a head injury and has been moved from a trauma intensive care unit to a neurological ICU four days after a fiery, 300 mph crash at the Virginia Nationals.
Automated ticketing of drivers in bike and bus lanes could have started this summer. Now it won’t.
A program to test automated ticketing of drivers parked in bike and bus lanes could have started this summer.
Cookie shop catering to your late-night sweet tooth coming to Naperville this summer
Insomnia Cookies is slated to open this summer in Naperville along Chicago Avenue, near North Central College.
Authorities: Relative of man killed by police threatened to blow up station
A niece of the late Isaac Goodlow III has been charged with threatening to blow up the Carol Stream Police Department during a protest Wednesday about a police officer not being prosecuted for shooting and killing Goodlow.