U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan announced 15 Community Project Funding requests he made for Indiana’s First Congressional District for fiscal year 2025.
Day: July 5, 2024
18-year-old killed Tuesday in Markham shooting
The 18-year-old was killed by multiple gunshot wounds July 2 and the death was ruled a homicide by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Kane County walks back proposal to reduce public comment time
After community pushback, the Kane County Executive Committee changed a policy proposal that would have reduced public comment time at county meetings.
Dem chair: Griffith precinct organization has ‘collapsed’
Look at election returns and you’ll see that Democratic candidates by and large carry Griffith, says Lake County Democratic County Chairman Jim Wieser — an exception over the past several years being the town’s local elected officials, who are all Republicans.
Aurora City Council to vote on tech contract for new Public Works building
The Aurora City Council will vote Tuesday on a $952,690 contract for the technology requirements of the new Public Works Combined Maintenance Facility on the far East Side.
Aurora looks at buying seven Bilter Road properties
The city is looking at assembling the land in the hopes of marketing it to a residential developer, in an effort to keep potential industrial uses out of what the city considers more of a residential area.
Permanent Waukegan casino plans remain on hold as court challenges continue; ‘Holding the $500 million … casino hostage’
With the Potawatomi challenging the city and the Illinois Gaming Board on the issuance of the Waukegan casino license, Alex Stolyar, Full House’s senior vice president and chief development officer, said Friday the company is forced to wait.
The Way We Were: Before mass manufacturing of shoes became a thing, this Naperville cobbler did it the old-fashioned way
A Naperville Heritage Society photo shows Levy Gushard plying his trade as a cobbler in his store on Jefferson Avenue in Naperville.
Schaumburg finds site near Woodfield for temporary village hall, permanent police station
Schaumburg officials have found a site near Woodfield to serve as a temporary village hall and future location of a new police headquarters.
Aurora looking at study to determine aldermanic, mayoral pay
Aldermen will vote on spending $23,940 to hire Korn Ferry, a global management company with an office in Chicago, to study where the council might set aldermanic and mayoral salaries for the next four to five years.