‘We’re not intimidated’: Chicago protesters head to Milwaukee for RNC

As the Republican National Convention kicked off Monday morning in Milwaukee, just days after President Donald Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt Saturday at a Pennsylvania rally, hundreds of protestors in Chicago crossed the Illinois-Wisconsin state line to raise their voices for liberal causes. In Milwaukee, Jeff Fleming, the mayor’s director of communications and public engagement, said law enforcement officials were “well-equipped to manage the issues the city is responsible for” following the most serious attempt to assassinate a president or presidential candidate in about 40 years. The gunman who shot at Trump grazed his ear. One spectator […]

Norridge, Harwood Heights turn out for Island in the City fest: ‘They remember the memories’

Norridge’s Island in the City Festival 2024 draws more than 45,000 people ‘They come back because they remember the memories’ This year’s four day Norridge Park District’s Island in the City Festival beginning Thursday, July 11 in Norridge drew more than 45,000 people to 4631 N. Overhill Ave. along West Lawrence Avenue. “The Island in the City Festival is the event the whole community looks forward to,” said Annemarie Flaherty of Arlington Heights, executive director of the Norridge Park District. “It is the Norridge Park District, it is the community, the Village of Norridge, Harwood Heights, the surrounding communities, and […]