Good afternoon, Chicago. Here’s what is happening today.
Afternoon Briefing: At least 75 sickened as deadly McDonald’s E. coli outbreak expands
Day: October 25, 2024
Trying to bring her home: Algonquin salon raises money for NIU nursing grad with bone cancer
Salon 37 in Algonquin is trying to raise money to help cover medical costs for a 24-year-old Algonquin woman battling Stage 4 bone cancer.
Bail cut in Hammond diner fight
A judge cut a married couple’s bail Friday in a July fight at The Wheel restaurant in Hammond.
Story of Naperville’s Little Pops NY Pizzeria continues in sequel documentary ‘NY Pizza Dreams II’
The story behind behind Naperville’s Little Pops NY Pizzeria expansion into Aurora and Lisle is told in a sequel to the documentary film “NY Pizza Dreams.”
Alison Coy, who calls herself a baby giraffe, gets Oswego East going heading into playoffs. ‘Using that to my advantage.’
Alison Coy Coy delivers a dominant effort Thursday in a 17-25, 25-17, 25-22 win at Yorkville to wrap up the regular season.
Worship news: Bible study and SOUPER buffet fundraiser
Events at local houses of worship
Law & Order column: Deputies talk man out of harming himself with scissors
Deputies John Forlenza, Roxana Stancioiu, Robert Wysocki, and Kyle Kenna spent two hours with the man, using de-escalation tactics to finally convince the man to drop the scissors and exit the car.
Lake Station school referendum looms large for voters with busing on the line
Hamilton Elementary second-grader Orlando Perez stares intently at his Chromebook screen as teacher Krystal Sorensen provides instructions for his next class, physical education. Orlando is in his aunt Mellody Grant’s Lake Station kitchen along with her two older children, Evan and Brayden Grant. The teens attend Edison Middle/High school. While other Indiana students are in classrooms each day, about 1,140 Lake Station students spend Tuesdays and Thursdays at home in front of laptops because Lake Station can’t afford to bus them to school five days a week. Voters can send the students back if they support the district’s bid for the renewal of an eight-year $1.38 million annual operating referendum.
The Way We Were: Carved pumpkins and Halloween parties not a new phenom but an old tradition, as this 1910s photo shows
A whole variety of the carved pumpkins can be seen in this photo from a Halloween party that took place in Naperville in the 1910s. According to information from the Naperville Heritage Society/Naper Settlement, members of the Kline family are in attendance. The kids aren’t in costumes buty woman’s outfit appears to be wearing something akin to a Mother Goose or Little Bo Peep.
For volunteers, packing holiday boxes at food bank in Geneva for those in need ‘makes you feel good’
Northern Illinois Food Bank aims to provide 50,000 meal boxes for those facing hunger during the upcoming holiday season.