The Chicago Symphony Orchestra will start off 2025 with a free performance at Morton East High School in Cicero.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra offers ‘cultural nourishment’ in west suburbs with free show
Day: December 9, 2024
Lake County mental health center for vets, first responders opens; ‘This center is really going to make a difference’
Lake County Board Chair Sandra Hart said the facility, the Frontline Care Center, will help break the stigma around mental health services, especially for first responders and veterans who have “heard, seen and experienced trauma and unimaginable things in their service to our communities”
La Grange Park celebrates community with lighting of trees
Rudolph the reindeer, as presented by the Park Singers, wasn’t the only one with a red nose amid frigid weather Friday night at Memorial Park in La Grange Park, where several hundred people came out for the village’s annual holiday tree lighting. A tradition in La Grange Park for at least 15 years, the tree […]
Two rescued after fire in South Holland home
Two people were rescued Monday morning after a fire tore through a home in South Holland, officials said.
Donations pouring in for residents displaced by Crown Point fire
While the Crown Point Fire Department continues its investigation into a fire that decimated an apartment building early Sunday morning, the community isn’t letting the fire victims go without.
Children enjoy pancakes with Santa Claus at annual Lake Bluff-Lake Forest Kiwanis Club Breakfast
The Kiwanis Club of Lake Bluff and Lake Forest fulfills an important agenda item each holiday season by coordinating a special visit with Santa Claus for area children.
Gary Common Council to vote on animal shelter bid Tuesday
The Gary Common Council will decide whether to appropriate $500,000 toward a new animal shelter at its upcoming meeting. Funds for the facility will be used from American Rescue Plan Act funds, and the council will vote on it Tuesday. Council members have postponed the vote for the facility at multiple meetings, including Dec. 3. […]
HelloFresh being investigated for alleged child labor violations at Aurora plant
ABC News first reported on the investigation of HelloFresh, citing immigrant rights advocate Cristobal Cavazos of Immigrant Solidarity DuPage, who told the news source that at least six teenagers worked night shifts at the facility.
Indiana Supreme Court declines to review state law after sheriff’s criminal case ended
The Indiana Supreme Court declined to review a state law that would have banned Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez from having a service weapon after he was charged with a felony.
Shedd Aquarium shows off new centerpiece Wonder of Water and a refreshed rotunda
The new entrance exhibit in place of the former Caribbean Reef is part an ongoing renovation leading up to the aquarium’s centennial in 2030.