Aurora is looking at renovating the fourth floor of City Hall at a cost of around $660,000, officials announced at Monday’s City Council Infrastructure and Technology Committee meeting.
Aurora looks at renovating fourth floor of City Hall
Day: December 10, 2024
Elgin stabbing victim had sought protection from estranged husband
An Elgin woman who was stabbed to death Saturday had sought an order of protection against the estranged husband accused of killing her.
Gun in slipper leads to gun charge for man accused of stealing catalytic converters
A man charged with stealing catalytic converters is also facing a gun charge after police found a loaded Glock 43 in one of his slippers.
Report: Schaumburg police investigating shooting at apartment complex
One person was shot multiple times at an apartment complex in Schaumburg Tuesday afternoon, according to multiple media and social media reports.
1,400 council meetings later: Palatine honors Solberg for 37 years of service
Greg Solberg was honored Monday for his 37 years as a Palatine village council member.
Elgin council considers design choices for Kimball Street bridge replacement
Elgin City Council members will be making design choices for a new $25-35 million downtown bridge by next summer, including aesthetics like shapes, finishes, lighting, and artistic embellishments.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association receives $50 million donation
The CSOA announced that the gift from the Zell Family Foundation will go to the long-term financial health of the orchestra.
Feds indict Chinese hacker for trying to compromise firewalls used by ‘U.S. critical infrastructure companies’
The federal government has accused a Chinese hacker — whose company is a Chinese intelligence-linked contractor — as part of an effort in April 2020 to exploit weaknesses in computer firewalls used by ‘U.S. critical infrastructure companies’. A grand jury indicted Guan Tianfeng, 30, of Sichuan Province, China, on Sept. 19 in the U.S. District Court in Hammond for conspiracy to commit computer fraud, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The case was unsealed Tuesday. Online court records do not yet show an attorney. The U.S. State Department announced Tuesday it was offering up to a $10 million reward for […]
Biden plans to formally block U.S. Steel sale, Bloomberg reports
With about 40 days until President-elect Donald Trump takes office, President Joe Biden is expected to block a Japanese company’s acquisition of U.S. Steel. On Tuesday, Bloomberg reported that Biden plans to block the $1.4 billion sale. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States panel must refer its decision to Biden by Dec. 22 or 23, according to Bloomberg.
Lawsuit against Curtis Hill dropped after women reach ‘frustrating conclusion’ that they won’t receive apology
Former state Rep. Mara Candelaria Reardon and three other women who accused former Attorney General Curtis Hill of drunkenly groping them at an Indianapolis bar dropped their civil lawsuit against him hours before jury selection was set to begin Monday. The women initially sued in federal court in 2019 before filing the civil lawsuit in 2020 claiming that Hill committed battery against them and then defamed them with repeated claims that their allegations were false. Their decision Sunday to drop the suit ends nearly seven years of investigations and litigation surrounding Hill’s actions during a March 2018 party on the […]