Evelyn Rackmyer was the guest of honor at a celebration at Jennings Terrace, where her contribution to this city’s story was acknowledged by Aurora Historical Society Executive Director John Jaros.
The fire department said a crane boom on a truck came into contact with a power line, electrifying the truck and injuring the two men.
The Biden administration’s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in Kentucky found that they overstepped the president’s authority.
Peter Swenson of Chicago is charged with reckless homicide for an Oak Lawn crash that killed Eglin Manuel Castro Alvarez of Midlothian.
Three Northwest Indiana residents have filed a lawsuit against the Lake County Sheriff’s and Winfield Police departments, alleging that officers violated multiple state and federal laws because of their race. Arius Reed, Jasmine Hobbs and Larry Hobbs filed the lawsuit in Hammond’s U.S. District Court on Dec. 26. The incident occurred at about 10:30 p.m. July 14, 2024, according to the lawsuit documents. The lawsuit accuses officers of unlawful search and seizure, excessive force, false arrest, false imprisonment, failure to intervene, violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and state laws against assault, battery and […]
A woman stabbed a woman, stole her car and then stabbed a second person in the span of minutes early Thursday morning in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood on the far Southwest Side, according to police. Around 6:30 a.m. Thursday, police said a 41-year-old woman who was walking up to her Nissan Rogue SUV on the 5100 block of South Rutherford Avenue when the suspect walked up to her, stabbed her in the chest and the arm and took the car. The woman was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in critical condition. The alleged attacker crashed the SUV into another, […]
Homicides in the south suburbs were generally on the decline last year, according to data compiled by the Daily Southtown.
The Elgin City Council has approved a $2.5 million contract with ATI Restoration to demolish and clear the eight-acre homeless encampment known as “tent city.”
Oswego is looking at adopting a debt issuance and management policy that would set funding guidelines for future projects including the move to bring in Lake Michigan water to the village.
Since 2019, North Central has appeared in the NCAA Division III football championships five times. The Stagg Bowl has taken Naperville Cardinals from Ohio to Maryland to Virginia and, most recently, to Texas. And every time, the North Central Cardinal Band has marched right alongside the team — win or lose.