A special education at Oak Park and River Forest High School who left her job and classroom with just two weeks left in the school year said in a public comment at a School Board meeting that she was forced to resign. Kiah Brown, who had taught at OPRF since 2019, addressed the OPRF District […]
Day: May 27, 2025
Snyder seeks dismissal of bribery charge ahead of sentencing on IRS charge
Former Portage Mayor James Snyder would like to see his bribery charge dismissed with prejudice before sentencing on an IRS charge and for the court to bar prosecutors from re-trying the bribery charge at sentencing.
Suburban CosMc’s to close as McDonald’s phases out spinoff
Bolingbrook’s CosMc’s will close in late June — as will the other standalone CosMc’s nationwide, McDonald’s has announced.
Chicago White Sox trade catcher Matt Thaiss to the Tampa Bay Rays for minor-league outfielder Dru Baker
The Chicago White Sox worked out a crunch at catcher Tuesday, trading Matt Thaiss to the Tampa Bay Rays. That cleared the way for Korey Lee’s return.
Roland Garros elige humanos sobre tecnología. Novak Djokovic cree que es una mala decisión
Por HOWARD FENDRICH PARÍS (AP) — Para Novak Djokovic, esta es una decisión relativamente fácil: el serbio, como muchos jugadores, piensa que el Abierto de Francia comete un error al evitar el uso de llamadas electrónicas de línea que se utilizan en la mayoría de los grandes torneos de tenis y, en cambio, mantenerse a […]
Congressional candidate says she’s boosting security because of threat, vandalism
A Chicago-area congressional candidate said she’s had to hire private security for her new campaign office because of what she called a threat and vandalism there.
Rey’s big adventure: Runaway horse takes a gallop down Elgin streets
Rey, a 5-year-old American quarter horse, gave residents along Lin Lor Lane and Jane Drive in Elgin quite a surprise Monday when he left his Kane County stable to take run down to the Jewel-Osco store on Larkin Avenue. City officials used carrots to lure him to safety so his owners could reclaim him — and add another lock to his stall.
Information of 38,000 UChicago medical group patients potentially exposed in cybersecurity breach
The exposed information may have included first and last names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, financial account information and/or medical-related information.
Morrie Much, real estate attorney who was active in Jewish causes, dies
Morrie Much, a real estate attorney who co-founded the firm of Much Shelist, has died.
Grayslake crash leaves 12-year-old seriously injured, 5 others hurt
All six people involved were taken to area hospitals, and the child was later transferred to Lurie Children’s Hospital, police said.