Federal regulators recently sued the operators of an East Chicago oil re-refinery plant for violating its wastewater permits by discharging excess pollutants — including cyanide, mercury, oil and grease — from its facility toward the Grand Calumet River.
Valparaiso Mayor Jon Costas preached the virtues of civility to kick off an event aimed at bringing the community together.
A commitment by Indiana Dunes Tourism to work with regional partners is going well, per the State of the Indiana Dunes presentation.
The free event Saturday outside Redeemer Community Church at 904 N. Edgelawn Drive in Aurora was open to the entire community and featured more than 4,000 plastic eggs filled with candy and prizes that kids collected in waves based on age.
A former Glenwood cemetery employee was charged with multiple felonies after allegedly pocketing more than $110,000 in cash from families paying for funeral expenses, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office announced Saturday. Latrecia Marshall-Parris, 48, of Harvey, was charged April 17 with theft and continuing a financial crime enterprise, the sheriff’s office said. She made an […]
The South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority will reduce funding for two big festivals because of its lawsuit with its former CEO.
Three teenagers were shot, with one in critical condition, during an argument Friday night in a home’s front yard in the Austin neighborhood, according to Chicago police. Officers responded to a call for service around 11:30 p.m. in the 5000 block of W. West End Avenue for reports of three victims struck by gunfire, police […]
One person is dead and another injured after a Chevy SUV crashed into the Peninsula hotel in the Streeterville neighborhood early Saturday morning, according to Chicago police. A man, whose age and identity is currently unknown, and a 40-year-old man in the SUV traveling eastbound on Superior Street lost control and struck the building in […]
Two people were injured after they were attacked and stabbed inside a South Deering neighborhood restaurant early Saturday morning, according to Chicago police. Officers responded to reports of a stabbing around 12:33 a.m. in the 2000 block of East 95th Street, police said. Two women armed with a sharp object attacked a 22-year-old man and […]
Nicholas Steker, Michele Fiore, Madonna Fantetti Slepicka and Albin Lechowski received the recognition for making significant impacts.