The deferral sets up a possible up-or-down vote by the full City Council on June 20 for Vancouver-based Onni Group, which wants to build several skyscrapers up to 650 feet tall at 700 W. Chicago Ave.
Naperville City Councilman Josh McBroom and DuPage County Republicans are among those attacking Naperville School District 203 over a junior high track meet at which it’s claimed one of the winning athletes was a transgender girl.
Prime, which is a for-profit company, bought the eight Illinois hospitals in March for more than $370 million from Ascension, a large Catholic health system.
The St. Charles City Council decided Monday to postpone deciding whether the Judge Barry House can be torn down until at least July.
Downtown Ald. Brian Hopkins introduced a teen curfew ordinance that places the power to declare “snap curfews” solely in the hands of Chicago’s police superintendent.
A small group, most wearing light jackets in the chilly May evening, gathered in prayer outside the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City Monday night just hours before Benjamin Ritchie was executed by lethal injection.
Indiana State Police Troopers Amanda Parker and Jaylen Holt-Terry took their plates and sat off to the side Tuesday afternoon, awed by the history in the room. Having just finished the Lowell post’s annual Fallen Officer service, the pair understand the sacrifice that comes with being law enforcement. But being among the veteran officers, retirees and survivors of officers who died in the line of duty brought it home for them.
One Chicago alderman, Lamont Robinson, 4th, faces a $250 fine, while six others were called out but not fined for blowing past the May 1 deadline.
The fate of a Cedar Lake police officer who allegedly interfered with a poll worker’s duties is up to the Lake County Prosecutor.
Superintendent Michael Lubelfeld described the system as a “milestone” for the district, saying it demonstrates its commitment to “innovation and sustainability.”