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Jim and Carol Reasor met through their church youth group when they were just 16 and 14 years old. It was the beginning of a decadeslong love story. After graduating from Purdue University together, they got married at that same Indianapolis church in 1956.
“I thought she was a pretty, lively girl. She was very popular among my fraternity brothers,” Jim Reasor, 89, said with a laugh.
They were one of a dozen couples who renewed their vows for Valentine’s Day at an Elmhurst senior living community Wednesday. Ranging in age from 80 to 90, their marriages spanned a collective 731 years.
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At least 8 children among 22 wounded by gunfire after Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade, authorities say
One person was killed and at least 22 were injured, including eight children, in a shooting at the end of the parade to celebrate the Super Bowl win by the Kansas City Chiefs, sending terrified fans running for cover and marring yet another high-profile public event with gun violence.
County property tax official running for sixth term rakes in cash from appeals industry
As Larry Rogers Jr. vies for his sixth term on the Cook County Board of Review, he’s raised most of his campaign cash from property tax interests and others who have done business before the obscure but influential panel, and among them is the Chicago Bears’ lawyer in the team’s high-profile dispute over the value of its possible stadium site in Arlington Heights.
After cyberattack, Lurie says some of its electronic communications have been restored
Lurie Children’s Hospital officials announced Wednesday that some of their communication systems have been restored after a recent cyberattack forced the provider to take its network offline for the past two weeks.
Judge hears arguments in Johnson homelessness referendum lawsuit
As early voting for the March 19 primary gears up in Chicago, voters are still in the dark about whether their choice on the so-called Bring Chicago Home referendum will count.
Concertina wire lines the path as members of Congress tour an area near the Texas-Mexico border, Jan. 3, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas.
Illegal border crossings from Mexico plummeted in January
The number of people crossing illegally into the United States from Mexico has dropped by 50% in the past month, authorities said this week, as President Joe Biden comes under growing pressure from both parties over security at the border.
This rendering shows the entrance off Farnsworth Avenue into the new Hollywood Casino resort planned in Aurora.
Aurora City Council authorizes sale of $58 million in bonds for Hollywood Casino project
The Aurora City Council passed an ordinance authorizing the sale of $58 million in general obligation bonds to put toward the Hollywood Casino-Aurora resort project. Aldermen voted 11-1 to support the bond issue.
Wilmette Village Board approves agreement with Evanston over Ryan Field
The Wilmette Village Board voted unanimously to approve the intergovernmental agreement with Evanston over the use of Northwestern University’s Ryan Field for up to six annual concerts despite vocal objections by some residents who want the village to sue.
3 things we learned from Chicago Blackhawks practice, including rookies delivering and Lukas Reichel on the hot seat — again
The Chicago Blackhawks aren’t stocked with superstars, and they don’t even have a wealth of healthy bodies, so one area they can’t afford to be caught lacking is effort, writes Phil Thompson.
Jupiter Magazine launch centers art criticism in a radical way
Joining other local news outlets that are cropping up with young people at the helm, Jupiter Magazine launched last month as an online publication centered on the Black diasporic experience.
It incorporates the visions of co-founders Camille Bacon, a Chicagoan, and Daria Harper, both Black women whose lives were shaped and informed by the Black feminist tradition.
Virgin Voyages cruise from Barcelona is an adults-only floating party on the sea, complete with a tattoo parlor
Virgin Voyages isn’t your grandparents’ cruise line.
In this case, young means 18 and older because this adults-only cruise line believes standing behind a squealing toddler at the buffet — there are no buffets, but there are more than 20 eateries — or listening to endless rounds of Marco Polo at the pool isn’t conducive to the vacation of your dreams.
What’s it like to work with Cruise, Pitt or Belushi? Ed Zwick knows
The Chicago director’s new book is “Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood.” The stories are filled with enough bold-faced names for a dozen old-fashioned gossip columns: Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meg Ryan…and on and on.
