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Buffalo Grove to offer meters for underground sprinklers
Mon, 05/20/2013 - 16:50Plan affects Lake County homeowners
Lake County homeowners with underground sprinkler systems in the village of Buffalo Grove will soon have the option of using separate irrigation meters to gauge outdoor water usage.
State grant to help upgrade Willow Stream Park in Buffalo Grove
Mon, 05/20/2013 - 16:48New playground, stage, pathways, landscaping are planned
With a newly awarded state grant of $400,000, Willow Stream Park in Buffalo Grove will undergo construction next spring for a new playground, a performance stage, pathways and landscaping.
Fake prom crash brings home lesson of drinking and driving
Mon, 05/20/2013 - 16:34Simulated accident is conducted at Lake Zurich High School
Beneath a cloudless blue sky, a simulated fatal car crash was depicted in horrifying detail at Lake Zurich High School.
Pop's Italian Beef & Sausage to open 2nd Orland Park operation
Mon, 05/20/2013 - 16:08A banner outside the nearly 5,000-square-foot building under construction on the northwest corner of 159th Street and 94th Avenue removes all doubt about the coming occupant.
North Suburban YMCA partners with drug and alcohol awareness group
Mon, 05/20/2013 - 05:00The Northbrook Citizens for Drug and Alcohol Awareness is merging with the North Suburban YMCA to provide educational services to the community.
Library program promotes science, creativity
Mon, 05/20/2013 - 05:00Children can play games this summer in Northbrook classes
Northbrook Public Library's summer program has been revised to promote children's creativity and as part of the effort is asking for donations of constructive toys.
Donation revives Cheney Mansion waterfall
Mon, 05/20/2013 - 05:00A donation by a former neighbor of the Elizabeth F. Cheney Mansion in Oak Park has helped the park district reopen a 2-foot-high woodland waterfall that had been closed for more than 30 years.
New Westmont mayor tackles challenges
Mon, 05/20/2013 - 05:00Ron Gunter didn't have much time to savor the moment after being sworn in as mayor of Westmont earlier this month because of such pressing issues as a proposed redevelopment district in the downtown and flooding relief.
Batavia considers options for Thomle building
Mon, 05/20/2013 - 05:00Martini lounge, mixed-use project are among proposals
An upscale martini lounge and a residential and retail/restaurant development are two of the proposed uses for the city-owned Thomle building in Batavia's downtown.
Chicago runners to help Boston bombing victims
Mon, 05/20/2013 - 05:00"Gloria Steinem once said, 'Self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it,'" said Jothy Rosenberg, who lives near Boston and was diagnosed with bone cancer at 16 and had to have his right leg amputated.
Waukegan man held in 2012 stabbing of future son-in-law
Mon, 05/20/2013 - 05:00Victim hurt in fight, and it's unclear why arrest made recently
A Waukegan man was arrested last week after authorities allege he stabbed his daughter's fiance nine times during a dispute last year on Chicago's Far South Side.
School-closing foes take to the streets again
Mon, 05/20/2013 - 05:002nd of 3 days of protests targets Chicago Public Schools before key board vote
Beads of sweat dripped down Jitu Brown's face as he addressed about 150 marchers who had gathered Sunday afternoon outside Overton Elementary School in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood.
Chicago man accused of sexually assaulting two teens
Mon, 05/20/2013 - 05:00Prosecutors say he forced the girls into his bedroom while friends were visiting
While hanging out with friends at his apartment, a 28-year-old Chicago man allegedly forced two teenage girls into his bedroom, where he sexually assaulted them as they tried to escape, Cook County prosecutors said Sunday.
CTA braces for 1st workday of Red Line closure on South Side
Mon, 05/20/2013 - 05:00Some riders grapple with new routes Sunday as line shuts down for 5 months
Marie Drake was already displeased Sunday morning when she boarded a free shuttle bus near the 63rd Street Red Line station. The Chicago Transit Authority, she said, hadn't done enough to explain the five-month shutdown of the Red Line's Dan Ryan branch that had started just hours earlier.
Newtown parents join call to ban high-capacity gun magazines in Illinois
Mon, 05/20/2013 - 05:00The grieving mother of a 6-year-old killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School joined Illinois Democrats on Sunday in calling for a statewide ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines.
Troubled Dolton senior center a burden on taxpayers
Mon, 05/20/2013 - 05:00Village-owned facility is target of federal investigators
The Dorchester Senior Center in the south suburbs has a steady stream of visitors: attentive relatives, busy repairmen and, lately, inquisitive federal investigators.
High school students turn to internships to help plot future
Mon, 05/20/2013 - 05:00Some officials, teens say experience leads to greater opportunities, insight into career paths
This summer, teenagers will canvass in support of politicians, help nurses in hospitals or tweet as part of a company's social media effort. They're still in high school but they are working unpaid internships — sometimes even paying thousands of dollars to do so.
Unpaid internships must walk careful legal line
Mon, 05/20/2013 - 05:00As unpaid internships have become more common, so have lawsuits challenging their legality — most notably by interns who worked for TV talk show host Charlie Rose, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Hearst Corp.
CPS training video helps improve ties between school guards, students
Mon, 05/20/2013 - 05:00Battery, in-school arrests down, security chief says
Until this school year, Ranice Green never thought she could have a say about how she interacted with the security guards at Hyde Park Academy, where she's a senior.
Cerna 'Chickie' Alter, 1939-2013
Mon, 05/20/2013 - 05:00Highland Park woman made her mark in Chicago with corporate art consulting business
Cerna "Chickie" Alter was not a brilliant artist, but she knew great art when she saw it, friends said.