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Life not the same for Hoffman mother as GiGi's Playhouse expands May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
Kukec's People featuresNancy Gianni, who started Hoffman Estates-based Gigi's Playhouse, a facility for children with Down Syndrome. Her daughter, now 10, was the inspiration for what now has turned into a national chain of playhouses that help both children and adults with Down's.
Northwestern giving Napoleon’s brother’s letter to France May 10, 2013 12:00 AM
The university announced Friday it will hand over next week to the Consul General of France in Chicago the letter dated April 27, 1792, and signed by Joseph Bonaparte.
Northwestern-area bar shuts doors to Illini May 2, 2013 12:00 AM
The University of Illinois' plans to have coaches and others court fans at a bar near Northwestern's campus have been called off after Wildcats fans objected. The stop was to be part of the Fighting Illini Caravan promotional tour around the state.
State IHSA bass fishing championship postponedMay 1, 2013 12:00 AM
The Illinois High School Association has announced that the 2013 IHSA Bass Fishing State Final Tournament, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, May 3-4 at Carlyle Lake in Carlyle, has been postponed due to potentially dangerous water levels and will be rescheduled to unfold in Carlyle later this spring.
Fox Valley police reportsApr 24, 2013 12:00 AM
Daniel Ontiveros, 49, of Elgin, was charged Tuesday with armed robbery after the clerk of a gas station in the 1500 block of Big Timber Road, Elgin, was robbed at knife point at about 4 a.m. April 14, according to a police report. A police officer identified Ontiveros via surveillance video.
Evanston’s Links Capital sells Oregon Golf Club Apr 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Links Capital Advisors, Inc., of Evanston, recently sold the Oregon Golf Club, 250 S. Daysville Road in Oregon, Ill., for $425,000. A local investor purchased Oregon Golf Club, a private 9-hole course on 92 acres along the Rock River. The club was founded in 1926 by members and features a 6,195 square foot, two-floor clubhouse with dining and banquet capacity of 120 guests.
‘Anything Goes’ for touring Evanston actor Apr 19, 2013 12:00 AM
Evanston actor Dennis Kelly already has plans to celebrate his 70th birthday this July in Toronto. That’s because Kelly is part of the North American tour of Cole Porter’s 1934 musical comedy “Anything Goes,” which docks into Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre for a two-week engagement starting Tuesday, April 23.
Early childhood resource center opening at Oakton Apr 15, 2013 12:00 AM
Oakton Community College will open an Early Childhood Resource Center Library at its Des Plaines campus, 1600 E. Golf Road, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 17.
Des Plaines mayor-elect young, not inexperiencedApr 12, 2013 12:00 AM
At 26, Des Plaines Mayor-elect Matt Bogusz already has earned many distinctions — among them youngest mayor in the Northwest suburbs, and perhaps the youngest city leader in recent Illinois history. “What he lacks in institutional knowledge, he makes up for in enthusiasm and really a go-getter attitude,” Northwest Municipal Conference Executive Director Mark Fowler said.
New local Holocaust film premiers at Oakton Apr 12, 2013 12:00 AM
"Refuge: Stories of the Selfhelp Home," a one-hour documentary by Ethan Bensiger, premiers 11 a.m. Tuesday at Oakton Community College's Skokie campus.
Film premiere features Chicago area Holocaust survivors Apr 11, 2013 12:00 AM
In the late 1930s, a group of young German Jews avoided Nazi persecution by immigrating to Chicago, where they created a supportive community. Eventually, they established a Jewish retirement home on the city’s north side, where many of the area’s last Holocaust survivors live today. Delve into their stories during a free screening and panel discussion open to the public, starting at 11 a.m., Tuesday, April 16, at Oakton Community College, Skokie.
Two incumbents in lead for Oakton board Apr 10, 2013 12:00 AM
With 333 of 341 precincts counted, unofficial vote totals showed incumbents Ann Tennes and Joan DiLeonardi won re-election to the Oakton Community College board Tuesday, receiving 22,475 and 20,889 votes, respectively.
Des Plaines council to consider water rate hikeMar 29, 2013 12:00 AM
The Des Plaines city council Monday night will consider giving final approval to a 6.9 percent increase to the city's overall water and sewer rate to pass on a 15 percent increase in the cost of purchasing water from Chicago in 2013.
Oakton College hopefuls talk health care, retraining Mar 28, 2013 12:00 AM
Cutting teaching hours for part-time faculty, absorbing the cost of employee pensions, retraining today's workforce for an evolving job market, and improving graduation rates are among the top concerns for five candidates running for three, six-year term seats on the Oakton Community College board. The candidates are incumbents Joan DiLeonardi, Ann Tennes, and Eric Staley, and newcomers Kyle Frank and Neil Meccia.
Coval returns to Oakton for hip-hop reading Mar 25, 2013 12:00 AM
6.78- with one photo Northbrook native Kevin Coval will read selections from his latest book of poems at 6 p.m., Tuesday, April 2, as part of the Chicago Writers Series at Oakton Community College, 1600 E.Golf Road, Des Plaines. Readings are free and open to the public.
Northbrook native returns to Oakton for hip-hop reading Mar 24, 2013 12:00 AM
Northbrook native Kevin Coval, co-founder of Louder Than a Bomb, will read selections from his latest book of poems at 6 p.m., Tuesday, April 2, as part of the Chicago Writers Series at Oakton Community College, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des Plaines. Readings are free and open to the public.
Coval returns to Oakton for hip-hop reading Mar 22, 2013 12:00 AM
6.78- with one photo-page 3 Northbrook native Kevin Coval will read selections from his latest book of poems at 6 p.m., Tuesday, April 2, as part of the Chicago Writers Series at Oakton Community College, 1600 E.Golf Road, Des Plaines. Readings are free and open to the public.
Endorsements: DiLeonardi, Tennes, Meccia for OCC board Mar 13, 2013 12:00 AM
The Daily Herald endoses Joan DiLeonardi, Ann Tennes and Neil Meccia for Oakton Community College Board of Education.
Adjunct faculty protest community college cutbacks Mar 8, 2013 12:00 AM
Concerned that community colleges are cutting the teaching hours of part-time faculty to avoid providing them health care under the Affordable Care Act, educators are imploring presidents to reconsider. "If you don't have contingent labor, you don't have community colleges," Roosevelt University faculty member Beverly Stewart said afterward.
Iowa knocks Northwestern out of Big Ten tourney Mar 7, 2013 12:00 AM
Morgan Johnson and Jamie Printy scored 18 points apiece and Iowa defeated Northwestern 60-55 on Thursday in the first round of the Big Ten women's tournament. Bethany Doolittle added 10 points and Samantha Logic grabbed 11 rebounds for the Hawkeyes (20-11), the seventh seed in the tournament. They advance to meet No. 21 Nebraska, the Big Ten's second seed, in Friday's quarterfinals.