All Stories from January 20, 2023 (Change date)
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Ron Onesti: Was Abraham Lincoln a rocker?Jan 20, 2023 5:00 am - My "Backstage with Ron Onesti" column is usually about my behind-the-scenes experiences with entertainers combined with a bit of education and a little twist at the end....
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Association needs to have one voice dealing with contractorsJan 20, 2023 5:00 am - Q: A couple of contractors for the association have indicated they will no longer bid for future work with the association. The stated reason is they have received contr...
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How native animals survive the colder monthsJan 22, 2023 10:01 am - Editor's note: April Vaos, environmental educator for the Lake County Forest Preserves, wrote this story. In your forest preserves, winter is peaceful, the sounds soften...
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Guns in peanut butter and a whole chicken: What TSA agents found during a record-breaking 2022Jan 22, 2023 10:00 am - We all know you can't bring a gun aboard a commercial flight, but that didn't stop a record 6,542 failed attempts last year, according to the Transportation Security Adm...
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Google axes 12,000 jobs, layoffs spread across tech sectorJan 23, 2023 10:16 am - LONDON - Google is laying off 12,000 workers, or about 6% of its workforce, becoming the latest tech company to trim staff as the economic boom that the industry rode du...
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ShotSpotter document reveals key human role in gunshot techJan 23, 2023 10:16 am - In more than 140 cities across the United States, ShotSpotter's artificial intelligence algorithm and intricate network of microphones evaluate hundreds of thousands of ...
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Macron to hike military funds amid Ukraine war, new threatsJan 23, 2023 10:16 am - PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday proposed to boost defense spending by more than a third through 2030 and to "transform" France's nuclear-armed militar...
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Judge issues restraining order in downstate challenge to ban on high-powered riflesJan 22, 2023 10:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday blocking the new Illinois law banning high-powered weapons and large-capacity magazines. Effingham Coun...
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Where the Bears' roster stands heading into 2023Jan 23, 2023 6:56 pm - A year ago, new Bears general manager Ryan Poles took over a roster with his predecessor Ryan Pace's fingerprints all over it. Pretty quickly, Poles set about dismantlin...
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$2 million federal grant will help make new Boys & Girls Clubs center a realityJan 22, 2023 10:00 am - When the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dundee Township's CEO headed to Washington last year to seek funding for a new center in Carpentersville, he figured $250,000 was the most...