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Mexican restaurants are an abiding and popular feature on our culinary landscape. The problem, however, is that many seem content to get by with less-than-stellar service and dishes that, however authentic, too often border on the humdrum.
Not so wi...
Updated: Apr 03, 2014 at 07:06 AM
SPRINGFIELD - Less than 48 hours after it was proposed, an Illinois House committee gave quick approval Wednesday to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to fix two underfunded Chicago pension systems in part by levying a massive property tax increase.
The Pe...
Updated: Apr 02, 2014 at 07:21 PM
State lawmakers voted to ban smoking at all public universities, colleges and community colleges Wednesday, but the plan sparked plenty of debate on the House floor.
Smoking indoors has been illegal in Illinois for several years, but the campus prop...
Updated: Apr 03, 2014 at 09:10 AM
SPRINGFIELD - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan for fixing part of the nation's worst municipal pension crisis is now in the hands of state lawmakers - and it's likely just the first of many from cities across the state seeking legislative help for ...
Updated: Apr 01, 2014 at 07:38 PM
The bat of Grinnell College's Anthony Mack sure warmed up in sunny Florida.
So much so that Mack was named NCAA Division III National Hitter of the Week by a panel of D-III members of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
The sophomo...
Updated: Mar 31, 2014 at 10:02 PM
Prospect Heights Police Chief James Dunne will serve as acting city administrator until a permanent candidate can be hired, Mayor Nick Helmer said Monday.
City Administrator Anne Marrin recently resigned after more than three years in the job to tak...
Updated: Apr 01, 2014 at 06:40 AM
For the second time in four years, the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association has recognized Hersey's Mary Fendley.
The Huskies girls basketball coach has been voted an IBCA co-coach of the year.
Her team enjoyed a 25-5 season with all its losses c...
Updated: Mar 31, 2014 at 10:02 PM
Here's a thought that may require some thought: Social media could be one of your business' most effective marketing tools.
One reason, says Patrick Finn, is the low cost. But at least equally important, is that it “allows us to hit our circle of in...
Updated: Mar 31, 2014 at 06:04 AM
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk said Saturday he will launch a public service video and use other educational methods to fight the dangers of cyberbullying after about 20 students advised him of how those dangers are increasing at their suburban high school...
Updated: Mar 30, 2014 at 08:50 AM
The days of Bozo — big hair, big nose, big shoes — are sooo out of style.
Less is more for today's jokesters gathering at the World Clown Association's annual convention this week in a Northbrook hotel.
Nearly 250 clowns from around the world are m...
Updated: Mar 29, 2014 at 10:25 AM