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Prospect Heights Fire Chief Donald Gould Jr. made a surprise visit to the Hilton Chicago/Northbrook recently to meet with one of its managers, Robert Smith, to commend him for his role in saving a man's life.
“We would like to express our sincere th...
Updated: Apr 16, 2013 at 06:21 AM
SPRINGFIELD — Seven years after Illinois lawmakers passed a law intended to curtail big pension-boosting pay hikes for retiring educators, some local school districts still are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in penalties for giving s...
Updated: Apr 16, 2013 at 12:23 PM
No suburban post offices late for Tax Day
Suburban taxpayers who are waiting until the last minute to file their taxes Monday will have to drive to Chicago to find a post office open late. A U.S. Postal Service spokesman said the service will n...
Updated: Apr 15, 2013 at 10:55 PM
A fire Saturday morning in a mechanical room caused the evacuation of the Crowne Plaza Chicago-Northbrook, Prospect Heights fire officials said.
One person was taken to the hospital after the fire, which began at 6:37 a.m. No information was availa...
Updated: Apr 15, 2013 at 02:26 PM
After 75 years in the appliance business, Plass Appliance is closing for good in the Chicago suburbs.
An announcement on the company’s website Friday indicated the company would be shutting down its five remaining stores in Addison, Elmhurst, Geneva...
Updated: Apr 13, 2013 at 07:18 PM
SPRINGFIELD — A plan to keep local taxes from going up when property values go down failed to win favor from Illinois lawmakers Friday.
A proposal from state Rep. Jack Franks would have prohibited local governments like school districts from collect...
Updated: Apr 14, 2013 at 04:50 PM
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.
Bogusz's swift political ascent has raised specula...
Updated: Apr 12, 2013 at 07:12 PM
Big Noise Theatre Company is excited to have David Geinosky back on the Prairie Lakes stage performing the role of Freddy Benson in DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS. Big Noise audiences would surely remember Geinosky's show-stopping tap dancing as Robert Ma...
Updated: Apr 12, 2013 at 12:20 PM
Mid-Suburban East girls soccer powerhouse Buffalo Grove (10-0-1) cruised into the semifinals of the Pepsi Showdown by brushing aside No. 11 seed Glenbrook North 4-1 Thursday afternoon on the turf at Techny Park in Northbrook.
Goals from the Zickert ...
Updated: Apr 12, 2013 at 09:53 PM
Reel Life mini-review: "The Company You Keep"
It's no "Three Days of the Condor." Maybe a day and-a-half. Two days tops of Robert Redford's 1975 spy thriller in which he played a CIA agent on the run.
In the less thrilling "The Company You Keep," ...
Updated: Apr 15, 2013 at 07:38 AM