Local News
AREA WIDE ¥ Aging Care Connections’ 14th annual Sports Ball benefit gala will be held Friday, Sept. 25, at 6 p.m. at Pinstripes in Oak Brook. Comedian Pat …
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By Allison Templin The Village of Hodgkins has allocated money to help two businesses in town recover from the toll the pandemic has taken on businesses. The village’s COVID-19 Restaurant/…
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By Joe Boyle Despite marking a year of the pandemic this past week, Evergreen Park Mayor James Sexton believes he can see the light at the end of the tunnel. The…
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By Bob BongÊ Murder charges were approved for the two men arrested for the fatal shooting of a man waiting in line at the Bridgeview Secretary of State Driver’s facility…
Read MoreBy Joe Boyle Despite marking a year of the pandemic this past week, Evergreen Park Mayor James Sexton believes he can see the light at the end of the tunnel. The…
Read More Here’s the amount of money going to local communities Bedford ParkÊ$74,623 BridgeviewÊ$1,988,626 BrookfieldÊ$2,262,161 BurbankÊ$3,495,044 CountrysideÊ$733,009 Forest ViewÊ$82,283 Hickory HillsÊ$1,693,841 HodgkinsÊ$243,513 Indian Head ParkÊ$459,474 JusticeÊ$1,557,691 LyonsÊ$1,281,438 McCookÊ$27,181 StickneyÊ$811,215 SummitÊ$1,373,358 Willow SpringsÊ$694,462…
Read More By Dermot Connolly The Oak Lawn Village Board has approved plans by the Oak Lawn Regional Emergency Communications Center to relocate from Village Hall to a new site in the…
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By Bob Bong Palos Health announced last week that it will join Northwestern Medicine on January 1. Earlier this year, the governing boards for both organizations approved the merger and…
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The U.S. Department of Education recently announced that Hodgkins Elementary School has earned the prestigious Blue Ribbon Award for 2020. Hodgkins Elementary was chosen as an Exemplary Achievement Gap School,…
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By Bob Bong The state’s COVID-19 positivity rate inched higher to 4.2 last week led in part by a surge in confirmed cases in Lyons, Countryside, Bridgeview and Summit, according…
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Youth Softball: Lyons-McCook 14U takes 5th in state
By Steve Metsch Correspondent David Sandoval and his players won’t soon forget the summer of 2021. Sandoval manages the 14-U girls softball team in the Lyons-McCook Little League, a team…
High School Football: O’Connor is back in the saddle at Chicago Christian
By Steve Metsch Correspondent The new head football coach at Chicago Christian is a familiar face to Knights fans. Tom O’Connor served the past five seasons as special teams coordinator…
Services set for Nathanial Phillips, Rieves brothers
Visitation for Nathanial Phillips, 17, will be from 3-6 p.m. Saturday at Damar-Kaminski Funeral Home in Justice, and for Omarion and Jemerrio Rieves from 4-7 p.m. on Wednesday, August 4,…
Ridgefest returns after a one-year absence for pandemic
By Bob Bong Chicago Ridge is bringing back its popular Ridgefest for three days starting Friday at 5 p.m. at Freedom Park, 6200 Birmingham St. “This was the fastest we…
Hernandez, Zalewski host free community shred day Saturday
State Rep. Elizabeth “Lisa” Hernandez will be hosting a free community shredding event this Saturday, July 24, with state Rep. Michael Zalewski (D-Riverside). “Theft of personal data has steadily increased…
Illinois News
Pritzker ‘looking at all possible mitigations;’ masks mandated at driver facilities
By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Masks will be required at driver’s license facilities in Illinois starting Monday, Secretary of State Jesse White announced Wednesday, and Gov.…
Education services extended for special needs students
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Students with special needs will be able to finish their last year of high school regardless of when their birthday falls…
UPDATED: IDPH ‘fully aligns’ with new stricter CDC mask guidance
By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – The state will have new COVID-19 guidance on face coverings after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its…
Pritzker signs law repealing criminal penalties for HIV transmission
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law Tuesday that repeals criminal penalties for people who transmit HIV to others. House…
Pritzker to review state masking guidance amid CDC reversal
By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker will reexamine the state’s guidance on face coverings after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated…
Bills expanding access to mental health care are among several signed into law
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Illinois residents will soon have greater access to mental health services under measures Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law Friday. Starting…
CAPITOL RECAP: Pritzker launches second-term campaign with media tour
By Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker isn’t considering using federal American Rescue Plan Act funding to pay down a multi-billion-dollar Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund deficit, he told…
WITH PODCAST: Pritzker talks plans for Unemployment Trust Fund, pandemic response
By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker isn’t considering using federal American Rescue Plan Act funding to pay down a multi-billion-dollar Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund…
Democratic leaders seek to dismiss redistricting lawsuits
By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Lawyers for Illinois’ Democratic legislative leaders last week filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit from Republicans and a Mexican American…
