Montgomery gets urban forestry grant
September 17, 2023Montgomery has been awarded a $5,000 grant to assist in developing an urban forestry management plan. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service provided the grant through…
Montgomery has been awarded a $5,000 grant to assist in developing an urban forestry management plan. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service provided the grant through…
Chicago man has been charged in connection with the murder of an 18-year-old in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood. Steven Goodman, 37, a resident of the 4800 block of West Ferdinand,…
Two Chicago police officers were recovering at an area hospital after being injured in an incident in the city’s South Lawndale neighborhood. Shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday, Sept….
A Plainfield man is facing three counts of possession of child pornography. Maxwell Bonds, 23, was arrested after an Illinois State Police investigation. Possession of child pornography…
A Lombard man has been accused of leading police on a high-speed chase, reaching speeds in excess of 110 mph. Jameel Hall Smith, 26, a resident of the 300 block of West Maple Street,…
The Chicago Police Department will be conducting a DUI Saturation Patrol in the Gresham (6th) Police District from 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16 to 2 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 17. The purpose…
Wheaton Glennette Tilley Turner, was recently recognized for her work as a historian by the Illinois State Historical Society with a 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award. Turner, 90, has…
Planning is well underway for a new DeKalb Community Unit School District 428 neighborhood school on the city’s north side, repurposing a former Northern Illinois University facility….
A group of businesses filed a complaint with state regulators last week alleging that Chicago electric company Commonwealth Edison improperly raised customer bills this summer. The…
Fourteen Chicago Public Schools employees — 13 of whom had six-figure salaries — have lost or are in the process of losing their jobs because of fraudulent participation in the…
Third in a series looking at the public funding of sports stadiums in Illinois Pat Quinn was on the ice in 2010 when the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, and in Houston in 2005 when…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois continues to suffer from a shortage of teachers and other education professionals, although recent efforts by the state to ease the strain have made an impact….
SPRINGFIELD — Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate after unanimous committee approval. Senate Bill 3481, sponsored…
Scott Britton walked out to driveway to get his Sunday newspaper, only to find near it a plastic bag filled with rice (to keep it from blowing away) and anti-Semitic literature. Britton,…
First in a series looking at the public funding of Illinois sports stadiums Tom Tresser gets sick every time he hears something is needed to make Chicago “a world-class city.” “It…
SPRINGFIELD — A panel of Illinois lawmakers began hearing testimony Wednesday on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposals for sweeping changes in the state’s health insurance industry….
On March 19, voting will conclude in primary contests for hundreds of seats in the Illinois legislature and in the state’s court system. But most of those contests are uncompetitive….