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TIF heats up Willow Springs Tempers flare at meeting about ballroom land By Steve Metsch The place to be at 4 p.m. Monday was the Willow Springs Village Hall. Seats in the village board meeting room were filled early. The overflow crowd filled the hallway outside the room, another meeting room and extended up a…
Presidential Inn is shut down Mayor pulls license, court denies appeal By Steve Metsch Just three vehicles were parked in the lot at The Presidential Inn in Lyons on Friday, one day after a Cook County judge denied an emergency motion to stay a business license revocation. The motel, 3922 S. Harlem Ave., long…
Sounded like ‘a door slamming’ Washington principal discusses boy’s suicide By Steve Metsch Two teachers compared the noise to the sound of “a door slamming,” Washington Middle School Principal Don Jones said Monday evening. It was a sound from a day that those teachers and Jones will never forget. The “door slamming” was the sound…
Amy Morton to open new restaurant in Aurora Chicago restauranteur Amy Morton will open a new upscale restaurant in downtown Aurora adjacent to the Paramount Theater The city of Aurora will soon have a new, fine dining restaurant to boast about, right next to Paramount Theatre in Aurora’s downtown theater district, just in time for…
Chicago Native Protects U.S. Navy Forces in the Middle East By Erica R. Gardner Chief Mass Communication Specialist , Navy Office of Community Outreach Lieutenant Dennis Wright, a Chicago, Illinois, native, joined the Navy due to a timely call from a Navy recruiter. “I was shopping for colleges and had completed an Army Reserve application,”…
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Hundreds mourn student in Lyons Somber prayer vigil for seventh-grader after suicide By Steve Metsch About 300 people attended a prayer vigil Thursday night at the entrance of Washington Middle School in Lyons, mourning a seventh-grade student who took his own life. Johany Juan Bueno, 13, of Stickney, shot himself while at school around 1:30…
Student at District 103 school dies of self-inflicted gunshot On Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at around 1:30 pm, a 7th-grade student at Washington Middle School, 8101 Ogden Avenue in Lyons at School District 103, shot himself on school property in an area away from other students. The male student was taken to Loyola Hospital were…
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Steppenwolf Theatre to host Gala featuring Armie Hammer and James Franco Armie Hammer to Emcee Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s 2019 Gala Saturday, May 11, 2019. James Franco Guest Auctioneer at This Unforgettable Event Celebrating 43 Years of Extraordinary Theatre CHICAGO (April 16, 2019) – The acclaimed Steppenwolf ensemble and Board of Trustees host Gala 2019, an…
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