Suburban Chicagoland | Stephanie DeFalco

OPINION

School should be more than just an education
School should be more than just an education As my son readies for college, I reminisce about what it was like 50 years ago when I left homew … Click to Read
Is there a politics to mass shootings?
Is there a politics to mass shootings? The mainstream news media covered the killings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas far differently than the news media covered … Click to Read
Podcast: The Politics of Massacres, race in America and are we great?
Podcast: The Politics of Massacres, race in America and are we great? Veteran columnist, author and former Chicago City Hall reporter Ray Hanania talks about three big issues … Click to Read
Casinos need to get their act together
Casinos need to get their act together Chicago is planning to build at least one new casino possibly more. Hopefully the city will do a better job than … Click to Read
It was more than just “Walking on the Moon”
It was more than just “Walking on the Moon” There have been many big moments in history that I remember with clarity as if they just happened. Yet … Click to Read

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VETERANS COLUMN, NEWS

Westchester native participates in Navy Joint-Service training mission
Westchester native participates in Navy Joint-Service training mission By Joint Hometown News Service Cmdr. Tracy Joy, a 1986 Immaculate Heart Of Mary High School graduate and native of Westchester, Illinois, is a nurse corps officer in the Naval Reserve, out of Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) Great Lakes One, Illinois, that participated as the assistant officer …
Orland Park native exemplifies “We Build, We Fight” legacy of Navy Seabees
Orland Park native exemplifies “We Build, We Fight” legacy of Navy Seabees By Alvin Plexico Navy Office of Community Outreach “We Build, We Fight” has been the motto of the U. S. Navy’s Construction Force, known as the “Seabees,” for more than 75 years. Commander Michael Meno, a 1991 Carl Sandburg High School graduate and …

STATEWIDE NEWS

Pritzker signs bill raising minimum teacher salaries to $40,000 to address statewide teacher shortage
Pritzker signs bill raising minimum teacher salaries to $40,000 to address statewide teacher shortage Taking another step to address the statewide teacher shortage, Governor JB Pritzker signed legislation today raising teachers’ minimum salary to $40,000. …
Harper’s Anti-Hunger Bill Signed into Law
Harper’s Anti-Hunger Bill Signed into Law A measure to expand options for people experiencing food insecurity spearheaded by state Rep. Sonya Harper, D-Chicago, recently became law in Illinois. “Far too many Illinoisans don’t have a …

Lombard Woman Sentenced to 26 Years for Strangling Mother to Death

By Ray Hanania | May 17, 2019

Lombard Woman Sentenced to 26 Years for Strangling Mother to Death DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that a Lombard woman accused of killing her mother in 2018 has been sentenced to twenty-six years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Stephanie DeFalco, 29, (d.o.b. 6/18/1989) formerly of 197 Grace Street, appeared in…