City crew removes, relocates controversial downtown mural
Mark Kenneally stood facing the mural he’s heard so much about in the last few days.
The painting was of a group of people who, until last week, most viewers hadn’t known was derived from a 1930s photograph of a crowd watching a lynching in Ohio. Kenneally said he wanted to see it before it was…
Obama records destined for library could go into storage in Hoffman Estates
A federal agency could move into an old furniture store in Hoffman Estates in October to start processing records and artifacts from the Obama White House, officials said Friday.
The building, at 2500 W. Golf Road, housed a Plunkett Homes Furnishings store until it closed in 2009 during the Great…
Hells Angels’ participation in charity event leads to police saturation patrol
Teresa Wright has owned The Mill Bar & Grill for almost two years and in that time, she said members of the Hells Angels occasionally come by to eat and patronize her Burns Harbor bar before riding along.
“I never had any problem with them,” she said.
So when members of the motorcycle group found…
Leo High School president ramps up recruiting
When you drive past Leo High School, does it make you want to stop and get out?
Are you comfortable dropping your son off at the corner of 79th and Sangamon streets in Auburn Gresham for the next four years?
Those are the types of questions parents of prospective students at the all-boys Catholic…
East Aurora to look at transgender bathroom access during high school construction
As East Aurora School District 131 board members prepare for construction across the district, they are looking at how to comply with the White House directive to accommodate transgender students.
District architects suggested private changing areas within each locker room or creating unisex spaces,…
Mother claims school officials ignoring abuse of son
The mother of a third-grader at Sykuta Elementary alleges that Country Club Hills School District 160 is covering up an incident involving a library clerk that sent her son to the emergency room. What the district is calling an incident requiring “redirection,” a form of discipline, the mother…
Anti-Hillary Clinton bumper sticker removed from Park Ridge city truck
A social media post showing an anti-Hillary Clinton bumper sticker affixed to a Park Ridge Public Works truck led to city officials removing the sticker ahead of the presidential candidate’s May 19 visit.
The post, which appeared May 17 on a community Facebook page called Park Ridge Citizens Online,…
Elgin to move ‘offensive’ mural to Hemmens
A controversial mural that depicts a crowd watching a lynching in 1930 will move to the Hemmens Cultural Center, Kristine Rogowski, Elgin communications director, said Friday.
Councilwoman Tish Powell said the decision was made Friday afternoon to move the mural to the Hemmens Cultural Center sooner…
Ex-Johnsburg High staffer pleads guilty to sex abuse, battery against students
A former assistant football coach and office clerk at Johnsburg High School admitted in court Friday that he had inappropriate contact with two underage students.
Damon Malone, 40, whose last known address was in Carpentersville, pleaded guilty in McHenry County to criminal sexual abuse and aggravated…
Man dies in fire at Berwyn bungalow, officials say
A 23-year-old man died in a fire while in the attic at his bungalow home in the 1800 block of Scoville Avenue in Berwyn early Friday, according to fire officials.
Anthony Banda was pronounced dead at 2:04 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The office said an autopsy is…
Stove fire leaves Naperville home uninhabitable
A fire being attributed to a kitchen stove accident left a Naperville home uninhabitable Thursday night, a fire official said.
No one was injured in the blaze, which started shortly after 8 p.m. in a two-story house at 1132 Royal St. George Drive, near the Cress Creek Country Club.
Naperville Fire…
Two men charged in shooting death of Gary man at South Holland store
Two men have been charged in Tuesday’s shooting death of a Gary man at a South Holland cell phone store, authorities said Friday.
DeAngelo Parker, 27, and Floyd Bell, 24, have been charged with murder and armed robbery, according to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office. The two are scheduled…
Brother of girl killed in 1957: State’s attorney promised to drop charges during campaign
The brother of a Sycamore girl killed in 1957 has added to his request for a special prosecutor in the dismissed murder case against Jack McCullough.McCullough was sentenced to life in prison in 2012 in Maria Ridulph’s killing. But the successor to the state’s attorney who prosecuted the case says…
2 state police troopers hurt in crash in Bolingbrook
Two Illinois State Police troopers were hurt when a drunk driver hit a squad car, sending it into another on the Stevenson Expressway in southwest suburban Bolingbrook early Friday.
The state police cars were stopped on the side of Interstate 55 during a traffic stop when the vehicle rear-ended…
Woodridge man gets 18 years for armed robbery of Radio Shack in Downers Grove
The last of three men who robbed a Radio Shack store in Downers Grove has been sentenced to 18 years in prison, according to DuPage County prosecutors.
Brandon Jones, 22, of Woodridge, was sentenced Thursday by Judge Daniel Guerin for his role in the hold-up, which took place on Dec. 11, 2013,…
Mural of lynching crowd in Elgin stirs controversy
As a survivor of a lynching that killed two other young men, James Cameron never shied away from the photograph that depicted the aftermath of that act.
Cameron, who later founded the American Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee, put the photo of that 1930 lynching in Marion, Ind., on the cover…
Aurora teacher apologizes for claim he designed POW/MIA flag
For the past few years, Aurora Christian School art teacher Grahame Wilkin has been known as the person who designed the logo on the POW/MIA flag that has flown over the White House and hung in the Capitol’s rotunda in Washington, D.C.
He said he drew the iconic logo – a gaunt man’s silhouetted…
Christkindlmarket moving its suburban location to Naperville
Christkindlmarket, a German holiday bazaar that’s become an institution in Chicago, is moving its suburban location to Naper Settlement, a location that will allow it to nearly double in size and establish an ongoing event for Naperville.
“I really look forward to the complement it will bring to…
Harvey mayor fined, banned from future bond deals after hotel ‘scheme’
The mayor of Harvey has agreed to pay a $10,000 fine for his role in allegedly tricking investors into lending his town millions for what turned out to be a sketchy development deal that enriched a key insider, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday.
Harvey Mayor Eric Kellogg…
‘Trespasser’ hit, injured by freight train: BNSF official
An unidentified person was struck by a freight train Thursday afternoon while walking on or along railroad tracks in Aurora, just west of Naperville, according to an official of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway.
Andy Williams, director of public affairs for Burlington Northern operations…
Naperville leading in area growth; population up by 4,700
Naperville continues to attract people, leading the Chicago-area market in housing starts again this year and showing a population increase of more than 4,700 since 2010.
U.S. Census figures released Thursday estimates the population count will top the 147,000 mark this year. The city’s biggest…
Hillary Clinton in Park Ridge: ‘This is a big thing’
Hillary Clinton’s fundraising stopover in Park Ridge today will include visits to two Uptown locations: The iconic Pickwick Theatre and neighboring restaurant, The Pick.
“This is a big thing,” said Dino Vlahakis, owner of the Pickwick building in which the theater and restaurant are located.
He…
Concussions in girls soccer lead to changes in training, diagnosis
Libertyville girls soccer coach Andy Bitta began the Wildcats’ program in 1981, seven seasons before the Illinois High School Association sanctioned its first girls soccer state tournament, and has witnessed a massive change in how concussions are understood and dealt with in the sport.
“If the…
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