Naperville Muslims deal with ongoing backlash after terror attacks
The relationship between Hope United Church of Christ and the Islamic Center of Naperville began more than five years ago, when center leaders approached the church about buying land so they could annex it into the city and build a new mosque on 248th Avenue.
“There was an amount of ugliness (from…
Sexual abuse suspect oversees emergency response agency
A Palos Hills man accused of meeting up with a teenager to have sex oversees an emergency response agency for the city, according to police.
Steven Danalewich, 31, is accused of meeting a 15-year-old boy through a gay dating app with another man, according to police. He was charged with aggravated…
Officials: Worker stole printer ink from public defender’s office, sold it online
A New Lenox woman who was a secretary in the Will County public defender’s office has been charged with stealing printer ink cartridges from the office and reselling them online, authorities said.
Sheri Tucker, 45, turned herself in to authorities Thursday and remained in the Will County Adult…
Man charged with attempting to kill his father at Glen Ellyn hotel
A man with a lengthy record of arrests has been charged with the attempted murder of his father, who was seriously injured in a beating at a Glen Ellyn hotel room where the men were living, DuPage County prosecutors said Thursday.
At a morning hearing, Judge Richard Russo set bail at $1 million…
Brother charged in Merrillville man’s death
A Merrillville man has been charged with murder in the strangulation death of his brother, whose body was found May 27 at the family home.
Demetrius Lardydell, 46, was charged in the death of James Lardydell III, 47, authorities said.
Police were called to the home in the 5900 block of Harrison Street,…
Five Aurora men charged in four Kendall County robberies
Five Aurora men have been charged in four robberies after a joint investigation by the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office and Oswego Police Department, the agencies announced Thursday.
Prosecutors allege that the men, most often working in groups of three, were involved in several robberies between…
Arlington Heights student impersonates presidential candidates, goes viral
When Thomas Middle School Principal Brian Kaye discovered that a student’s eighth-grade graduation speech would feature impersonations of 2016 presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton – not to mention a riff on President Barack Obama – he was nervous the presentation might offend…
Lincoln-Way’s $16,000 payment to ex-supt questioned
Shortly before he retired, former Lincoln-Way High School District 210 Superintendent Lawrence Wyllie sent a memo to a payroll employee with the subject line of: “payment of sick days, vacation days, and retiree stipend.”
In the memo, dated May 16, 2013, Wyllie directed the employee to pay him…
Hundreds attend vigil for Orlando nightclub shooting victims in Evanston
With a heavy heart, the pastor of Evanston’s Immanuel Lutheran Church Keith Fry said he delivered a special prayer of lament and worship last Sunday for the 49 people killed and the 53 wounded in a mass shooting at a gay club a thousand miles away in Florida just hours earlier.
“As a gay man, these…
Police investigate harassment of pre-teen girls in Oak Park
The Oak Park Police Department announced it is investigating two incidents in which pre-teen girls were verbally harassed while walking through the village on June 14.
According to a village release, an 11-year-old walking near Wesley Avenue and Adams Street at 4:15 p.m. that day told police a four-door…
Surveillance cameras capture 7 damaging cars at Naperville parking deck
Naperville police on Wednesday continued a search for seven people who were caught by video surveillance cameras damaging four cars in one of the city’s downtown public parking decks.
A reward of up to $1,000 has been posted for information about the woman and six men suspected in the vandalism,…
Oak Brook dad sues after kids banned in ‘GeoBee’ scandal
The pressure to win national academic contests that test children on geography or spelling can be immense, especially with thousands in scholarship money on the line.
But administrators in a small Oak Brook school district allege parents in two families took their quest for victory way too far…
Cops: Evanston motorist, 89, hits woman with car after swerving onto sidewalk
A 59-year-old Morton Grove woman was struck by a car while walking on a sidewalk Wednesday afternoon in Evanston, according to the city’s police department.
Evanston police Cmdr. Joe Dugan said the woman was struck by a vehicle driven by an 89-year-old Evanston man at about 1:30 p.m. on Church…
Shooting vigil lights candle for moving on, social change
The ultimate answer to stopping hatred may always be love, but there are practical measures people can take in the meantime to usher in safety.
Members of Unite of Hammond gathered to mourn the Orlando shooting in a Wednesday night vigil at Unity Church. After the prayers and ceremony, church leaders…
Elgin mural ‘not doing any good’ says arts commissioner
If David Powers’ mural “American Nocturne” divides residents in Elgin, “it is not doing any good,” said Karly Kirkpatrick, one of the Elgin Cultural Arts Commissioners who spoke during its deliberations Monday.
With all of the challenges facing not only Elgin but the country, “we have to be unified…
46 years for 1992 Evanston murder discovered by victim’s son
A Chicago man was sentenced Wednesday to 46 years in prison for the 1992 murder of an Evanston woman whose body was discovered by her then-4-year-old son, according to prosecutors and court records.
Skokie Branch Court Judge Jeffrey Warnick had found Jimmie Dunlap, 45, guilty in a bench trial in…
Virtual reality option coming to Six Flags Great America
Raging Bull riders can enter a new reality later this summer.
Six Flags Great America announced Wednesday it will soon offer a virtual reality feature for its most popular roller coaster.
Riders will be offered Samsung Gear VR headsets that will show virtual images during the ride, said Katy Enrique,…
Ruptured gas main closes downtown Oak Park businesses
A contractor working on a downtown Oak Park development struck a gas main Tuesday afternoon, which caused the closure of multiple businesses.
According to village spokesman David Powers, a contractor was working on a water main and hit an unmarked gas line on Westgate Street near Harlem Avenue…
IRS phone scam victim told to purchase $500 iTunes gift card to pay taxes
Arlington Heights police are warning residents to beware of the latest IRS phone scam, which recently targeted a local victim who was told they needed to pay their taxes by purchasing a $500 iTunes gift card.
Several Arlington Heights residents have reported to police in recent weeks that they…
Three charged after man is stabbed during robbery attempt, Wheaton police say
Three men have been charged in connection with the stabbing and attempted robbery of a 60-year-old man Monday in Wheaton, police said.
The victim, who is from Wheaton, was lured to the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 1300 block of Roosevelt Road when he was confronted by the three men,…
Comfort dogs from Chicago area in Orlando to soothe shooting victims
A Chicago-area charity is trying do its part to ease Orlando’s heartache, with help from a team of golden retrievers.
On Monday, one day after a gunman killed 49 and wounded 53 at a nightclub in the country’s deadliest mass shooting, Northbrook-based Lutheran Church Charities sent its K-9 Comfort…
Rosemont to unveil $300,000 statue of late mayor Donald Stephens
To many who knew him, Donald E. Stephens, the late, longtime mayor of Rosemont, seemed larger than life.
This Sunday — Father’s Day — the village will honor the memory of its controversial founding father with a statue that’s larger than life.
According to a news release from the village, a bronze-cast…
Man charged in pipe bomb case does not fight detention, is held without bond
A Chicago-area man facing charges he built two pipe bombs did not fight detention Wednesday in federal court and will continue to be held without bail.
Authorities have alleged that Michael Suopys, 28, threatened in a journal he kept to kill multiple people and then himself.
Suopys, of Lindenhurst,…
Letter urges District 211 to provide more access for transgender students
A group of parents and students are calling for full integration of transgender students — including access to the bathrooms and locker rooms — in the suburban school district that has been at the center of a national debate on the topic.
The letter, signed by 29 parents and students of Palatine-based…
Irate McHenry County residents use one-dollar bills to pay property taxes
Two McHenry County residents this week had a single statement to make about rising property tax bills.
Jeff McGrath and Dan Aylward paid thousands of dollars of real estate taxes with one-dollar bills at the county treasurer’s office and vowed to do so again in September and every due date afterward…
After 65 years, diploma for woman who left high school to marry
Chicago was a different city in 1951. Mostly whites lived in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side. “Too Young” by Nat King Cole topped the Billboard charts early that summer, and girls who married could not graduate from Chicago public high schools.
Joan Wiley should have graduated…
Ford Heights official charged with kidnapping
A Ford Heights Park District commissioner has been charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon stemming from the alleged kidnapping of a 9-year-old girl, authorities said Tuesday.
Sheriff’s police were called Saturday morning to the home of 56-year-old Charles Howard…
Waukegan church holds prayer vigil for Orlando night club victims
Members of St. John’s United Church of Christ in Waukegan gathered Tuesday night for a prayer vigil to remember those killed Sunday when a gunman opened fire inside a gay night club in Orlando, Fla.
Eight parishioners joined Rev. James Olson to reflect on the attack at Pulse night club that left…
On 100th Flag Day, manufacturer ’emotional’ about producing Old Glory
Janice Christiansen considers it a “privilege,” and a “passion” to have a job producing U.S. flags.
Christiansen owns the FlagSource production company and operates it with her sons in Batavia, a home of the man widely considered the Father of Flag Day. Tuesday, the 100th anniversary of Flag Day,…
Illinois U.S. Rep. Dold breaks ranks with GOP, endorses gun control measures
Republican U.S. Rep. Bob Dold, who is in a tough re-election battle, broke with GOP colleagues Tuesday by calling for a series of gun control measures.
Dold spoke from the House floor in the aftermath of the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., that left 50 dead including the gunman, Omar…
Lake County judge denies effort to dismiss charges against Fox Lake officer’s widow
A Lake County judge ruled Tuesday that arguments to dismiss four of the nine criminal counts against Melodie Gliniewicz are “without merit.”
Gliniewicz, 51, was indicted in January after her husband, Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz, staged his September suicide to look like a murder…
Boy who voiced Nemo finally has a fish tale he can share
Hayden Rolence can prove to his friends, family and classmates this week that the secret he kept for two years wasn’t just a big fish tale.
The 12-year-old boy from Aurora is the voice of the clownfish Nemo in the new Disney/Pixar movie “Finding Dory,” the sequel to “Finding Nemo” opening in theaters…
Judge will reconsider dismissing theft charges against ex-North Chicago police chief
The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has asked a judge to reconsider a decision to dismiss the most serious theft charges against former North Chicago Police Chief Michael Newsome.
Newsome was charged with two counts of theft, official misconduct and misappropriation of funds in 2012 after…
Driver who pleaded guilty in Park Ridge high-speed crash sues city
A Park Ridge man, who pleaded guilty to reckless driving in connection with a high-speed crash that injured himself and three others, is now suing the city of Park Ridge, alleging that a police officer’s actions caused the crash.
William Kivit filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court on May…
Arlington Heights officials reverse course on Starbucks serving alcohol
Just months after expressing concerns about a proposal to serve alcohol at an Arlington Heights Starbucks that is a popular hang-out for local middle school students, village officials said Monday they plan to create a new coffee shop liquor license to accommodate the request.
The recommendation…
SEC opens investigation into Lincoln-Way bonds, financial reports: subpoena
The Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an investigation into Lincoln-Way High School District 210’s bonds, budgets and annual financial reports, a subpoena from the SEC to Lincoln-Way shows.
On June 6, the SEC sent a letter and subpoena to Lincoln-Way alerting it to the investigation…
Two-time ‘Chopped’ contestant facing theft charge in Park Ridge
A former contestant on a cable network cooking show was charged with theft last week after Park Ridge police say she failed to return furniture she had agreed to restore for a customer.
Monica Schulze Langowski, 43, of Chicago, was taken into custody June 7 in Joliet on an arrest warrant police…
Evanston cops: Elgin man was sleeping in car with BB gun, 7 bags of meth
Evanston police recovered seven bags of methamphetamine and a BB gun from an Elgin man who was found sleeping behind the wheel of a car early Saturday morning.
Francis Lotta, 26, of the 1100 block of Reserve Drive in Elgin, was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance, possession…
Dist. 112 lays out next steps on school closing plan
North Shore School District 112 plans to lay the groundwork this summer to close four schools in 2017 without waiting for a citizens’ group to come up with new options for reorganizing the district.
In February, the Highland Park-based school board voted to close Ravinia Elementary School, Lincoln…
Lockdown lifted at Loyola medical campus; ‘suspicious package’ found to be empty
The Loyola University Medical Center campus near Maywood was placed on lockdown for about two hours Tuesday morning after a suspicious package that turned out to be empty was found in a parking deck, officials said.
The package was noticed in parking deck A about 8:30 a.m. While law enforcement…
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