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Triggi Construction chosen to remove Roosevelt Road islands
The village council this week approved Triggi Construction, Inc.’s $258,117 bid to remove three islands from the middle of Roosevelt Road. The village received three bids from contractors, and Triggi Construction’s was the lowest, much cheaper than the $310,695 estimated cost of the project. In a few weeks,...
Budget for 2025 fiscal year approved with $9 million deficit
Forest Park commissioners approved the village’s budget for the 2025 fiscal year July 22 with an estimated $9 million deficit. The village council approved the spending of nearly $73 million as part of the village’s annual appropriations, which establishes legal spending limits for the village, often in higher amounts than what is listed in the village’s proposed budget so that the village has authority to use that money.
Addison man arrested on animal cruelty charges at rural Sandwich property following investigation by local, state law enforcement
Following a lengthy investigation by the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) and the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, an Addison man was arrested on animal cruelty charges in rural Sandwich Tuesday morning. 60-year-old Mohammad M. Raza-Ahsan was taken into custody on two counts of cruel treatment of animals and three counts of animal cruelty-owner's duties at the property located in the 17000 block of Wagner Road.
Tragic Blaze Claims Life of Man in Buffalo Grove, Investigation Underway to Determine Cause
Source: Facebook/Buffalo Grove Professional Firefighters and Paramedics Local 3177. A Buffalo Grove home became the site of a tragic incident this Monday when firefighters and police responded to a structure fire on the 600 block of Woodhollow Lane. The conflagration, reported near 10 a.m., quickly escalated from the garage to the main structure before it could be contained. According to a village of Buffalo Grove press release, one casualty, a 39-year-old man believed to be a resident, was discovered amidst the flames.
Chicago Board of Education set to vote on 2025 CPS budget
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Board of Education will vote on Thursday on the 2025 budget, with Chicago Public Schools hoping to close a large budget gap. However, the Chicago Teachers Union is planning to rally against it.CPS is proposing to close a $500 million budget gap, which the board says it has a plan to fill. The plan includes cutting main office staff, restructuring long-standing debt, and eliminating at least 300 vacant Chicago Teachers Union positions.The school district is counting on those vacant positions to cut $220 million from the spending plan. The district says it found the savings by examining...
Ald. William Hall Moving 6th Ward Office To Former Mercy Medical Building In Chatham
CHATHAM — Ald. William Hall (6th) is moving his ward services just a year after celebrating the grand opening of his first South Side office. The 6th Ward office will reopen Aug. 1 at 8541 S. State St., Hall announced on his social media pages Monday. Hall’s new headquarters is in the same building as the Trilogy wellness center, which provides mental health services to South Side neighbors.
Chicago DNC 2024 security measures announced by Secret Service, CPD
CHICAGO - Top Chicago and federal law enforcement officials laid out safety plans Thursday for the Democratic National Convention taking place next month. The Secret Service, alongside CPD Supt. Larry Snelling, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson, held a news conference to release the comprehensive safety maps and other security measures for the convention, which is being held at the United Center from Aug. 19-22.
Cities around the world share many challenges. To address them, they need to develop science diplomacy
The mayor of Montréal, Valérie Plante, the mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, and his counterpart from Milwaukee, Cavalier Johnson, at the annual conference of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, on May 15, 2024 in Montréal. Cities must unite to discuss their major issues. (Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz)
As new Foxtrot owner plans to reopen stores, a former undocumented worker recounts his struggle to find a job and collect back pay
A little over nine years ago, Javier Mancera landed a job at a commissary to supply a startup of boutique convenience stores in Chicago. It seemed promising, he recalled. And it was. He was quickly tasked with hiring more workers as Foxtrot became known as an upscale grocer and cafe chain based in Chicago, which later expanded to Texas and Washington, D.C. That was until Foxtrot and Dom's Kitchen & Market abruptly shuttered in April before filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, causing chaos amongst their customers and leaving hundreds of their workers suddenly without a job.
How Scholarships Are Creating Opportunities For Women In Cannabis
Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form. Benzinga and Women Grow collaborate on a scholarship program to support women and minority-owned cannabis businesses, giving them a platform at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in Chicago. Founded in 2014, Women Grow aims to empower women in the cannabis...
Chicago police release pictures of car that critically injured 9-year-old girl in hit-and-run
Chicago police have released a picture of the vehicle they say critically injured a 9-year-old girl in a hit-and-run crash in the city's Jeffery Manor neighborhood last week.Police said the girl was crossing the street with two others when the driver of a silver SUV failed to stop at a red light and hit her just before 8:40 p.m. in the 9500-block of South Paxton Avenue in the city's Jeffery Manor neighborhood, CPD said.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchChicago fire crews took the girl to Comer Children's Hospital in critical condition.No one else was injured in the incident. Police said the silver SUV sustained front-end damage and damage to the driver's side view mirror. It was last seen driving north on Jeffery Avenue under the viaduct.SEE ALSO: 2 sentenced to probation in 2022 Clearing street racing crash that killed pedestrianNo one is in custody. The Major Accidents unit is investigating.INTERACTIVE SAFETY TRACKER | Track crime and safety in your neighborhood
More than 10,000 Cook County residents to receive property tax refunds
More than 10,000 residents of Cook County can expect to receive automatic refunds due to overpayments of their property taxes, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced Tuesday. The treasurer plans to send out more than $22 million in refunds by Aug. 9. Over half of the 10,099 property owners will have the funds directly deposited back into their accounts, while the remainder will receive ...
Generations of Fandom: The Lomma Family
Another in a series featuring tales of the most passionate Wolves fans. One of Joe Lomma’s favorite memories growing up was bringing his mini-sticks to each Wolves game. During intermissions, 2-year-old Lomma bounced around the hallways of the then-called Rosemont Horizon, pretending he was scoring a big goal or reenacting a play he had seen from one of his favorite Wolves players. Joey lived and breathed the team, believing there was no bigger fan in the world.
At least one black bear spotted at multiple downstate Illinois sites
CHICAGO (CBS) -- The famous "Bear Down, Chicago Bears" fight song tells us the Bears are the pride and joy of Illinois—but actual, literal bears are scarce in the state.However, at least one bear has been spotted in downstate Illinois lately—and it was not Staley, the mascot for the human football-playing Bears of the NFL. This was the real thing.This week, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources noted that North American black bears have established populations in Missouri and Wisconsin—and thus, bears sometimes come into Illinois during the summer months despite no resident populations in the state.Recently, bear sightings have been...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker cites ‘private conversations’ in declining to discuss VP possibility
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday continued to sidestep questions about whether he’s under consideration as a potential running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign, again saying he would not discuss “private conversations.” The comments were Pritzker’s first to local media since President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid over the weekend, and came a day after ...
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