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Bolingbrook Burn Victim Investigation Leads to Arson Arrest
A 21-year-old man has been arrested and charged as a result of a fire that was intentionally set at the Levy Senior Center on 7/24/2024. On 7/24/2024 at approximately 1:13 am, Bolingbrook Police located an active fire near the rear of 251 Canterbury Ln. The Bolingbrook Fire Department was summoned to the scene and extinguished the fire. Initial observations found that the fire was not naturally occurring and was fueled by personal bedding. A short time later, Bolingbrook Fire Department personnel encountered a 35-year-old man with severe burns at fire station #2. The man was transported to an area hospital for treatment and is currently in stable condition.
Explore More Illinois Welcomes Back Chicago Red Stars
Explore More Illinois, RAILS’ online cultural and recreational pass program for Illinois libraries, welcomes back for the 2024 season, the Chicago Red Stars in Bridgeview!. Established in 2007, the Red Stars were a founding member of the former Women’s Professional Soccer and would later become one of the original eight teams to form the National Women’s Soccer League in 2013. The Red Stars have made the playoffs in six consecutive years from 2015-2020, clinching the team’s first appearance in the NWSL Championship in the 2019 season as well as appearing in the NWSL’s Challenge Cup Final in 2020.
Great Clips launches 'student slang' curriculum to help parents and students prepare for Back-to-School
CHICAGO - Great Clips is supporting parents and students as they gear up for the back-to-school season. To help parents better understand their children and boost their confidence at school, Great Clips has launched a comprehensive "Student Slang" curriculum. This resource includes a slang dictionary, an online lookbook featuring popular...
Vajra Will Finally Open Its Dining Room After a Year in Wicker Park
Ashok Selvam is the editor of Eater Chicago and a native Chicagoan armed with more than two decades of award-winning journalism. Now covering the world of restaurants and food, his nut graphs are super nutty. It’s been a year since scintillating South Asian restaurant Vajra moved from West Town into...
Advocates for Bird-Friendly Design Fear Chicago Casino Could Cause Mass Casualties
Advocates for bird-friendly building construction in Chicago are cautiously optimistic new mitigations at McCormick Place Lakeside Center — including the installation of patterned window film — will prevent the sort of mass casualty event that happened last fall, with 1,000 birds killed in a single day after crashing into the convention center.
CPS Board Approves Balanced Budget, But Concerns Remain About Future of District Funding
Chicago Public Schools said it presented a balanced budget for the coming school year Thursday, despite the expiration of federal COVID-19 dollars, but significant funding issues may lay ahead if the district is unable to identify new financial streams. The seven-member Board of Education on Thursday unanimously approved the district’s...
Angel Reese Admits Chicago Sky Teammates 'Need Her' During WNBA Rookie Season
It didn't take Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese to become an integral part of her WNBA team's identity. Not only has Reese's elite rebounding and assertiveness in the paint transformed the Sky into a physical and dominant force, but her tenacity and grit has been adopted by her teammates as ...
Get smothered in love like ayam rendang when Kedai Tapao return to the next Monday Night Foodball
Two years is a long time to go without a karipap. Malaysian food is hard enough to come by in this town, let alone the flaky, laminated pastry-encased pillows of curried potato and carrot that I’m dreaming of. Curry puffs aren’t on the menus at the handful of Malaysian brick and mortars we have access to. If only there was a nimble pop-up that could reliably be counted upon to execute this deceptively modest snack.
Lake Michigan boaters were 'floating on a piece of board' after explosion, rescuer says
A quick-thinking boater has been credited with saving two men who were seriously injured in a boat explosion on Lake Michigan, and the boater told reporters that God was watching over her and her boat on Tuesday.
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