07/14/11 Contact: Pat Washington, NHS of Chicago, Inc. +1-773-329-4136, +1-312-953-6549 (cell) or pwashington@nhschicago.org
06/09/11 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- A study on transportation needs between Illinois and Indiana is under way. The Illinois and Indiana Departments of Transportation are conducting a study along the "Illiana Corridor."
06/09/11 More than 59,000 ComEd customers are without power following overnight storms that dropped as much of five inches of rain and continue to delay area transit Thursday morning. A flash flood warning remains in place for much of the Chicago area.At least two viaducts on the Far South Side have flooded, and two manhole covers have burst, according to authorities.As of 9:45 a.m. a viaduct on 95th ...
06/09/11 More than 63,000 ComEd customers are without power following overnight storms that dropped as much of five inches of rain and continue to delay area transit Thursday morning.A flash flood warning that was in place for much of the Chicago area has expired, though six viaducts on the Far South Side have flooded and manhole covers have burst, according to authorities.As of 11 a.m., systemwide ...
06/08/11 After decades of talk, the first-ever Illiana Expressway project is now in motion, and public meetings soon will be held in Crown Point and Matteson, Ill.
06/08/11 A public meeting where residents can get information and express concerns about the proposed Illiana Expressway is scheduled for 5 to 8 p.m. June 21 at the Matteson Hotel Conference Center, 500 Holiday Plaza Drive, Matteson.Question-and-answer sessions are to be held at 5:30 and 7 p.m.The Illiana Expressway corridor study that is expected to take four years will be a joint effort by the Illinois ...
05/16/11 Starting Thursday, more Verizon Wireless customers across the greater Chicago area and northwest Indiana will be able to surf the web, download files and share music and photos up to 10 times faster than before with Verizon Wireless? 4G Long Term Evolution network. ? The expanded network coverage launches on May 19 and will be available to more customers north to the Illinois/Wisconsin state ...
05/16/11 Starting Thursday, more Verizon Wireless customers across Northwest Indiana and the greater Chicago area will be able to surf the web, download files and share music and photos up to 10 times faster than before with Verizon Wireless' 4G Long Term Evolution network.
05/02/11 With trespassing incidents and fatalities on the rise in the United States, CN is marking Rail Safety Week from May 2 to May 8, 2011, with a public awareness campaign that stresses the deadly risks of trespassing on railroad tracks and property.
03/31/11 MLB exhibition AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. W L Pct. Kan. City 20 10 .667 San Fran. 23 12 .657 TWINS 20 12 .
03/11/11 Television towers toppled and the monster scoreboard at Doral came crashing down when 50 mph gusts blew through the Blue Monster. Hunter Mahan then delivered some excitement of his own. Mahan birdied his opening four holes and kept right on rolling until the storm-delayed opening round was suspended by darkness. He didn't miss a green or come close to a bogey in 11 holes and was 7 under. He was ...
03/08/11 A quarter of Chicago-area homeowners with mortgages owe more on the loan than their property is wort...
03/04/11 The village of Matteson is seeking $1.5 million in damages from the company it hired to oversee construction of a $24 million community center, according to a lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court.Among other things, the lawsuit accuses Greenwood Management Partners, the firm the village hired in February 2009, of fraud, breaching its contract and conspiracy.The village is seeking $1.5 ...
03/04/11 No injuries were reported in a morning accident between a school bus and a car at the intersection of Route 30 and Ridgeland Avenue in Matteson, according to police. The minor accident occurred at 8:27 a.m. when a woman driving a silver Acura rear-ended a school bus in the westbound lane of Route 30 at Ridgeland Avenue.The bus was transporting Matteson School District 159 students. Glenn ...
03/04/11 No students were injured Friday when their bus was hit from behind at U.S. 30 and Ridgeland Avenue in Matteson, a bus company official said.A woman driving a silver Acura rear-ended a school bus about 8:30 a.m. in the westbound lane of U.S. 30, said Glenn Washington, safety coordinator for Illinois Central School Bus Co. The bus was carrying students for Matteson School District 159.Another bus ...
03/03/11 The village of Matteson is seeking $1.5 million in damages from the company it hired to represent the village during construction of a $21.4 million community center, according to a lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court.Among other things, the civil lawsuit claims Greenwood Management Partners, the firm the village hired in February 2009 to oversee construction, committed fraud, breach of ...
02/03/11 You could have saved cash for a long time and are now taking into consideration Buying a Dwelling fo...
01/08/11 Ten years ago the Southwest Side neighborhood surrounding 54th and Kildare was 67 percent white residents with no Hispanic heritage.But as of 2009, the area was 68 percent Hispanic, with whites dropping to less than a third of the population, according to the latest Census estimates.This is one of the bigger changes brought to light by the first new neighborhood-level Census data since 2000, but ...
12/29/10 From Mayor Daley's big announcement to the Blagojevich verdict, this was certainly the year for Chicago political news.
12/07/10 Heart to Heart event The Crisis Center for South Suburbia's Heart to Heart Extravaganza will be Feb. 19 at Silver Lake Country Club in Orland Park. The annual fundraiser will include silent and live auctions, dinner and music by The Jimmy O and Rhonda Lee Duo. Michelle Paluch, of Homer Glen, a longtime Crisis Center board member and a corporate executive, will receive the Dianne Masters Award ...
11/22/10 DEKALB, Ill. -- Northern Illinois University head wrestling coach Dave Grant announced the signing of six grapplers to National Letters of Intent Thursday.
11/21/10 The forms are all mailed in and the door-to-door visits are done. Now, there's nothing left to do but wait for the results of the 2010 Census. For the most part, Southlanders can give themselves a pat on the back - participation by mail was generally high across Southland communities, according to final figures recently released by the Census Bureau . That means fewer census workers had to go ... | 
