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As school security ratchets up, ‘first person a parent or visitor meets’ remains key deterrent

May 16, 2019 at 2:05 p.m.

Roslyn Road Elementary in Barrington is buttoned down about as tightly as a school can be these days, with a video surveillance system, buzzer-equipped doors and a driver's license scanner...

Suburbs waking up to ‘overdose juice’

December 24, 2018 at 3:48 a.m.

As her son started a second stint in rehab this summer, Theresa Vorkapic had the most recent of many awkward conversations between a mother and a child battling heroin addiction....

Judge delays Lincoln Mall ruling

December 24, 2018 at 3:41 a.m.

A judge has given the owner of the struggling Lincoln Mall a brief reprieve in his battle with Matteson officials over code violations at the 40-year-old south suburban shopping center....

Matteson mall spared shutdown — for now

December 24, 2018 at 3:38 a.m.

A judge Thursday allowed the struggling Lincoln Mall to remain open until another court hearing next week. But the mall's owner, Michael Kohan, must submit plans for repairs to the...

Matteson sues to shut down Lincoln Mall

December 24, 2018 at 3:37 a.m.

Calling Lincoln Mall a "public danger," Matteson village officials are moving to shut down the 40-year-old south suburban shopping center after years of trying to persuade owners to repair its...

Matteson sues to shut down Lincoln Mall

December 24, 2018 at 3:36 a.m.

Officials representing the Village of Matteson have filed a complaint against the owner of Lincoln Mall demanding the shopping center be closed due to dangerous structural conditions.The representatives claim there...

Impoverished suburb has a library district, but no library

May 14, 2019 at 12:02 a.m.

Ford Heights has a library district that collects about $20,000 a year from taxpayers who live in one of the poorest communities in the state. But Ford Heights has no...

Ben Cox, president of Friends of the Forest Preserves, tours part of the Deer Grove Forest Preserve in Palatine this month.

Cook County forest preserves overrun by plant invaders

November 3, 2021 at 6:37 p.m.

As he cast a trained eye on the dense green foliage at the Deer Grove Forest Preserve, Ben Cox didn't like what he saw: buckthorn, honeysuckle, multiflora rose. None is...

Cook County forest preserves overrun by plant invaders

December 24, 2018 at 3:24 a.m.

As he cast a trained eye on the dense green foliage at the Deer Grove Forest Preserve, Ben Cox didn't like what he saw: buckthorn, honeysuckle, multiflora rose. None is...

Blue Island village board member drowns near Whiting

May 16, 2019 at 1:47 p.m.

A village board member from Blue Island drowned while boating at a beach in northwest Indiana, Coast Guard officials said today.Michael Janko, a village trustee and lifetime resident of the...

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