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Sister Sheila Lyne, president of Mercy Hospital and a Chicago Board of Health appointee, at a mayoral news conference on March 15, 1977, at City Hall in Chicago.

Sister Sheila Lyne, former CEO of Mercy Hospital and Chicago health commissioner, dies

March 12, 2020 at 9:09 p.m.

Sister Sheila Lyne, a member of the Religious Sisters of Mercy for 67 years, led Chicago's Mercy Hospital as president and CEO for decades and also served as commissioner of...

Aldermen discuss sober living home proposal during a committee hearing.

Elmhurst committee considering application from sober living group home

March 10, 2020 at 4:50 p.m.

Elmhurst aldermen on the city's development, planning and zoning committee Monday put off a decision on a conditional use application for a sober living group home. Some neighbors of the...

Pamela Dunley, president and CEO, of Elmhurst Hospital discusses proposed 525-space parking garage, March 4, 2020.

Elmhurst Hospital neighbors concerned about height and traffic from proposed garage

March 5, 2020 at 3:26 p.m.

Fewer than a dozen neighbors attended a meeting Wednesday with Elmhurst Hospital President and CEO Pamela Dunley, and other staff, to hear details of the 525-space parking garage proposed for...

Dr. Martha Clare Morris, at Rush University Medical Center in 2006.

Martha Clare Morris, Rush researcher who studied link between diet and dementia, dies at 64

March 5, 2020 at 2:57 p.m.

Martha Clare Morris, director of the Rush Institute for Healthy Aging at Rush University Medical Center, conducted groundbreaking research into the link between diet and Alzheimer's disease. Her work convinced...

Elmhurst refuse fees increase on April 1

March 3, 2020 at 3:33 p.m.

One sign of spring in Elmhurst is an increase in refuse rates, and this year residents will also see a bump in the cost of yard waste stickers _ the...

Ald. Kevin York, left, and Ald. Noel Talluto recommended no change in Elmhurst's home rule sales tax pending further study of ways to pay city bond interest charges on March 2, 2020.

Elmhurst defers action on increasing sales tax or adding stormwater fee

March 3, 2020 at 11:41 a.m.

Elmhurst aldermen Monday voted to put off any decision raising the city's one percent home rule sales tax or adding a stormwater fee as they wrestle with how to pay...

Poet Lisel Mueller is shown in her study at her home in Libertyville on Nov. 18, 1993, where she created most of her work. Mueller was awarded the 1997 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for "Alive Together: New and Selected Poems."

Lisel Mueller, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who reflected on nature and folklore, dies at 96

February 26, 2020 at 5:55 p.m.

Lisel Mueller blended themes of history and fate with reflections on nature, children's fairy tales and folklore in poetry that won numerous awards including a Pulitzer Prize in 1997. "She...

Elmhurst officials, including aldermen on the Development, Planning and Zoning Committee, heard from representatives of Elmhurst Hospital on plans for a new 525-space, five-story parking garage.

Elmhurst Hospital seeks approval for 525-space parking garage

February 25, 2020 at 4:37 p.m.

For patients and visitors who have circled Elmhurst Hospital's lots looking for a parking spot, relief is, if not in sight, at least in the planning stages in the form...

Aldermen Scott Levin, from left, Dannee Polomsky and Norman Leader of the city's Public Affairs and Safety Committee recommended contracting for school crossing guard services.

In cost-saving move, Elmhurst to contract with private company for crossing guard services

February 25, 2020 at 11:57 a.m.

Elmhurst aldermen last week approved the recommendation of the city's Public Affairs and Safety Committee to shift employment of school crossing guards from the Elmhurst Police Department to an outside...

Sharon Gist Gilliam, right, city chief operating officer, presents Coretta Scott King with a replica of a sign for the street named after her late husband at a reception in King's honor on June 28, 1988.

Sharon Gist Gilliam, worked for Mayor Harold Washington and oversaw sweeping change at CHA, dies

February 20, 2020 at 2:06 p.m.

Sharon Gist Gilliam handled budgets and administrative duties for Mayors Harold Washington and Eugene Sawyer, and in 1999 was chosen by Mayor Richard Daley to head the board of the...

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