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West Ridge neighbors fear loss of neighborhood park

May 14, 2019 at 2:07 a.m.

Carolyn Parks can recall more than four decades' of memories involving West Ridge Park – Easter egg hunts, soccer and baseball practices, even ice-skating and hot-air balloon launches in earlier...

Scott Meyers, board president of the Park District of Highland Park, pictured in this 2013 file photo, said hiring a consultant for a compensation study would ensure the park district attracts and retains talented employees.

Park district’s pay study aims for fair salaries after old scandal

May 14, 2019 at 2:07 a.m.

The Park District of Highland Park likely will pay a consulting firm $21,500 to assess whether its employees are fairly and equitably paid, a practice that park district officials say...

Donna Peek holds a photograph of herself, from left, her mother Jacklyn Klosa and her sister Melissa, which Peek found amid the debris at her mother's house in Fairdale on April 11, 2015. A tornado caused major damage to most of the town April 9, killing two people, including Jacklyn Klosa.

Tornado claims man’s wife, home: ‘The man has lost everything’

May 22, 2019 at 7:44 p.m.

Clem Schultz stood amid the rubble of his former home Saturday, leaning on an umbrella to steady himself. He had a stitched gash on his forehead, crimson bruises down to...

Fairdale tornado draws help from neighbors, strangers

August 18, 2019 at 7:12 p.m.

When they heard about the tornado, they got in their cars and drove toward the devastation, not knowing who or how they might help. Some packed their cars with pallets...

Fairdale residents return home after tornado: ‘It’s just heartbreaking’

May 22, 2019 at 7:44 p.m.

The people of Fairdale returned to what's left of home Saturday morning for the first time since Thursday's devastating tornado. Stepping down from the buses that brought them back, they...

Highland Park artist eyes empty storefront windows

May 14, 2019 at 2:07 a.m.

In a few vacant storefronts around Highland Park, art has filled the void — large cartoonish portraits of people bearing vulnerable, soulful and even comic expressions. Their creator, Jonathan Plotkin,...

Convicted killer who escaped Kankakee jail captured, ID’d by neck tattoo

May 22, 2019 at 7:40 p.m.

A three-day manhunt for a convicted killer ended Friday night when he was arrested by Chicago police after being identified by a distinctive neck tattoo, authorities said. Kamron T. Taylor,...

Deerfield High grad ends ‘Jeopardy!’ run with $96,000

May 14, 2019 at 2:07 a.m.

Michael Bilow says it was not as much of an in-your-face cackle — as some have characterized it — as it was a reaction of unabashed joy when he won...

This 80-space lot at the Fort Sheridan preserve would be reduced to zero or 20, under two concept plans under review by the Lake County Forest Preserve District. More parking would be available at other lots further north and west.

Highland Park, forest preserve at odds over Fort Sheridan access

May 25, 2019 at 1:48 p.m.

A long-term plan to reforest much of the grassland at the 253-acre Fort Sheridan preserve, once part of the former military base, has sparked debate over access and conservation on...

A December 2013 at this home at 500 block of Glenview Avenue in Highland Park left one man hospitalized in critical condition. It also spurred city officials to create a new rental registration system to keep tabs on landlords.

Highland Park assesses landlord accountability program

May 14, 2019 at 2:06 a.m.

From the ashes of a December 2013 house fire that sent one man to the hospital in critical condition emerged Highland Park's rental registration program, a formal attempt to hold...

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