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Walgreens unveiled a modular mobile pharmacy during a statewide disaster drill that can be loaded on trucks or dropped into a disaster area via helicopter to provide prescription drugs to people who have lost their medications during a disaster.

Cook County unveils emergency command center

May 21, 2019 at 5:34 p.m.

Cook County unveiled its new "state-of-the-art" emergency operations center in Oak Forest on Friday as part of "Operation Power Play," a simulated statewide disaster in which 28 tornadoes touch down...

South suburbs again have highest tax rates

May 21, 2019 at 5:34 p.m.

The south suburbs again have the highest property tax rates in the Chicago area, according to a report released Thursday by Cook County Clerk David Orr's office. The report shows...

Property tax rates still highest in Southland, although property values decline

May 21, 2019 at 5:34 p.m.

Property values declined in the south suburbs, but property tax rates went up and some of the poorest communities in the Southland continue to have the highest property tax rates...

Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews hoists the Stanley Cup before the Notre Dame-Georgia Tech game in South Bend, Ind.

Blackhawks actually seem to like their fans

June 15, 2018 at 2:41 p.m.

Watching Blackhawks players after their third Stanley Cup championship in six seasons this week made me wonder why hockey players seem to enjoy interacting with fans so much more than...

Playing tricks on the developmentally disabled

June 16, 2018 at 4:48 p.m.

Standing outside the banquet hall at Gaelic Park in Oak Forest on Monday were about a dozen adults hoping to attract the attention of Gov. Bruce Rauner, who was scheduled...

More than 200 union workers picketed outside Gaelic Park in Oak Forest before Gov. Bruce Rauner's speech Monday. Mike Maggio, center, of Calumet City, was among those protesting the governor's calls for changes in collective bargaining, workers' compensation and union wages.

Rauner seeks Southland’s help for ‘turnaround agenda’

May 21, 2019 at 5:33 p.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner spoke Monday to the Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce, but what he didn't talk about may have been more important than what he did have to say....

Rev. Michael Pfleger talks about violence on the streets of Chicago during a talk at St. George Catholic Church in Tinley Park.

Pfleger talks in suburbs about gun violence in city

May 21, 2019 at 5:33 p.m.

The Rev. Michael Pfleger was cheered, booed, heckled and given a standing ovation at St. George Catholic Church in Tinley Park. And that was all in reaction to a speech...

Alsip Mayor Patrick Kitching has been a staunch supporter of a joint effort to build another water system independent of Chicago. But as members of the South Suburban Joint Action Water Agency want to bail out, the $300 million project may just be a pipe dream.

Suburbs make mess of plan to bring cheap water to Southland

May 21, 2019 at 5:32 p.m.

It's difficult to imagine a more dysfunctional group than the members of the South Suburban Joint Action Water Agency. The word "action" in the name is almost laughable at this...

Unanimous agreement on property tax break for disabled vets

May 21, 2019 at 5:32 p.m.

While it may seem that Democrats and Republicans are at war in Springfield, at least one piece of legislation has received unanimous support from lawmakers of both political parties. A...

Meeks: Tax swap was good idea, but times have changed

May 21, 2019 at 5:32 p.m.

As state senators prepared to discuss Gov. Bruce Rauner's proposal for a property tax freeze in Springfield on Tuesday, I talked to James Meeks about legislation he once managed to...

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