Ted Gregory – Page 17

The Rev. Andrew Powell, second from left, greets congregants at Grace Baptist Church on Aug. 23, 2015, in Mahomet, Ill. Powell became Grace's senior pastor in 2012 after the church used a minister search firm.

Minister search firms play matchmakers for pastors, churches

August 18, 2019 at 8:25 p.m.

On Sept. 13, Winnetka Congregational Church is scheduled to affirm its new senior pastor, Jeffrey Braun, who is expected to begin leading the 141-year-old institution a few weeks later. Braun...

Honor for 7 brothers who served in WWII arrives, belatedly

May 22, 2019 at 8:32 p.m.

The state on Friday renamed about 35 miles of a rural road in west-central Illinois the Powell Brothers Memorial Highway, an honor for seven brothers from a nearby farm who...

Large poles and a tent lie on the ground after severe weather caused a tent to collapse at the Prairie Fest in Wood Dale on Sunday, August 2, 2015.

Wrongful death suit filed in Wood Dale tent collapse

August 18, 2019 at 8:15 p.m.

The companies that provided a tent and coordinated a festival where a Wood Dale man was killed Aug. 2 "inappropriately encouraged" fest attendees to seek shelter in the tents, the...

Backyard chicken rescuer tries to seed compassion for birds

August 18, 2019 at 8:13 p.m.

The orphan chicken came to Robert Grillo in the usual way. A woman who'd found the injured bird slumped on the side of the road on Chicago's South Side scooped...

A firefighter responds at the site of a tent collapse at Prairie Fest in Wood Dale on Aug. 2, 2015.

After storm, a dad’s death at Wood Dale fest is lamented, will be litigated

May 22, 2019 at 8:28 p.m.

The photo shows one of Steven Nincic's daughters beaming while holding tight to the pole of a carousel horse. Nincic is smiling, too, his hand on 2-year-old Payton's hip, securing...

First black bear in 144 years roams northwest Indiana

August 18, 2019 at 8:10 p.m.

The Chicago Bears are where they're supposed to be — in preseason training camp. The northwest Indiana bear is being a little less cooperative. Since June, a black bear tracked...

Archery Tag capitalizes on sport’s popularity

August 18, 2019 at 8:09 p.m.

Behind a McDonald's in Elmhurst, people armed with bows and arrows dart around shooting each other. But the most serious wound typically inflicted is a little chafing of the forearms....

Restoration of 104-year-old Eternal Indian statue resumes

August 18, 2019 at 8:03 p.m.

The hope was that restoration of the iconic, endangered, 270-ton statue would be completed a year ago. But harsh weather, scheduling conflicts and greater-than-anticipated damage to the structure, among other...

A stingray is seen in the Stingray Bay habitat at Brookfield Zoo on Aug. 28, 2014.

Brookfield Zoo stingray exhibit may reopen despite 54 deaths

August 18, 2019 at 8:01 p.m.

Despite the deaths of 54 stingrays at Brookfield Zoo, the institution may reopen the exhibit next year with a new collection of the fish after it resolves the issue that...

Athletic director Mike Thomas, shown in 2012, says problems at the University of Illinois are not unique.

Perceptions of U. of I. athletic director depend on who’s talking

August 18, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.

At a news conference introducing University of Illinois athletic director Mike Thomas four years ago, Chancellor Phyllis Wise lauded him as a man who could do it all. "We have...

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