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A screen shows the level of battery charge in a Chevy Volt at Phillips Chevrolet in Frankfort. (Ashley Rueff/TribLocal)

Frankfort to install electric car charging station in downtown district

By Ashley Rueff | Today at 5:04 p.m.

As part of its ongoing mission to make its downtown area unique, Frankfort village officials plan to add an electric car charging station to the town’s quiet … Read more ›

People
From mailbox to mailbox, kindness will find you
From the community

Snail Mail, Kindness via the USPS

By Gretchen Dust | Today at 1:15 p.m.

The kindness mission still moves along, today it might be slower, like a snail. We all go to our mailbox expecting the same thing day … Read more ›

Schools
Just over two dozen students and faculty members from Lincoln-Way North High School will shave their heads Feb. 24 to raise money for childhood cancer research.
From the community

L-W North faculty, students to shave heads for St. Baldrick’s

By Charla Brautigam | Today at 8:42 a.m.

Just over two dozen students and faculty members from Lincoln-Way North High School will shave their heads Feb. 24 to raise money for childhood cancer … Read more ›

Sports
Watch the Girls 4A Sandburg Sectional Championship game on the CN100 Game of the Week.
From the community

CN100 Game of the Week preview: Girls 4A Sectional Final – Marist High School vs. Lincoln-Way East High School

By Comcast CN100 | Today at 7:47 a.m.

Girls 4A Sandburg Sectional Championship: Marist vs. Lincoln-Way East Game Date/Time: Thursday, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m. Broadcast Dates/Times: Sunday, Feb. 26. Noon and 3 p.m., … Read more ›

Business, News

Chicago area home sales up, prices down in January

Today at 9:42 a.m.

More homes were sold in the Chicago area last month than in any January since 2007, but prices continued to slide and additional declines are … Read more ›

News

Mayor: Village Won’t Collect Fines From State Income Tax Refunds

Today at 8:58 a.m.

Patch.com reports: Although it’s a tempting opportunity that has attracted Chicago officials, Frankfort won’t collect fines owed to the village by taking it out of … Read more ›

News, Politics and government
An inmate looks out from his cell at the Tamms Correctional Center in 2009. The super-max prison in Tamms, Ill., would close under the budget to be unveiled Wednesday by Gov. Pat Quinn. ( Chicago Tribune / February 13, 2009 )

Quinn’s bad news budget: ‘Our rendezvous with reality has arrived’

Today at 7:38 a.m.

SPRINGFIELD—Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn today delivered a bad news budget speech, calling for prison closures, layoffs and cutbacks to health care for the poor. “This … Read more ›

Government

Congressmen say mass transit will take hit under GOP bill

Yesterday at 3:19 p.m.

Illinois congressmen warned today that a major transportation bill being debated in Washington could cut into long-term funding for transportation projects in the Chicago area, … Read more ›

Business
From the community

March Mobile Workforce Center schedule announced

By Tammy Reiher, Will County Executive's office | Yesterday at 2:09 p.m.

JOLIET – The Workforce Services Division of Will County has announced the March schedule of its Mobile Workforce Center. The mobile unit travels throughout Will … Read more ›

People
Hoping that something small can lead to something big
From the community

Turning trash into kindness

By Gretchen Dust | Monday at 9:04 p.m.

The days seem to be flying by with all the kindness about. Yesterday I had my son involved in helping and today I grabbed one … Read more ›

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