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Tempel Lipizzans Leap into 2012!

By Dyana Flanigan | May 18 at 1:11 p.m.

After a hiatus in 2011 to focus on training, Tempel Farms is launching a series of performances featuring the internationally-recognized Lipizzan Stallions. The season kicks … Read more ›

Chicago Journalist Lisa Barr debuts her award-winning novel FUGITIVE COLORS on Amazon.com.

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Award-Winning Novel FUGITIVE COLORS Debuts on Amazon.com Author Lisa Barr simultaneously launches “GIRLilla Warfare: A Mom’s Guide to Surviving the Suburban Jungle” www.girlillawarfare.com

By marcy padorr | May 15 at 4:12 p.m.

Journalist Lisa Barr debuted her award-winning novel FUGITIVE COLORS on Amazon.com, and launched this week her website “GIRLilla Warfare: A Mom’s Guide to Surviving the … Read more ›

College of DuPage Police Chief Joe Mullin (Photo provided)

COD names new police chief

By Michelle Manchir | Feb. 23 at 2:04 p.m.

A former deputy chief of the College of DuPage police force has been selected to lead the department after the chief of the community college … Read more ›

Metra: Woman killed when train hits vehicle near La Grange station

Feb. 10 at 6:17 p.m.

A woman in her 50s was killed when a Metra work train on the BNSF line struck a vehicle near the La Grange Stone Avenue … Read more ›

A driver uses a cellphone in Evanston in 2010. (Chris Walker, Chicago Tribune)

Ban on cell use while driving could go statewide

Feb. 8 at 6:29 p.m.

Drivers throughout Illinois would not be able to use hand-held cell phones when behind the wheel under a measure making its way through the Illinois … Read more ›

Jim Hickey, US Congress Candidate 11th District

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Student Loan Reform

By Jim Hickey | Jan. 30 at 10:33 p.m.

Here are some of the things that I am hearing on the street, while campaigning door to door over 250 miles…. Some students are thinking … Read more ›

State police point finger at prints analyst

Jan. 6 at 9:33 p.m.

The Illinois State Police said Friday that it had reassigned a fingerprint analyst and is reviewing a number of the analyst’s cases in Cook and … Read more ›