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Sunday:
NORTH:
· 1. Antioch police locate man injured in car crash 12 hours after incident following tip from friend (Chicago Sun-Times)
· 2. Oak Grove School in Green Oaks to open Aug. 19 after 5-year, $14.1 million renovation (Daily Herald)
· 3. Saturday (July 23) storms cause extensive flooding in northern suburbs (WGN TV)
· 4. Winnetka residents want village to resolve problems causing flooding (CBS 2)
· 5. Lightning-sparked fire at Skokie apartment building displaces tenants in two units (CBS 2)
NORTHWEST:
· 6. Windy City Bulls unveil new basketball court, logo at Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates (Daily Herald)
WEST:
· 7. Lisle-based Respite Endowment Organization expanding services to help parents of adults with disabilities (Daily Herald)
SOUTH:
· 8. Sunnybrook School District 171 hires new principal for Heritage Middle School (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 9. Lansing Elementary School District 158 authorizes $200,000 purchase of technology (Northwest Indiana Times)
NORTHWEST INDIANA:
· 9. Porter County Sheriff's Department, production company film dramatized active-shooter situation at Portage High School for instructional video (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 10. Longtime Crown Point tea spot, Tiffany's Tea Room, to reopen in downtown Highland (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 11. Portage Christian School to break ground for 10,700-square-foot addition (Northwest Indiana Times)
REGIONAL
· 12. Golf courses in the area have tried video gaming, with mixed outcomes (Chicago Sun-Times/Better Government Association)
Monday:
NORTH:
· 13. Volo Bog State Natural Area celebrates International Bog Day (Chicago Tribune/Lake County News-Sun)
· 14. Six New Yorkers charged in 'organized criminal enterprise' to defraud Apple store in Deer Park (Chicago Tribune/Lake County News-Sun)
· 15. Buffalo Grove teen killed when driver of the car she was in runs stop sign, gets struck by semi truck in Richmond Township (McHenry County) (Chicago Sun-Times)
· 16. Survivor, A Flock of Seagulls, John Waite to perform Oct. 29, at Waukegan's Genesee Theatre (Daily Herald)
NORTHWEST:
· 17. After her car being struck from behind in Long Grove, driver leaves scene, crashes into four other vehicles in Buffalo Grove (Daily Herald)
· 18. Carpentersville, firefighters union reach agreement on contract running through 2019 (Daily Herald)
· 19. Lombard man sentenced to 4 years in prison, boot camp for stealing $4,000 in cash and merchandise from Schaumburg businesses (Daily Herald)
WEST:
· 20. Two men end up in Des Plaines River after the car they were in crashed through a guard rail on River Road in Schiller Park (Chicago Tribune)
· 21. Oswego woman suffers broken nose in road-rage incident on Aurora's northwest side (Chicago Tribune/Aurora Beacon-News)
· 22. Wheaton man Tasered after creating disturbance during child-custody hearing at DuPage County Courthouse (Daily Herald)
· 23. Carol Stream firefighters, fire district tentatively agree to 3-year contract (Daily Herald)
· 24. Oakbrook Terrace-based Redbox's parent company, Washington-based Outerwall Inc., to merge with New York investment group (Daily Herald)
SOUTHWEST:
· 25. Researchers looking into Zika virus protein makeup at Lemont-based Argonne National Laboratory (WGN TV)
SOUTH:
· 26. New York-based real-estate group buys Homewood's Washington Park Plaza for $32 million, averting loan default (Crain's Chicago Business)
NORTHWEST INDIANA:
· 27. Person shot to death in 2000 block of McKinley Street in Gary (Chicago Sun-Times)
· 28. Northwest Indiana charity makes dream come true for 5-year-old with sickle-cell disease (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 29. Lake County investigates St. John Township Assessor's Office in wake of assessor's resignation who made 'offensive' comments to staff (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 30. Hobart faces refunding $414,000 if tax-assessment appeals by big-box stores are successful (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 31. Aggressive Michigan driver blamed for chain-reaction crash on I-94 near LaPorte that sent four people to the hospital (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 32. Valparaiso woman charged with stealing rabbit from Porter County Fair after tweeting about its 'rescue' (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 33. Valparaiso officials express interest in downtown water feature (Northwest Indiana Times)
Tuesday:
NORTH:
· 34. Man stabbed to death outside Zion gas station (Chicago Sun-Times)
· 35. Evanston man charged with filming underage girl in shower at his home (Chicago Tribune/Evanston Review)
· 36. Community High School District 128 unveils $98.3 million budget, which includes $8 million for new swimming pool at Libertyville High and second gym at Vernon Hills High (Daily Herald)
· 37. Gurnee-based Lake County Children's Advocacy Center breaks ground for new healing garden (Daily Herald)
NORTHWEST:
· 38. Des Plaines Chamber of Commerce director dies from lung cancer at 68 (Daily Herald)
· 39. Orbit Skate Center in Palatine seeks to raise $85,000 to fix wooden roller-rink floor warped by flooding (Daily Herald)
· 40. Barrington Hills native to perform in Cirque du Soleil show 'Toruk' from Aug. 3-7 in Chicago (Daily Herald)
· 41. Stormwater blamed for partial building collapse that has closed Palatine 7-Eleven (Daily Herald)
· 42. Schaumburg toddler with aplastic anemia gets life-saving bone-marrow transplant (NBC 5)
WEST:
· 43. Iowa boy killed, two people injured in rollover crash involving two vehicles on I-88 in North Aurora (FOX 32)
· 44. Glen Ellyn/Lombard wastewater treatment body seeks $16.72 million loan to replace aging, outdated equipment (Daily Herald)
· 45. City of St. Charles, park district, River Corridor Foundation to fund study for recreational uses of Fox River (Daily Herald)
· 46. Geneva City Council establishes TIF district, rejecting Geneva Unit School District 302 board's proposal for tax break (Daily Herald)
· 47. Cicero teen held on $800,000 bond for helping gunman fatally shoot aspiring rapper in Chicago (Chicago Tribune)
· 48. Lombard woman charged with aggravated battery, domestic battery after hitting, critically injuring her boyfriend with a car following an argument (Chicago Tribune)
· 49. Glen Ellyn Park District opts to pay off tax-backed loans rather than refinance them, meaning lower tax rate for property owners (Daily Herald)
SOUTHWEST:
· 50. Man in custody after punching another man in drive-through lane at Oak Lawn restaurant after driver accidentally pulled into exit (Chicago Tribune/Daily Southtown)
· 51. E-commerce giant Amazon to open third Illinois order-fulfillment center in Romeoville (Chicago Tribune)
NORTHWEST INDIANA:
· 52. [One year since developmentally disabled woman, 2-year-old nephew disappeared from Gary](abc7chicago.com/news/disabled-woman-toddler-nephew-missing-from-gary-for-1-yea1442587/) (ABC 7)
· 53. Hammond Redevelopment Commission OKs feasibility study for sports complex at former Woodmar Mall site (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 54. LaPorte landlord fined $14,625 for illegally bringing pesticide not registered for use in Indiana in from China, spraying apartments (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 55. Unemployment rate in Northwest Indiana rises to 6.1 percent in June (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 56. 10 people arrested for scheme using stolen credit card information to post bail at LaPorte County Jail (WBBM AM 780)
· 57. Gary man held in Cook County Jail on rape charges accused of sexual assault of cellmate (FOX 32)
· 58. Man suffers gunshot wound to head in Gary (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 59. Gary police investigate two armed robberies along McKinley Street, near scene of a recent homicide (Northwest Indiana Times)
REGIONAL
· 60. U.S. Attorney's Office indicts 36 Latin Kings gang members in greater Chicago area on racketeering conspiracy and firearms charges (NBC 5)
Wednesday:
NORTH:
· 61. Simon Cowell: Northbrook teen opera singer 'is why we made' 'America's Got Talent' (Chicago Tribune)
· 62. Mundelein sex offender sentenced to 8 years in prison for possession of child porn (Chicago Tribune/Lake County News-Sun)
· 63. Part-time firefighter charged with installing a video-recording device in shower to record another employee at the Northfield Fire Department (Chicago Tribune)
· 64. Students get education and pay in Youth Conservation Corps summer program in Lake County Forest Preserve District (Daily Herald)
· 65. Evanston High School graduate to compete for Nigeria in 2016 Olympic Games (CBS 2)
· 66. Zion cop shoots man who fled traffic stop, crashed into parked car and patrol car (Chicago Tribune/Lake County News-Sun)
· 66. Lawsuit claims staff of Niles senior-living facility allowed harassment of lesbian resident (Chicago Tribune/Niles Herald-Spectator)
NORTHWEST:
· 67. Manager of Schaumburg-based Suburban Home Physicians sentenced to 6 years in jail, $15.6 million in restitution (Chicago Sun-Times)
· 68. Gilberts cancer survivor walks 40 miles in two days, partly for cancer research foundation (Daily Herald)
· 69. Barrington Village Board asks neighbors, developer to come up with compromise over disputed 21-townhouse development (Daily Herald)
· 70. Elgin man sentenced to 10 years in prison for aggravated battery with firearm, drug possession stemming from separate 2015 shooting, traffic stop (Chicago Sun-Times)
· 71. Crystal Lake woman held on $40,000 bond for stealing ex-roommate's PlayStation, pawning it (Daily Herald)
· 72. Coombs Road bridge in Elgin Township reopened after structural repairs completed (Daily Herald)
· 73. Barrington Area Council of Government plans private-well water testing on Oct. 5 (Daily Herald)
· 74. Two firefighters hospitalized after battling blaze at Crystal Lake Central High School (Daily Herald)
WEST:
· 75. Eight-bedroom, 30,214-square-foot Moorish-style Burr Ridge mansion once known as 'Villa Taj' renamed, relisted for $10.25 million (Chicago Tribune)
· 76. Uber driver returns wallet containing $3,000 to Ukrainian immigrant staying with his sister in River Grove (ABC 7)
· 77. Chicago teen arrested in connection with 5 car thefts, 30 vehicle burglaries in Lombard (Chicago Tribune/Naperville Sun)
· 78. Former Quality Inn in Elk Grove Village reopens following renovation as Best Western O'Hare North/Elk Grove (Daily Herald)
· 79. Oak Park native, co-owner of Mars Inc. Forrest Mars Jr. passes away at 84 (Crain's Chicago Business)
SOUTHWEST:
· 80. Rockler Woodworking and Hardware opens in Bolingbrook, its second Illinois location (Daily Herald)
· 81. Orland Park police chief, who took a bullet for President Ronald Reagan, uncertain about wisdom of releasing assassin (CBS 2)
NORTHWEST INDIANA:
· 82. Cyclist struck, killed on Indiana 421 near Purdue North Central campus in Westville (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 83. East Chicago man indicted on drug-trafficking, firearm-possession charges (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 84. Woman, man found stabbed to death in Gary home (Chicago Sun-Times)
· 85. Five correctional officers suspended for 15 days after investigation shows a female inmate was placed with male inmates in medical wing of Lake County Jail (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 86. Bishop Noll Catholic High School hires alumna/teacher as new principal (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 87. Hammond, Hobart council members resign following judge's ruling against city employees also holding elective positions in same town (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 88. St. John resident chosen principal of Chicago's De La Salle Institute (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 89. Gary police get arrest warrant for parents of 3-year-old who died of dehydration, malnutrition on July 5 (FOX 32)
Thursday:
NORTH:
· 90. North Shore communities team up to battle sand drifts along Lake Michigan with help from Illinois Department of Natural Resources (Chicago Tribune/Lake County News-Sun)
· 91. Mundelein ends 53-year ban on ice cream trucks on village streets (Daily Herald)
· 92. U.S. Secretary of Defense promotes new recruitment initiative, talks about transgender-personnel issues at Great Lakes Naval Center in North Chicago (Chicago Tribune/Lake County News-Sun)
· 93. Seventh suspect arrested in credit-card fraud scheme at Deer Park Apple store (Chicago Sun-Times)
NORTHWEST:
· 94. Park Ridge residents react to possibility of Hillary Clinton becoming first female U.S. president (FOX 32)
· 95. Mount Prospect-based River Trails Elementary District 26 considers referendum to pay for new $29 million early-learning center (Daily Herald)
· 96. Streets flooded, trees uprooted in Palatine after afternoon storms (Daily Herald)
WEST:
· 97. Carol Stream Village Board to vote on construction/renovation project that may require moving employees to temporary facility outside Village Hall (Daily Herald)
· 98. Naperville Running Company plans to open store in downtown Wheaton (Daily Herald)
· 99. Actor Harrison Ford takes Westchester teen on flight during Oshkosh, Wis., air show (Chicago Sun-Times)
SOUTHWEST:
· 100. Berwyn woman apparently struck by lightning while walking in Bolingbrook (CBS 2)
· 101. Man in court for DUI hearing now charged with aggravated battery, resisting arrest following fight, attempt to flee from Bridgeview courthouse (Chicago Sun-Times)
SOUTH:
· 102. Homewood man killed in crash on I-80 in Lansing (Chicago Sun-Times)
· 103. Two bison calves born this week at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie near Wilmington (Chicago Tribune/Daily Southtown)
NORTHWEST INDIANA:
· 104. East Chicago city officials: Residents of West Calumet Housing Complex would be safer elsewhere, away from lead-contaminated soil (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 105. East Chicago police investigate two separate shootings that injured three people (Northwest Indiana Times)
Friday:
NORTH:
· 106. Big Ten Conference finds new ticket vendor after federal fraud charges leveled against Lake Forest-based Forward Market Media (Crain's Chicago Business)
· 107. Highland Park woman charged with leaving 13-month-old child in hot car while shopping in Northbrook (CBS 2)
· 108. Illinois First Appellate Court dismisses Woodlawn Elementary District 50's lawsuit to shutter Grayslake charter school (Daily Herald)
NORTHWEST:
· 109. Buffalo Grove heroin-overdose victim becomes namesake for national law to increase access to opioid-overdose rescue drug (Daily Herald)
· 110. Grand Victoria Casino, WTMX team up to bring Food Truck Fest to Elgin on Friday, Aug. 5 (Daily Herald)
· 111. Schaumburg resident challenges village over treehouse regulations, village's requirement that ash trees be removed (Daily Herald)
· 112. Rolling Meadows residents upset with proposal for former Dominick's property (Daily Herald)
· 113. Prospect High School graduate sues Northwest Suburban High School District 214, alleging he was bullied, harassed and unfairly punished by students, teachers because he's black (Daily Herald)
· 114. Rehab work begins on Lake in the Hills Airport runway, hangars (Daily Herald)
· 115. Elgin woman, sister, friends launch 'upscale club for adults' at former unemployment office location (Daily Herald)
· 116. Gail Borden Public Library opens South Elgin branch (Daily Herald)
WEST:
· 117. St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 projecting $1 million budget surplus for 2016-17 budget year (Daily Herald)
· 118. DuPage Election Commission pulls Constitution Party candidate for County Board District 2 seat from ballot, citing problems with nominating petition (Daily Herald)
· 119. Aurora man given 6-year sentence in jail for selling drugs in parking lot near Aurora park (Chicago Sun-Times)
· 120. St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 begins testing its buildings for lead in water (Daily Herald)
· 121. West Chicago Elementary School District 33 to start mariachi-band program (Daily Herald)
SOUTHWEST:
· 122. Ex-Bolingbrook cop Drew Peterson sentenced to additional 40 years in prison for attempting to hire hitman to kill Will County state's attorney (ABC 7)
SOUTH:
· 123. Beecher-based Settlers Pond one of last places that cares for exotic, domestic animals (Chicago Tribune/Daily Southtown)
NORTHWEST INDIANA:
· 124. Lake County E-911 center director leaves post; deputy director to fill position (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 125. Man shot in lower body outside party near Hammond City Hall (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 126. Merrillville Board of Zoning Appeals sends proposed self-storage facility to Town Council with no recommendation (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 127. Gary police looking for shooting suspect after seizing guns, marijuana and cash from his home (Chicago Sun-Times)
· 128. East Chicago Housing Authority now seeking to demolish apartment complex where lead-contaminated dirt was found (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 129. Lake County Court House Foundation kicking Crown Point city court out of historic building (Northwest Indiana Times)
REGIONAL
· 130. DuPage, Will, Grundy counties issue warrants for arrest of Joliet contractor, wanted for fraud, theft (ABC 7)
· 131. Denver cable startup Layer3 TV to roll out service throughout Chicago area by Labor Day (Chicago Tribune)
· 132. West, southwest suburbs, northwest Indiana see heavy rains, some localized flooding from Friday storms (NBC 5)
Saturday:
NORTH:
· 133. Highland Park begins 'pay as you throw' garbage collection where trash receptacles are scanned, no more garbage stickers needed (Daily Herald)
· 134. Philippine fast-food chain Jollibee opens first Midwest store in Skokie (NBC 5)
NORTHWEST:
· 135. Big Timber Road, McLean Boulevard in Elgin closed because of large fire (Daily Herald)
· 136. Butera Market scheduled to open in Des Plaines in January, but owners couldn't work out lease deal to keep Caputo & Sons open until then (Daily Herald)
WEST:
· 137. Glen Ellyn police seek man who groped a female pedestrian on a walking path near Hill Avenue (Chicago Sun-Times)
· 138. Man wearing surgical mask, cowboy hat robs TCF Bank branch in Glendale Heights (Chicago Sun-Times)
· 139. Armed robber wearing Darth Vader mask robs First American Bank in Geneva (Chicago Tribune/Aurora Beacon-News)
· 140. Downers Grove Village Commissioner, College of DuPage Trustee David Olsen chosen to replace State Rep. Ronald Sandack, who resigned over 'Internet scam' (Chicago Sun-Times)
SOUTHWEST:
· 141. Tinley Park police search cornfield near village after arresting three people for call about attempted fraud at Sam's Club (Chicago Tribune/Daily Southtown)
· 142. Remains of Marine killed in Pacific during World War II buried in Blue Island (Chicago Sun-Times)
SOUTH:
· 143. Homewood-Flossmoor High School District 223 won't explain principal's firing, but records show past conflicts with superintendent (Chicago Tribune/Daily Southtown)
· 144. Lansing police hope to build bridges with community through National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 2 (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 145. South Holland still cleaning up after being hit hard in latest round of storms (WGN TV)
NORTHWEST INDIANA:
· 146. ArcelorMittal retirees hit by increased out-of-pocket payments for health care, prescriptions (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 147. BP to invest $12.5 million in new firefighting building at Hammond facility (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 148. Lake Station expecting 2017 budget to be $700,000 less than current fiscal year's (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 149. Portage buys, plans to demolish city's original fire station (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 150. Demolition of Crown Point Public Works building uncovers old underground tank (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 151. Twincade bar to bring blend of classic arcade games, craft beer to Griffith (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 152. Valparaiso native Jared Arambula named to U.S. Paralympic basketball team (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 153. Locked In brings escape game to real life in Crown Point (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 154. Hammond Board of Sanitary Commissioners preparing plan to combat sewer overflows from affecting residents' basements (Northwest Indiana Times)
· 155. Owner of Highland dog-grooming service upset that town won't let her locate to former hardware store, a site slated for arts-related business (Northwest Indiana Times)

Sunday:
NORTH:
·1. Protestors rally to save current Lake County Discovery Museum in Wauconda; leave after Forest Preserve rangers ask them to leave because they didn't have a permit, 40 minutes into the protest (Chicago Tribune/Lake County News-Sun)
·2. Lake County Division of Transportation to have open house June 15 in Waukegan to discuss engineering of intersections along Wadsworth Road (Daily Herald)
·3. Independence Day activities planned for July 2 in Fox Lake (Daily Herald)
NORTHWEST:
·4. Palatine Jaycees seek community members to participate in this year's Hometown Fest on July 1-2 (Daily Herald)
·5. Respondents to Prospect Heights Water Committee survey divided on bringing in city water; some residents interested in improving quality of their well water (Daily Herald)
WEST:
·6. Naperville residents gather for farewell to 'the Barn,' slated to be demolished in early July (Chicago Tribune/Naperville Sun)
SOUTH:
·7. 18-year-old from Country Club Hills shot to death in Markham (Chicago Sun-Times)
NORTHWEST INDIANA:
·8. West Point cadet from Chesterton among nine soldiers killed at Fort Hood when flood waters sweep truck off road (Chicago Tribune/Gary Post-Tribune)
REGIONAL
·9. Skate Safe campaign designed to promote safe skateboarding to have demonstrations during June in Forest Park, Glen Ellyn, Hinsdale, Munster, Oak Park, Wheaton (ABC 7)
Monday:
NORTH:
·10. 40-year-old Six Flags Great America remains keystone to Gurnee tourism industry (Daily Herald)
·11. Deerfield-based Walgreens tops Fortune 500 companies in Illinois (Chicago Sun-Times)
·12. Deal between Lake County Forest Preserve, Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago would expand reservoir, reduce flooding downstream, add $3.5 million worth of improvements to Buffalo Creek Reservoir forest preserve (Daily Herald)
NORTHWEST:
·13. Barrington Hills police officer, Lake in the Hills man seriously injured in crash on County Lake Road at Bellwood Drive in Barrington Hills (Chicago Tribune/Barrington Courier-Review)
·14. Elgin Area Unit School District U-46 to roll out dual-language instruction at five of its eight middle schools in coming school year (Daily Herald)
·15. Park Ridge police report evidence of drug use in three-vehicle crash that hospitalized four people on Sunday (Chicago Tribune/Park Ridge Herald-Advocate)
·16. Carpentersville selects Cedar Falls, Iowa, fire chief to head up village's fire department (Daily Herald)
WEST:
·17. Packy Webb Ford's Wheaton dealership building on Roosevelt Road demolished to make way for self-storage facility for luxury, classic vehicles (Daily Herald)
·18. Wheaton College baseball/basketball coach and former Brooklyn Dodger LeRoy Pfund passes away at age 96 (Daily Herald)
·19. Oak Park changes building-height limit, plans to add luxury high-rise apartment buildings in hopes of attracting millennials, empty-nesters to its downtown (Chicago Tribune)
·20. Vote on Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex refinancing postponed (Daily Herald)
·21. Hilton Lisle/Naperville facing foreclosure, after owner fails to pay back loan that came due (Daily Herald)
SOUTHWEST:
·22. OPINION: Teacher surveys show trust issues with administration at Bremen High School District 228 (Chicago Tribune/Daily Southtown)
·23. Former Joliet Park District director — now director of Midlothian Park District — sued over alleged sexual harassment, assault of employee (Chicago Tribune)
SOUTH:
·24. Man charged with two shootings, running over and killing policeman in Memphis had lived in Chicago Heights, had mental illness (CBS 2)
NORTHWEST INDIANA:
·25. Associated Press: About 52 percent of Indiana police departments don't report hate-crime data to FBI (Chicago Tribune)
·26. Federal judge in Trump University case grew up in East Chicago, attended high school in Hammond, graduated from Indiana University, IU School of Law (CBS 2)
·27. One person dead in fiery semi-vs-semi crash that closed all eastbound lanes of Indiana Toll Road in LaPorte County (NBC 5)
·28. Arrest warrant issued for man in Hammond bank robbery; suspect known to frequent places in Hammond, Crown Point, Calumet City and Chicago (FOX 32)
·29. Cases of syphilis in Indiana rise 70 percent over last year (Chicago Tribune)
REGIONAL
·30.American Cancer Society seeking volunteers to drive patients to treatment (CBS 2)
·31.Dairy Queen plans 30 to 35 new restaurants in Chicago area, primarily in Cook, Lake counties (Crain's Chicago Business)
Tuesday:
NORTH:
·32. Coast Guard rescues three men from boat that capsized in Lake Michigan 11 miles east of Lake Forest (Chicago Tribune/Lake County News-Sun)
·33. Deerfield High School's new principal resigns current post as principal of Chicago's Lane Tech College Prep School (ABC 7)
·34. 3-year-old girl injured in chaos that followed shooting in North Chicago (WGN TV)
·35. Schwartz's Intimate Apparel in Highland Park to close after 100 years in business (Chicago Tribune/Highland Park News)
·36. Evanston teen charged with armed robbery of 19-year-old Skokie man during alleged drug deal (Chicago Tribune/Evanston Review)
·37. Lake County Animal Control investigating reported dog attack in Lake Zurich (Daily Herald)
NORTHWEST:
·38. Des Plaines mayor calls for elected officials to disclose any active lawsuits against city; alderman receiving disability benefits says he isn't suing the city (Daily Herald)
·39. Arlington Heights looking at ways to improve appearance of areas around Northwest Highway (from Arlington Park to downtown), Rand Road (near Arlington Heights and Palatine roads) (Daily Herald)
·40. Piggly Wiggly Midwest acquires Joe Caputo & Sons stores and assets in Algonquin, Des Plaines and Palatine (NBC 5)
·41. McHenry man charged with stabbing woman to death in his home (FOX 32)
·42. $8.4 million pedestrian bridge over Interstate 90 at Barrington Road in Hoffman Estates to be part of major expansion of bus services (Chicago Tribune)
·43. Streamwood trustee, former Streamwood Park District president Guy Patterson dead at age 65 (Daily Herald)
WEST:
·44. Man walking in right lane of traffic on Eisenhower Expressway in Maywood struck and killed by car (Chicago Tribune)
·45. 19-year-old St. Charles North High graduate beaten, stabbed to death by boyfriend in DeKalb apartment (Chicago Tribune)
·45. Bolingbrook bus monitor accused of slapping, hitting 8-year-old special-needs student (Chicago Tribune/Naperville Sun)
·46. Man wounded in shooting in 7600 block of Orchard Lane in Woodridge (Chicago Sun-Times)
·47. Carol Stream considering $2.07 million bike/pedestrian path that link Great Western Trail, Schmale along Gunderson Drive, possibly Thornhill Drive (Daily Herald)
·48. Geneva-based Fox Valley Jewish Neighbors celebrates 10th anniversary in city with dedication of 20-foot mural along Third Street (Daily Herald)
·49. Naperville Unit School District 203 considers $792,500 worth of budget cuts in face of state budget impasse (Daily Herald)
·50. Woman who stole private ambulance from Chicago hospital stopped, arrested on Tri-State Tollway near Cicero (CBS 2)
·51. 12-year-old Glen Ellyn boy reported missing is found safe one day after he disappeared (Chicago Sun-Times)
·52. Two DuPage Democrats may be barred from general-election ballot after party officials hand-picked them after nobody appeared on primary ballot (Daily Herald)
·53. No bail for sex offender from Villa Park accused of videotaping boy in Wrigley Field bathroom (Daily Herald)
SOUTHWEST:
·54. 33-year-old woman dies as result of car crash in Oak Lawn (Chicago Sun-Times)
SOUTH:
·55. Richton Park man charged with shooting two men in the legs in Chicago (Chicago Sun-Times)
NORTHWEST INDIANA:
·56. Illinois company and five of its employees file lawsuit against Ironworkers union, claiming union workers attacked them at Dyer construction site (Chicago Tribune/Gary Post-Tribune)
REGIONAL
·57. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Illinois) withdraws his endorsement of Donald Trump in wake of controversial comments about Hispanic judge in Trump University fraud case (CBS 2)
Wednesday:
NORTH:
·58. 71-year-old Antioch woman died from a massive stroke before being found bitten by her dogs (Daily Herald)
·59. Libertyville to take public input as village starts work on strategic plan, a process being guided by Northern Illinois University's Center for Government Studies (Daily Herald)
·60. Police: Explosion inside women's restroom at Evanston Target likely a 'MacGyver' dry-ice bomb (WGN TV)
·61. $40 million Navy museum proposed for North Chicago would be first in nation dedicated to currently enlisted sailors (Chicago Tribune)
·62. Northbrook woman to be ordained minister by Womenpriests group expects to be ex-communicated by Catholic Church (Chicago Tribune/Northbrook Star)
NORTHWEST:
·63. Science teachers say Maine Township High School District 207's new 'hybrid' schedule will cut their instruction time (Daily Herald)
·64. Elgin residents (many black) attending meeting on controversial mural inspired by 1930s lynching photo don't want to see painting on display anywhere (Daily Herald)
·65. Person struck and killed by Metra District-West Line train between Big Timber and Elgin stations in Elgin (FOX 32)
·66. Elgin man who teaches at Carpentersville Middle School charged with criminal sexual assault of a teen (Chicago Tribune/Elgin Courier-News)
·67. Woodman's Food Market announces plans for store at corner of Deerfield Parkway and Milwaukee Avenue in Buffalo Grove (Daily Herald)
WEST:
·68. Batavia police officer shoots, wounds pitbull that ran at him while he was lying on the ground; wounded dog flees, attacks another dog (Chicago Tribune/Aurora Beacon-News)
·69. Metra closing Riverside station ticket office as of Monday, June 13 (Chicago Sun-Times)
·70. Wynonna Judd, Rick Steves, Ira Glass, Herb Alpert, Bruce Hornsby among acts, personalities to appear on stage during McAninch Arts Center's 30th anniversary season at COD in Glen Ellyn (Daily Herald)
·71. Aurora Public Library cuts 11 jobs, won't fill another 10 positions in effort to reduce $1.7 million budget deficit (Daily Herald)
·72. Naperville City Council votes to place advisory referendum on November ballot asking whether residents want to do away with townships; another question would measure voters' opinion on consolidating township road district into city (Daily Herald)
·73. North Aurora man pleads guilty to attempting to meet two teenage girls for sex in Aurora hotel, sentenced to 33 months in prison (FOX 32)
·74. Yorkville police looking into claims of theft of up to $200,000 from Kendall County Food Pantry (Chicago Tribune/Aurora Beacon-News)
·75. Secretary of State's Lombard office expected to reopen this coming week, one month after heating/air-condition system broke down (Daily Herald)
·76. Chef who catered to Frank Sinatra to close Bistro Monet in Glen Ellyn and retire (Daily Herald)
SOUTHWEST:
·77. Palos Park police investigating two home burglaries that occurred Monday one block apart: one on 12800 block of South Laughry Lane, other on 12800 block of West McCord Trace (Chicago Sun-Times)
·78. Garbage-truck driver taken to hospital after vehicle overturns at intersection of U.S. Route 30 and Larkin Avenue in Crest Hill (ABC 7)
SOUTH:
·79. Kankakee County man arrested for distribution of heroin in Wilmington, southern Will County; held on $6 million bond (Chicago Sun-Times)
NORTHWEST INDIANA:
·80. Crown Point man involved in alleged drunk-driving accident in Hobart rear-ends police car en route to scene, injuring two officers (Chicago Sun-Times)
·81. Gary Common Council rejects proposed home for pregnant teens after neighbors complain about potential effects on neighborhood (Chicago Tribune/Gary Post-Tribune)
REGIONAL
·82. Fitch Ratings upgrades Cook County's bond outlook to 'stable,' third credit-rating agency to make similar move this week (Daily Herald)
·83. Illinois Attorney General sues Champaign-based Jimmy John's over 'highly restrictive' non-compete agreement employees have to sign (Chicago Tribune)
Thursday:
NORTH:
·84. Adjunct and tenure-ineligible faculty at Northwestern University in Evanston file petition for unionization, elections (Chicago Tribune)
·85. President of Deerfield-based Walgreens promoted to co-COO of parent Walgreens Boots Alliance; executive changes hint at deeper problems for company (Crain's Chicago Business)
NORTHWEST:
·86. Rosemont begins work on 'skybridge' linking Fashion Outlets of Chicago with MB Financial Park entertainment district, despite state not paying up $15 million grant (Daily Herald)
·87. Elgin Beverage plans to move warehouse, distribution center to Bartlett (Daily Herald)
·88. Red-light cameras at Deer Park Boulevard and Rand Road shut off Friday (Daily Herald)
·89. Staff at Barrington White House starting up final phase of fundraising for renovations to community center (Daily Herald)
WEST:
·90. Victim of attempted robbery in a parking lot on First Street in Elmhurst gets shot in hip (NBC 5)
·91. Burr Ridge Boy Scout organizes toy drive for young cancer patients, delivers 2,000 toys to Chicago children's hospital (WGN TV)
·92. 16-year-old boy shot in the head during drive-by shooting in Melrose Park dies five days later (FOX 32)
·93. Wheaton-Warrenville Unit School District 200 exploring possible spring referendum to raise money for repairs, renovations to district's buildings (Daily Herald)
SOUTHWEST:
·94. Jury finds Chicago woman guilty of pregnant Alsip teen's murder in 2011 (Chicago Tribune/Daily Southtown)
NORTHWEST INDIANA:
·95. Lake County Coroner's Office trying to locate family of deceased Highland man (Chicago Sun-Times)
·96. State audit shows former Munster School District superintendent, assistant superintendent owes town $851,000 from overpayments of annuities, after pushing through tax hike to keep schools running (CBS 2)
·97. Indiana Department of Child Services urging organization that installed baby safe boxes to remove them, threatening to investigate their use as child abandonment (ABC 7)
·98. Former Gary firefighter who worked as substitution teacher at Dunbar-Pulaski Middle School pleads guilty to battery for pushing, 'smacking' student (Chicago Tribune/Gary Post-Tribune)
REGIONAL
·99. Registered sex offender from Woodridge accused of taking photos of child in Buffalo Grove (CBS 2)
Friday:
NORTH:
·100. Gurnee police: Car appeared to intentionally hit skateboarder, who suffered scrapes as result (Chicago Tribune/Lake County News-Sun)
·101. Morton Grove house suffers estimated $200,000 worth of damage in fire (Chicago Sun-Times)
·102. Car crashes into tree, building on Dempster Street in Skokie; driver taken to hospital (Chicago Sun-Times)
NORTHWEST:
·103. Pedestrian struck and killed by SUV while trying to cross Center Road at Weller Lane in Mount Prospect (Chicago Sun-Times)
·104. Driver of car struck by vehicle involved in 2015 police chase sues Park Ridge, claiming negligence, conspiracy (Chicago Sun-Times)
·105. Temporary flight-departure route at Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling should mean less noise for residents, more for industrial area (Daily Herald)
·106. Phil's Village Sports Center in Arlington Heights stays closed Friday after protest 'tour' sets up outside gun shop (Chicago Tribune/Arlington Heights Post)
·107. Mount Prospect woman struck and killed by SUV while crossing Central Road in Mount Prospect; Elk Grove Village woman charged with failure to slow down to avoid an accident (Chicago Tribune/Arlington Heights Post)
·108. 23-year-old Hanover Park man facing charges of sexual abuse of 16-year-old girl whom he got drunk with vodka (Daily Herald)
·109. Barrington Hills woman with plenty of food-service experience to open family restaurant and upscale lounge in West Dundee (Daily Herald)
·110. Woodman's Food Market's plan for Lakemoor store still on the table, even after announcement of Buffalo Grove location (Daily Herald)
WEST:
·111. Embattled Naperville Township highway commissioner changes mind, decides to run for re-election (Daily Herald)
·112. Naperville Liquor Commission rejects Starbucks' request for license to sell beer, wine (Daily Herald)
·113. Chicago White Sox pick Downer Grove native Zack Burdi during Major League Baseball draft (NBC 5)
·114. Glenbard West High School student earns perfect scores on ACT, SAT (ABC 7)
·115. Democratic DuPage County Board member wants county out of Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, as Democratic state legislator proposes bill to end public pensions for certain elected positions (Daily Herald)
SOUTHWEST:
·116. Man robs bank on Governors Highway in Richton Park (Chicago Sun-Times)
SOUTH:
·117. Taxpayers in Lincoln-Way High School District 210 owe $474 million in bond debt, which includes money borrowed on back-loaded debt scheme approved by school board (Chicago Tribune/Daily Southtown)
NORTHWEST INDIANA:
·118. National Black Political Convention convenes in Gary (Chicago Tribune/Gary Post-Tribune)
·119. Lake County Sheriff's Police investigate crash in Hammond in which an officer was injured (NBC 5)
·120. Four workers at Hobart assisted-living center charged with battery, neglect (Chicago Tribune/Gary Post-Tribune)
REGIONAL
·121. Minooka police receive ten fraud reports within nine days, with credit or debit cards being used in Chicago, Elgin and Elk Grove Village (NBC 5)
·122. Metra Electric Line train derails in Chicago, stopping services inbound and outbound (WGN TV)
Saturday:
NORTH:
· 123. Fremont Public Library, Friends of the Library, Mundelein Elementary School District 75, Mundelein-Vernon Hills Rotary Club build four Little Free Libraries for the community (Daily Herald)
· 124. Mount Prospect Community Band celebrates 40th anniversary, new start with new director (Daily Herald)
· 125. Chicago woman arrested for explosion at Evanston Target; she reportedly was concocting something to get a chemical high when the solution exploded (NBC 5)
· 126. 16th annual Lake Villa Celebration of Summer on Saturday featured car show, rib-eating contest, concert and fireworks (Daily Herald)
· 127. Democratic candidate for Lake County Board District 5 withdraws from race; party expected to appoint new candidate (Daily Herald)
NORTHWEST:
· 128. Wisconsin woman tests positive for heroin after the car she was driving crossed into oncoming traffic on May 6 in McHenry and struck a motorcycle, severely injuring a man and causing the death of his wife (Chicago Tribune)
· 129. City of Elgin, Grand Victoria Casino to foot $30,000 bill for Fourth of July festivities, making fireworks, entertainment free for visitors (Daily Herald)
WEST:
· 130. Candymaker Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.'s Yorkville plant undergoing $50 million expansion, will produce Skittles in addition to other candy products (Chicago Tribune)
· 131. Whole Foods' move to Wheaton's Danada Square East mall encourages Charter Fitness, Sierra Trading Post, Starbucks to locate there too (Daily Herald)
· 132. Rotating Math+Motion interactive art exhibit connects kids with math concepts at DuPage Children's Museum in Naperville (Daily Herald)
SOUTH:
· 133. Markham woman electrocuted after falling onto Blue Line tracks at CTA's Addison Street station (WBBM AM 780)
NORTHWEST INDIANA:
· 134. Hammond infant's April 15 death at home in unincorporated Calumet Township ruled a homicide (Chicago Sun-Times)
· 135. Gary man's body recovered from Pine Lake in LaPorte County (Chicago Tribune/Gary Post-Tribune)
REGIONAL
· 136. Wet weather means ants moving indoors in Chicago area (Chicago Tribune)