Oak Park Police mourn first officer killed on duty in 86 years
Nov 30, 2024 · For the first time in more than four generations, the Oak Park Police Department will drape its entrance portals with black bunting to mourn the loss of one of their own from injuries suffered while on duty. Detective Allan Reddins, 40, was fatally shot shortly after 9:30 a.m. Friday while responding to a call of...
Judge denies bond for suspect in Oak Park cop’s murder
Dec 5, 2024 · The suspect in the murder of Oak Park police Detective Allan Reddins was ordered held without bond this afternoon after a hearing in a packed courtroom at the Maybrook Courthouse in Maywood. In denying a defense motion for release on bond, Cook County Circuit Court Judge Elizabeth Ciaccia Lezza ruled that “The weight of the...
Man dies in crash near Pingree Grove - Chronicle Media
Nov 25, 2024 · A Hampshire man died from injuries sustained in a single-vehicle crash Sunday near Pingree Grove. Robert Skarbonkiewicz, 75, a resident of the 200 block of East Jackson Avenue, sustained life-threatening injuries in the crash, which occurred at 12:35 p.m. Sunday on U.S. Route 20 east of Illinois Route 47 in Rutland Township. Kane County Sheriff’s...
Burr Ridge Village Center unveils Entertainment District
Oct 9, 2024 · When Ramzi Hassan’s company took over the Burr Ridge Village Center, he saw a shopping center lacking flow and continuity. “There was no rhyme or reason to the leasing,” Hassan said. The president of Edwards Realty, which has operated the Village Center since 2019, said businesses are now better grouped to create success for the...
True Value to layoff 873 workers - Chronicle Media
Nov 15, 2024 · True Value Co. has announced that it plans to layoff 873 workers in Chicago and two McHenry County locations, beginning next month. The hardware company has entered into an agreement to sell substantially all of its business operations to Do it Best Corp. , a home improvement industry peer. True Value has told the state’s...
Residents oppose proposed solar farm - Chronicle Media
Oct 25, 2024 · First of three stories on a proposed Winnebago County solar farm A proposal to build a 75-acre solar farm in northwest Winnebago County hit a snag when the Winnebago County Zoning Board of Appeals voted 5-1 against the plan. Many neighbors along Kilburn Avenue and Tate and Blacklaws roads gathered at the Oct 9...
St. Charles officials shoot down housing development
The city of St. Charles has halted consideration of a 970-acre concept plan that called for more than 2,000 housing units plus commercial development. City officials said in a Sept. 13 statement that deliberation has ended after reviewing the Charles Farm plan from Pulte Home Co., LLC and considering feedback from the public and other...
Democratic leadership gets behind Williamson's second try for …
Republican Amy Grant, R-47th, was first elected to the state House in the 42nd District in 2018. When redistricting took effect in 2022, she switched to the 47th. In that race, Grant beat political novice Jackie Williamson by a relatively comfortable 6 percent margin, 24,471 votes to 21,621 votes. However, that win came against an...
Train hits, kills pedestrian near Elgin - Chronicle Media
A train struck and killed a pedestrian Tuesday near Elgin. Kane County Sheriff’s Office deputies said that at 2:51 p.m. Tuesday, a CPKC freight train hit a pedestrian on the railroad tracks that run east and west, parallel to Big Timber Road at Coombs Road in Rutland Township near Elgin.
Tracking Wheaton's 'lost' history - Chronicle Media
Nov 22, 2024 · First in a series looking at how Wheaton’s history was lost and what is being done to reclaim it Nancy Flannery found a piece of drain pipe in a Wheaton banker’s box and doesn’t know the significance of it. For all she knows, it could …