Chicago, IL – A veteran Cook County Jail guard who cold-cocked an inmate in an attack caught on video was spared prison Monday by a judge who called it “an act of indiscretion.” Judge Lawrence Flood imposed a sentence of 18 months of probation on Rico Palomino, a law enforcement …

The latest public skate park in Chicago is in Grant Park and it is pretty spectacular. It is all concrete banks and rails with multiple elbows and transitions to give plenty of room to all the skaters that would be out on a amazing night in Chicago. The park is well …

5 Star Woman Empowerment Tour Led By Prophetess Shareese Simmons The conference will feature dynamic guest speakers and breakout sessions. Guest experts include beauty industry veteran Coleen Otero and business guru Philisha Mack. Otero is the chief executive officer of YourBeautyXpert and author of “Thousand Dollar Day$.” Her work has …

Voyage is an original devised piece by Cock and Bull Theatre.  Voyage is a psychosexual theatrical odyssey. A devised production created by Cock and Bull, that explores our innate human desire to heal ourselves, and the lengths we go in order to be cured. Voyage takes place in two distinct …

College of DuPage (ECWd) – In a recent document dump from the College of DuPage, there were several emails leading to questions of impropriety with public funds. We have kept quiet on many aspects of it as to avoid the appearance of interference with the criminal investigation. College of DuPage …

INSIDE THE CHI from Joseph Le on Vimeo. Fragmented memories of my urban explorations in Chicago. Experimental editing style inspired by Leonardo Dalessandri’s “Watchtower of Turkey”: https://vimeo.com/108018156. Shot with the Nikon D5000 (http://goo.gl/3j8grM). Thank you Alex Au (https://vimeo.com/user614975) for being a good host and Halemah Ibrahim (https://instagram.com/haluvalife/) for the inspiration. …

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Super-Fan Starts Kickstarter page to bring them to Naperville. Chicago, June 3, 2015 – Over 20 years ago, the Great Seas restaurant opened on Lawrence Avenue in the Albany Park neighborhood of Chicago. It sold many popular Korean and Chinese dishes, but none more infamous than their original-recipe spicy chicken …

By Jodi S. Cohen and Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune contact the reporters Colleges and Universities College of DuPage U.S. Senate Illinois General Assembly William Cunningham University of Illinois at Chicago The Illinois Senate approved a bill Saturday that would cap severance packages for the state’s community college presidents and prevent …

At least one person was injured in the 3:55AM raid, which broke up when offenders saw that cops had arrived. But the damage had already been done at the store, which is located on the corner of Halsted and Addison—just a half-block from the 19th district police headquarters. Employees were …

DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) – This morning, the Downers Grove Township Refuse Committee held a meeting without posting a notice and an agenda as required by law – then tried denying they were a committee until one of their own members said she thought she was on a committee. Downers …

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Since print media’s invention, classifieds have remained the most popular trading method. Whether it is announcements of vacancies or advertisements of products, classifieds have dominated the market and are still doing so. The only difference is that now, it’s growing quickly and can be seen more online. While classifieds still …