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2 Officers Die In Police Station Parking Lot, Two Days Apart

Chicago Police are mourning the loss of an officer that unexpectedly died in her squad car. Fellow officers paid their respects while a procession took the body to the medical examiner’s office. The officer was assigned to the female lock-up in the 5th district.
CPD says she passed out in the station parking lot before she […]

Vera Sauchanka

05/21/2019

2 drivers carjacked at gunpoint on Near West Side, police say

Armed carjackers stole at least two cars on the Near West Side this month, police said. The attacks happened about 6:50 p.m. July 3 in the 700 block of West Fulton Market, and shortly after midnight July 8 in the 800 block of West Adams Street. In one incident, Chicago police said, a valet driver […]

Vera Sauchanka

05/21/2019

2 bodies found in North Side garage

Two bodies were found in a garage on the city’s North Side Tuesday, according to officials. Police were called to a garage in the 4100 block of North Mozart Street in the Albany Park neighborhood around 4 p.m. Tuesday. Police said a man and a woman, both believed to be in their 30s, were found […]

Vera Sauchanka

05/21/2019

2 dead, 4 wounded in city shootings

Two people were killed and four others were wounded in city shootings Tuesday and early Wednesday, Chicago police said. A 24-year-old man was shot twice in the chest and twice in the arm around 11:55 p.m. Tuesday when someone in a four-door dark vehicle fired shots at him in the 1700 block of West 85th […]

Vera Sauchanka

05/21/2019

Chief Financial Officer of Local Business Indicted for Embezzling 3.8 Million Dollars

Bryan Vonderahe, 45, of Kirkwood, Missouri, was charged on Thursday, May 16, in a federal indictment for three counts of Wire Fraud.  He appeared this morning in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia Cohen. The indictment charging Bryan Vonderahe alleges that beginning during January, 2012 and continuing through January, 2019, Vonderahe schemed to defraud a […]

Vera Sauchanka

05/21/2019

Pivot Energy awarded 11 community solar projects in Illinois to power 4,500 households

Pivot Energy, a national solar developer, announced it has been awarded 11 community solar projects totaling approximately 29.36 MW(dc) of new solar capacity through the Illinois Adjustable Block Lottery Program. The projects will provide clean and affordable solar energy to the local communities in which they are based, and combined, are estimated to generate enough […]

Vera Sauchanka

05/21/2019

3rd annual Lighthouse LGBTQ+ Pride Party to kick off in Homewood

Pride Party 6/28 Features Music, Food, Kids Crafts and Celebration 5 to 9 p.m. Rainbow Flags in Downtown for Pride Month The Village of Homewood is proudly hosting the 3rd annual Lighthouse LGBTQ+ Pride Party on Friday, June 28 from 5 to 9 p.m. in Martin Ave. Square as part of Homewood’s Pride Month Celebration. […]

Vera Sauchanka

05/21/2019

Hostess Sweetennial Tour to roll through Chicago

In celebration of its 100th birthday, or “SweetennialTM,” iconic snack cake company Hostess Brands, LLC has launched a national sampling tour. Over the course of the next two months, the Twinkiemobile – an airstream decked out to resemble the famous treat – will travel across the country spreading fun and sweetness in its wake. Visit […]

Vera Sauchanka

05/21/2019

Crime Blotter | Arlington Heights, IL

What: Theft Where: 85 W. Algonquin – Double Tree Hotel When: 05/16 2:20pm – 3:20pm Unknown offender(s) broke out the window of the victim’s White 2015 Ford Transit Van and removed a GPS unit and miscellaneous tools. The cost to replace the missing items was estimated at $1300.00. What: Fraud Where: 615 E. Palatine – […]

Vera Sauchanka

05/21/2019

Blain’s Farm & Fleet Announces VIP PetCare Now Available at Select Store Locations

Janesville, WI. May 20, 2019 – Blain’s Farm & Fleet has partnered with VIP Petcare to provide affordable and reliable veterinary services with on-site clinics at select Blain’s locations. This partnership adds a wide range of preventive vet services to the extensive line of pet foods and other petcare products that Blain’s offers. “We couldn’t […]

Vera Sauchanka

05/20/2019