Bond set for 3rd suspect in Aurora teen's beating death
1 of 2 men charged with concealing crime makes court appearance Reported by ChicagoTribune 10 hours ago.
View ArticleNew 75th Street Walmart Supercenter Delayed
Patch Lisle, IL -- The target opening date for a proposed Walmart Supercenter has been pushed back several months due to delays. *Earlier: Walmart to Get Tax Break for New Naperville Supercenter*...
View ArticleBarbara Howard Citizen of the Year
Patch Duluth, GA -- Barbara Howard of Peachtree Corners was honored as Citizen of the Year at the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce’s 65^th Annual Dinner. The award honors individuals who have had the...
View ArticleLayoffs Loom for Walgreen's, Sun-Times Media, Kmart
Patch Lisle, IL -- Nine companies are reportedly preparing for nearly 1,200 layoffs throughout Illinois, including Walgreen's, Kmart and Sun-Times Media, according to Crain's Chicago Business....
View ArticleJewel To Close One of Four Niles Stores
Patch Glenview, IL -- Jewel-Osco is trimming three stores from its lineup, and one of them is the store at 8203 W. Golf Road, Niles, the Chicago Tribune reported. *Earlier:* Will the sale of...
View ArticleBattery, Felony Theft, Hit-and-Run: Police Blotter
Patch Wheaton, IL -- MONDAY, FEB. 4 *Media Player, Cash Stolen From Unlocked Cars* Someone stole a media player and $17 from cars in the 1100 block of Grant Street and 2100 block of Aberdeen Court...
View ArticleAccidents Result in DUI Charges: Montgomery Police
Patch Montgomery, IL -- Two people were nabbed for driving under the influence of alcohol Feb. 2, Montgomery police said. · Mark Talley, 35, of the 1100 block of Garfield Avenue, Aurora, was arrested...
View ArticlePatch Flash: Marriage Equality Bill Moves to IL Senate
Patch Algonquin-Lake in the Hills, IL -- Marriage equality legislation in Illinois was approved Tuesday by a state Senate committee, advancing the measure toward a vote of the full Senate that is...
View ArticleBison Gross, Harris Win CVC Championships
Patch Beachwood, OH -- Submitted by BeachwoodBison.org: Beachwood juniors *Sammy Gross* and *Ryan Harris* won individual titles in Saturday’s Chagrin Valley Conference wrestling tournament at Kenston...
View ArticleAurora to add 18 inpatient beds in Grafton
Aurora Health Care will build out its Grafton hospital by adding 18 inpatient beds. The Grafton hospital, which opened in November 2010, was designed to accommodate expansion “if patient volumes...
View ArticleBrian Young: The Department of Justice? Not for Wall Street
For anyone who watched last week's PBS Frontline documentary, The Untouchables, it's pretty clear that the reason that we have not seen one single banker brought to justice for criminal wrongdoing in...
View ArticleAurora native and Navy leader receives NAACP Image Award
Navy Vice Admiral Michelle Howard, a 1978 graduate of Gateway High School in Aurora, was honored during an NBC television special Friday night, "The 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards." Reported by Denver...
View Article85% Tabu
Acclaimed director Miguel Gomes returns with a sumptuous, eccentric two-part tale centered on Aurora, shown first as an impulsive, cantankerous elderly woman in present-day Lisbon. When Aurora is...
View ArticleBond set at $5 million in murder of ‘bubbly’ student who dreamed of being a cop
When Abigail Villalpando didn’t show up for her shift at Denny’s last Thursday, her co-workers, friends and family knew something was wrong. Villalpando, 18, a senior at West Aurora High School, had...
View ArticleUpdate: Lemont High School First Semester Honor Rolls
Patch Lemont, IL -- Editor’s note: The information below is from a press release issued by Lemont High School Feb. 5, replacing the original version published in Patch last week. District officials...
View ArticleJob Central: FedEx, Advocate Health, Kellogg Company, North Central Openings
Patch Lisle, IL -- Welcome to Job Central, our weekly column listing local job advertisements and descriptions. We scoured the Web to bring you a selection of local job ads, but if we left anything...
View ArticleWalker Bragman: Debunking 18 Pro-Gun Myths
In my discussions with pro-gun advocates from the conservative right, I have repeatedly come across similar arguments supported by misrepresentations of fact. Although I addressed some of these in my...
View ArticleMcKay Brothers announces new milestones in low latency networks
OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- McKay Brothers, LLC is pleased to announce the achievement of 8.27 millisecond round trip latency between Aurora, IL and Secaucus, NJ and 8.23 milliseconds...
View ArticleTimeframeHD Features Stunning Astro And Nature Time-lapse Footage By Young...
Passionate time-lapse photographer Joel Shat joined the team of Timeframehd’s contributors. It was announced that Joel Shat, a Canadian photographer and co-founder of Timedrops Media became one of the...
View ArticleUS Postal Service: Saturday Mail Delivery to End
Patch Wheaton, IL -- By Beth Lawton Calling the six-days-per-week mail delivery business model “no longer sustainable,” the U.S. Postal Service Wednesday morning announced it will eliminate Saturday...
View Article