Naperville council supports Block 59 deal for undisclosed new retailer
An existing plan and agreement linked to the Block 59 development are being amended to accommodate a new, undisclosed retailer interested in signing a lease within the business district associated with the project. The core change relates to the amount of reimbursement Brixmor Property Group, the developer behind Block
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Mike’s Place closed for 30 days, no more special events allowed
Mike’s Place Sports Bar & Grill will remain closed until July 7, under terms of an agreement worked out with the City of Berwyn. The bar, which has a long history of noise complaints, rowdiness and violence by patrons, as well as numerous code violations by ownership, has been closed since a June 10 hearing.
Suburban cop sentenced to 5 years for shaking down drivers during traffic stops
A former south suburban police officer who used traffic stops as opportunities to shake down motorists for cash and drugs has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison. Antoine Larry, 50, of Bolingbrook, received a sentence of five years and three months from U.S. District Judge John...
Dentist from Brookfield charged with defrauding Medicaid
Blanca Murillo, a dentist who lives in Brookfield and practices in Chicago’s Archer Heights community, has been charged by the Illinois Attorney General’s office with defrauding the state of more than $100,000 in Medicaid funds. One of the dentist’s employees, Jose Luis Carrillo Ibarra, 47, of Berwyn, was...
85-year-old man sentenced to 30 years in prison for suburban bank robberies, Valentine’s Day...
An elderly man has been sentenced after being convicted for multiple Chicago-area bank robberies. He was released from prison in 2020 after 31 years behind bars, also for robbing banks.
Palos Park looking at ideas for long vacant parcel
The Village of Palos Park wants to do something with the property on the southwest corner of 86th Avenue and 123rd street near the Plush Horse ice cream shop. Officials will be figuring out a game plan in the coming weeks. “It’s been a number of years but the Village...
Riverside Arts Weekend takes a village
If you were in downtown Riverside this past weekend, it would have been hard to miss the white tents that took over Guthrie Park and the surrounding area south of the Riverside train station. Featuring live music, food and numerous artists peddling their creations, the annual Riverside Arts Weekend festival...
Against all odds, Moraine Valley graduate earns Illinois recognition
When Brian Swift arrived at Moraine Valley Community College in 1980, he was facing a future he never expected. Less than a year earlier, a spinal cord injury had left him a C5/6 quadriplegic. Returning to school marked one of his first steps back into everyday life, a step that would eventually lead to a career spent
Downtown Orland Park to add arts center, hospital expansion
The Village of Orland Park is moving forward with a major revision to its downtown master plan, positioning an expanded University of Chicago Medicine campus and a proposed performing arts center to become the core anchors of the Main Street Triangle. The Village Board is reviewing a newly updated redevelopment...

















