Amanda came to Patch in June 2010 after graduating from Northwestern University with a bachelor's degree in journalism. She launched Lemont Patch in 2010, and covered the community for two years before moving to Downers Grove in August 2012.
Prior to Patch, Amanda wrote for her college newspaper, The Daily Northwestern, covering city council and education. In 2009, Amanda spent three months interning at the Orange County Register in California. Despite the large market, it was here that she learned the ins and outs of community reporting. After returning to Illinois in June 2009, Amanda immediately started working as an editorial intern in the DuPage County office of the Daily Herald. During her senior year at Northwestern, she spent six months investigating a possible wrongful conviction case with the Medill Innocence Project.
A dozen Chicago-area pet stores were listed in an undercover investigation released Tuseday by the Puppy Mill Campaign for the Humane Society of the United States.
The Geminid meteor shower, reportedly the most intense meteor shower of the year, is expected to peak around 2 a.m. Dec. 13
Matune, a social studies teacher at Lake Park High School in Roselle, was named the winner of the Barbara O'Donnell Teacher of the Year Award by the Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago.
Reginald M. Striblin, 28, of the 2200 block of Prentiss Drive, was charged with aggravated robbery after holding up a Mobil gas station on 63rd Street on Dec. 7, police said.
Village Manager Dave Fieldman said fowl regulations will be discussed Jan. 21 during a standing committee of the village council.
Is this the last repetitive number date you and I will see? Does it matter?
Holly Tlusty and Kevin Gammonley had a midnight celebration with friends Wednesday to celebrate the special day.
A dozen Chicago-area pet stores were listed in an undercover investigation released Tuseday by the Puppy Mill Campaign for the Humane Society of the United States.
A dozen Chicago-area pet stores were listed in an undercover investigation released Tuesday by the Puppy Mill Campaign for the Humane Society of the United States.
Downers Grove police reports, Dec. 2-5.
The peak of the Geminid shower will be at about 2 a.m. Dec. 13 and 14, Earthsky.org reports.
The Mayans may or may not have predicted the apocalypse will occur on Dec. 21—just less than two weeks from now. Do you buy it?
Our Patch Elf on the Shelf has gotten ahold of our computer and now wants to know what his buddy elves are up to. Share your photos here!
The seasonal position pays $10 an hour, and typically runs from May, 15, 2013, through Oct. 31, 2013. Candidates must apply by Dec. 19.
The week of Dec. 10 is the last week Republic Services will accept yard waste until April 1, 2013, according to village officials.
Featured films include the classic "White Christmas" starring Bing Crosby, and "National Lampoon's: Christmas Vacation" starring Chevy Chase.
Downers Grove police reports, Nov. 30 - Dec. 5.
Share photos and videos of your holiday display on Patch.
A look back at the Downers Grove headlines, Dec. 3-9.
Suburban veterans are among those whose military awards and artifacts sit in a vault beneath the State Capitol, and Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford is trying to get the medals into the right hands. Can you help?
