I was born in Elgin, 10 minutes before my twin brother, Tim. He has since made up for his tardiness in height, towering over me today by about 1 and 1/2 feet. He and I are tied for the youngest in the family—though I like to consider myself a middle child—and have two older brothers. I grew up on one of the last standing farms in what is now the well-developed area of Prairie View. For those who do not know the town, it is a northwest suburb of Chicago sandwiched in the middle of Long Grove, Buffalo Grove and Lincolnshire. I moved to Minnesota to attend Winona State University, which is situated right on the Mississippi River. During my time there, I left for six months to study abroad in Granada, Spain, where I traveled throughout the provinces and even ran with the bulls in Pamplona. I returned to Illinois in June 2007 after graduating with a B.A. in Mass Communications: Journalism and Spanish. I wrote for The Daily Chronicle in DeKalb until June 2010. There, I covered education for about two years, crime for nearly one and during my home stretch, delved into issues centered on the governments of DeKalb County and the City of Sycamore.
A woman called the police over the weekend saying she believed an abrupt highway merge led a driver to become so angry that he followed her into a parking lot, chased and assaulted her.
A more-than 23,000-square-foot building will soon join the cluster of structures in Brookside Marketplace on 191st Street in Tinley Park.
A village of Tinley Park staff member was one of 120 in the country invited to a White House summit taking place this coming week.
A local, prevalent health care company has made Inc. magazine's list of 5,000 fastest growing companies, and the CEO says he's honored to have made the cut.
The accompanying photos were taken at the Tinley Park Police Department between Aug. 1 and Aug. 7.
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The FBI has a Tinley Park man in custody who they say has committed four robberies in the Greater Chicago area since the beginning of the month.
Those frequenting Centennial Park now have one more workout option—an Outdoor Fitness Zone designed to offer resistance-based fitness training. Read on to learn how it works.
Local officials said they've given an informal "yes" to a vendor's proposal for a bakery at the 80th Avenue Train Station. If everything goes as planned, its doors should open this fall.
To cater to its multi-generational congregation, as well as boost weekly attendance, a local Lutheran church is not only participating in National Back to Church Sunday next month, but reorganizing weekend worship.
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An area woman recently took her final Metra ride home after four decades of spending time on the rails.
Police said the driver of a gold car, possibly a Cadillac, brandished a "dark-colored" handgun last week while arguing with another motorist.
Back-to-school season can be a hectic one for parents—even more so when they're struggling to put food on the table. The Marley Project seeks to make the transition a bit easier. Find out how you can help.
Congressman Dan Lipinski (D-IL) will be hosting a job fair this Friday in Hickory Hills.
Also in today's police reports, dated July 26, July 30, Aug. 16 and Aug. 20, someone steals pricey brake beams from a business on 185th Street and booze thieves hit Jewel-Osco.
Police said a drunken driver pulled up next to them early Monday and asked for directions. He then began swerving and making strange traffic maneuvers, like illegally loitering in a median, according to the report.
Three men ganged up on one at a local musical theater and left him seriously injured. The victim remained in the hospital Tuesday night and will through this week, police said.
Local police are investigating a Tuesday morning incident in downtown Tinley Park in which a driver at an ATM was approached by a man who had a handgun.
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