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.
The conviction of a St. Charles man for murdering his 19-year-old girlfriend led to the creation of "Andrea's Law," which requires offenders to register on the Illinois Murderers and Violent Crimes Against Youth Registry.
A convicted murderer who resides in Tinley Park must now register on the Illinois Murderers and Violent Crimes Against Youth Registry. He is listed by the state as "compliant."
The National Weather Service is predicting between 6 and 7 inches of snow tonight into morning and nasty conditions overall.
Also in today's blotter, a bottle of Adderall is taken from a school nurse's office and a man walking his dog stumbles upon an interesting box in the park. These are the Tinley Park police reports from Feb. 14-16, 18 and 20.
The current owner of the 191st Street shopping center is hoping to close its sale of the property within the next 60 days. Representatives for the new potential owners are already talking about new additions to the strip mall.
Officers took a drunken suspect's clothes away from him after he tried using them to commit suicide.
There are warrants out for the arrest of 68 accused criminals in Tinley Park.
A local mother and daughter are looking for groups of kids and teens who'd like their makeup done. The only catch? Participants must agree to donate to a local nonprofit, primarily PAWS Animal Shelter in Tinley Park.
Officers had to shatter a car window to wake a drunken man who they said they found on the side of a dark roadway, passed out behind the wheel of his idle car.
Also in today's blotter, a crook snags a catalytic converter from a truck at Together We Cope and a thief grabs cold medicine from Walt's. These are the Tinley Park police reports from Jan. 28, Feb. 7, 10, 11, 15, 17 and 19.
The deadline to register to vote in the March primary election is Feb. 21. Find out what you need to register and where you can do it locally.
A convicted murderer who resides in Tinley Park must now register on the Illinois Murderers and Violent Crimes Against Youth Registry. He is listed by the state as "compliant."
You've voted, you've commented, you've left reviews and you've tasted. The judges have spoken and we've settled for all time the question of who bakes the Most-Loved Pizza in the Southland.
A fresh face could be roaming the halls next year of high schools in Palos Hills, Tinley Park and Orland Park.
Tinley Park police reports, Jan. 21, 29 and 30, and Feb. 2 and 12.
A local woman sent about $8,800 overseas in hopes of bailing out her granddaughter. She later realized her granddaughter was never in any trouble.
The Plainfield resident admitted to police that she had been drinking before becoming disoriented and ending up on the tracks in Tinley Park.
Tinley Park police reports, Feb. 10, 11, 13 and 14.
Police say Menards employees stopped the woman after they noticed she had hidden a nail gun under her coat.
An officer led vehicle passengers to safety over the weekend when their car became stuck on a local railway at the hands of a drunken driver, the report said.
