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.
Illinois Department of Transportation officials offered additional details on the project Tuesday, as well as a suggested detour.
Bail was set Monday for a Shorewood man accused of beating a woman in Joliet before setting a house on fire. The woman was hospitalized.
Joliet Fire Department officials will soon be conducting the first phase of their annual fire hydrant testing throughout the city.
Joliet Fire Department officials settled last week on a new deputy fire chief who is far from new to the city.
Local officials are welcoming athletes from around the world April 1 to Oceanside and its greater community.
Residents should keep drought-inspired lessons in mind.
Summertime may seem distant, but those at the Rancho Bernardo Public Library are already gearing up for their seasonal reading program.
Homicide investigators were called to the nearby scene early Friday morning.
A look at a few of this week's police, fire and courtroom incidents around San Diego County.
Encinitas officials say the local foliage comes with a laundry list of benefits.
Officials confirmed the death on Wednesday. It was the first reported pediatric influenza fatality in San Diego County this season.
The Tuesday arrest came after police reopened a lengthy, previously suspended investigation into reports of a man luring teen girls.
The scanners automatically record license plate numbers and an image that contains a small portion of the car.
The standoff started late Monday night after a dispute between roommates escalated into a shooting incident, police said.
The man is responsible for three separate area robberies dating back to late February, police said.
The boy was discovered on March 12.
A child molester on probation for abusing a 9-year-old boy had challenged sections of the law, which was inspired by a San Diego tragedy.
A spring storm is expected to bring rain, wind and high elevation snowfall to the area this week.
Was your business buried by February's South Bay Sewage Spill? Relief may be in sight.
Village officials are recruiting 100 households to participate in an exciting new organics collection pilot program like that in Milwaukee.
