Lauren serves as associate regional editor for several Patch.com sites in the suburbs as well as in five North Side Chicago neighborhoods. She came to Patch from InsideCounsel, a legal magazine where she worked as managing editor. She was awarded Folio Magazine's 2011 Bronze Eddie Award for business reporting for her story "Mind the Gap: Generation Y Enters the Workplace." She has a master's in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Post-graduation, she completed a three-month investigative reporting fellowship through the Carnegie-Knight News21 Initiative. She spent the summer reporting on the environmental, political and economic implications of a controversial industrial dairy farm under construction in northwest Illinois. Prior to graduate school, she worked as assistant director of undergraduate admission at Northwestern. She has a bachelor's degree in performance studies from Northwestern's School of Communication. Her freelance reporting and writing has appeared in Time Out Chicago, A.V. Club Chicago, Men's Health, Skin Inc. (a spa industry magazine) and the Chicago Sun-Times.
Before the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, there was another Unexpected Journey. Find North Side showtimes and ticket information for "The Hobbit," which premieres midnight Thursday.
Before the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, there was another Unexpected Journey. Find local showtimes and ticket information for "The Hobbit," which premieres midnight Thursday.
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The man and woman were both pronounced dead at Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital after the extra-alarm blaze, the Chicago Tribune reports.
A weekly roundup of the more unusual incidents on the police blotter.
What's this cat thinking as it peeks out from the garland and branches of a Christmas tree?
Parents, Patch wants to hear from you on the questions that get families talking.
A weekly roundup of the more unusual incidents on the police blotter.
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This cat is looking sharp in a hat, as it strikes a pose for the camera. What's it thinking?
Orland Park's housing market saw another increase in 2012 during October, rising just shy of 62 percent with 34 sales compared to 21 last year. Median selling price also went up.
The incident darkened parts of La Grange and Countryside shortly before 6 p.m., in addition to blacking out the traffic light at 55th and Brainard.
The incident darkened parts of La Grange and Countryside shortly before 6 p.m., in addition to blacking out the traffic light at 55th and Brainard.
It's most definitely a bird you see in the sky — a really big one on its way south for the winter.
It's most definitely a bird you see in the sky — a really big one on its way south for the winter.
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Here's a round-up of recent and bizarre police report items from the area.
Here's a round-up of recent and bizarre police report items from the area.
This Shar Pei and cat scoff at the old saying that cats and dogs hate each other. What are they thinking, as they cuddle up together?
