As part of a continuing debate, two Des Plaines aldermen are urging the city's board of fire and police commissioners to reconsider a requirement that mandates all prospective firefighter new hires have a paramedic license to apply for the job.
As part of a continuing debate, two Des Plaines aldermen are urging the city's board of fire and police commissioners to reconsider a requirement that mandates all prospective firefighter new hires have a paramedic license to apply for the job.
The following items were taken from Des Plaines police reports.
For Katherine Marek, hearing the squeal of tires and the bang of smashing metal and plastic outside of her Northbrook house is common.
The Niles Park Ridge District 64 Board of Education dug deep into the details of the measures of academic progress assessment as part of a recent discussion aimed at figuring out how to measure student achievement in math and reading.
At first glance, the wooden cart laden with an artfully-displayed bounty of heirloom tomatoes at the Chicago Botanic Garden resembles a still life collection awaiting the brush of a Dutch master.
The former pastor of Schaumburg's St. Matthew Catholic Church has been removed from a list of priests facing substantiated accusations of sexual misconduct, but a lawsuit in which a man claims the priest abused him as a child is still moving ahead.