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.
Construction crews will be rerouting traffic, when necessary, and asking some residents to move their cars to overnight street parking.
Around 300 of an anticipated 1,100 layoff notices have been sent to Cook County workers.
A citywide mosquito abatement sweep scheduled for Tuesday night will mark the third for Elmhurst this season.
A Champaign man has been charged in a decades-old murder case that went cold for many years until recently.
Will County was awarded the Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose Related Deaths grant by the Illinois Department of Human Services.
Reps from several area agencies teaming up to end homelessness among veterans in Will County made a big announcement last week.
Looking for a new home, or simply curious about the local market? You don't want to miss the photos of this week's Wow House.
Looking for a new home, or simply curious about the local market? You don't want to miss the photos of this week's Wow House.
Looking for a new home, or simply curious about the local market? You don't want to miss the photos of this week's Wow House.
Looking for a new home, or simply curious about the local market? You don't want to miss the photos of this week's Wow House.
Looking for a new home, or simply curious about the local market? You don't want to miss the photos of this week's Wow House.
Looking for a new home, or simply curious about the local market? You don't want to miss the photos of this week's Wow House.
Looking for a new home, or simply curious about the local market? You don't want to miss the photos of this week's Wow House.
An Austin man has been arrested in connection with the June murder of a 41-year-old.
A 28-year-old Chicago man was charged with first-degree murder this past week after a domestic dispute in a West Side neighborhood.
Metra officials hosted a special safety train excursion on Friday.
Police arrested a woman this week who they say was behind a 31st Street Beach shooting that left two teen boys injured.
Several Chicago-area medical professionals, including two licensed physicians, are among those facing federal criminal charges.
Police alerted residents Thursday about a Wednesday evening attempted kidnapping in Lincoln Park.
A soon-to-be under way culinary hub will offer an innovative setting for Chicago food entrepreneurs to build and grow their businesses.
