Kirk moved to Chicago rehab center

U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, who suffered a stroke nearly three weeks ago, was transferred Friday to the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.

New signs call on motorists to hang up in school zones

A ban on cell-phone use in school zones has been a state law for more than two years now, but it apparently hasn’t convinced all drivers to hang up. With the belief that motorists may just need additional, visual reminders, the Park Ridge Police Department …

Snow makes its way back to the area Friday

Feeling a chill in the air? Snow will be back as soon as Friday when lake effect snow could hit the city and Northwest Indiana with six inches.

Maine South students mark last day of Chinese New Year celebration

Chinese-language classes at Maine South High School in Park Ridge celebrated the 15th day of the Chinese New Year with a tea ceremony and entertainment Feb. 6. The 15th day of the new year is also called the Lantern Festival, marking the final day of …

Catholic cemeteries offer to bury 300 bodies stacked at morgue

The Archdiocese of Chicago is offering to pay for up to 300 burials for the bodies being held at the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

Special Gifts program combines therapy, performance art

Dorothy met Captain Hook in an original tale created by the children in the creative drama program of Special Gifts Theater. In four months, children age 7 to 9 with special needs, learned how to create characters, write lines, sing and act on stage in …

Maine South Hawkettes finish 4th in national high kick contest

The Maine South High School Hawkettes captured a fourth-place finish at the Universal Dance Association’s 2012 National Dance Team Championship held the past weekend in Orlando, Fla.

The Varsity Hawkettes placed fourth out of 16 in the Varsity High Kick category.

The Hawkettes placed 18th …

Third Maine South student has chicken pox

Two more students at Maine South High School in Park Ridge have contracted chicken pox, the school announced this week.

Maine South was advised Feb. 6 by the Cook County Department of Public Health that two students had recently been diagnosed with varicella, more commonly …

Emergency exercise set for Maine South

Maine South High School and city of Park Ridge public service personnel will conduct an “Active Shooter Exercise” the morning of Feb. 14 at the high school. The drill’s purpose is to gauge how Maine South and Park Ridge emergency personnel would respond to reports …

Sen. Kirk upgraded to ‘good’ condition, watched Super Bowl

Sen. Mark Kirk’s condition has been upgraded from “fair” to “good.”

Doctors hope to be able to re-attach the 8-inch-by-4-inch section of his skull that had to be removed after he suffered a stroke two weeks ago.

Then the Highland Park Republican can begin physical …

Gov. Quinn signs bill to allow speed cameras near schools, parks

Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday ended months of deliberation and signed into law a measure allowing Chicago to install speed-enforcement cameras near schools and parks.

Voterama in Congress for the week ending Feb. 3, 2012

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted on matters related to the 2010 Health Law, Medicaid cost controls, the federal aviation budget and pay freezes for members of Congress and federal civil servants. Senators, in turn, voted on matters including lawmakers’ insider trading and congressional term limits.

Someone may be coming to collect from students who owe money in District 207

Students have been racking up debt in Maine Township High School District 207, and officials are considering using a collection agency to get their money back. Business Director Mary Kalou said there’s slightly more than $100,000 owed to the school district. “We’ve been watching and …

Buyers beware: Condo associations may have pitfalls

Buying a condominium isn’t as easy as it used to be, as slow markets and economic woes have hit this market segment particularly hard. The good news for purchasers is that high inventories have given way to aggressive pricing on many attached-home listings, with some …

Metra cancels two trains, others slowed after freight train derailment

Metra lines continue to have problems during the evening rush, with two trains canceled and others slowed, in the aftermath of a freight train derailment on the Northwest Side on Friday morning.