The Oak Lawn Community High School advanced choir, better known as Ancora, will perform live this weekend with Grammy award-winning rockers Foreigner. At the beginning of April, Ancora teacher Samantha Elliott submitted a video audition to 97.1 The Drive’s radio contest for local choirs to sing with the band. They collaborated on an “I Want […]
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Virginia A. Pressy, 100
Virginia A. Pressy (née Smieszek), 100, of Palos Park, died at home with her loving sons by her side.
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Jose Carmen Ortiz, 87
Jose Carmen Ortiz, a longtime resident of Chicago’s Little Village community, died on Aug. 10, three days after his 87th birthday.
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Bridgeview crowd celebrates its own UFC champion
Bridgeview celebrated UFC Champion Belal Muhammad’s victory with a vibrant parade, complete with Middle Eastern dancing, a motorcade, and cheering crowds on Sunday afternoon. A crowd of about 600, united in their support for the local hero and the first Palestinian welterweight world champion, gathered at 2 p.m. near Menards to honor Muhammad’s accomplishment with […]
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Bill ending state’s tipped wage advances but prospects uncertain amid pushback
By COLE LONGCOR Capitol News Illinois Clongcor@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – An Illinois House committee advanced a measure that would end the state’s subminimum wage for tipped workers amid bipartisan opposition this week, but the bill’s sponsor said she’d seek further compromise before presenting it for a vote. Current Illinois law allows employers to pay their tipped […]
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Bill ending state’s tipped wage advances but prospects uncertain amid pushback
By COLE LONGCOR Capitol News Illinois Clongcor@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – An Illinois House committee advanced a measure that would end the state’s subminimum wage for tipped workers amid bipartisan opposition this week, but the bill’s sponsor said she’d seek further compromise before presenting it for a vote. Current Illinois law allows employers to pay their tipped […]