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City Center campus project continues to evolve
TribLocal Joliet
Feb 07Joliet City Council members were updated this week on the progress of the Joliet Junior College City Center Campus project by college officials, who also … »
Moving Silver Cross Hospital: It’s not brain surgery, but it is complex
The Joliet Herald NewsNews
Feb 05Take all that a homeowner goes through in moving to the next suburb, and imagine doing it 160 times in a four-week span. What Silver Cross Hospital is in the midst of could be called the move of the century. Or century-plus, to be more accurate. After ... »
Bernstein: Concussion Talk Obscures Dark Truth
CBS Chicago
Feb 04Commissioner Roger Goodell stood before the media at his annual Super Bowl state-of-the-league speech, and sounded as if he cared when addressing issues of player safety. »
Shorewood Lions Club Students of the Month
Shorewood Patch
Feb 04The Shorewood Lions Club announced the December Students of the Month. The students from Troy 30C W.B. Orenic Intermediate, Troy Middle School andwere selected on the basis of consistent effort, productive citizenship, positive attitude, and participat... »
Timbers' Quality of Life Lecture Focuses on ‘Matters of the Heart’
Shorewood Patch
Feb 04In recognition of Heart Month, an event titled “Heart Health,” will be presented by registered nurse Michelle Burkett of Newsome Home Health Care at 2 p.m. Wednesday at The Timbers of Shorewood retirement community, 1100 N. River Road in Shorewood. The... »
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One Bite: Burmese pickled tea salad
Chicago Reader
Feb 03Unlike citizens of the great states of Virginia, Indiana, and California, we in Chicago have no place to eat Burmese food, which is a shame for all sorts of reasons, only one being we have no access to the wonderful tea salad known as laphet thote. Unt... »
Exclusive WCG Interview with OLB J.T. Thomas
Windy City Gridiron
Feb 03Bears'outside linebacker J.T. Thomas was kind enough to take a few minutes out of his busy schedule to talk with Windy City Gridiron. Thomas was the Bears' sixth round draft choice out of West Virginia this year, but missed all of his rookie season due... »
On the 'Scholarship' list in Springfield
Chicago Tribune Change of Subject
Jan 31Where do our lawmakers stand on the issue of legislative scholarships -- those tuition waivers that members of the state house and senate have traditionally been allowed to dispense to constituents? As part of the renewed effort to abolish that... »
Wine, Beer, and a Couple of Food Events
Epicurious.com Editor's Blog
Jan 30Michigan: Harbor Country Chocolate Classic (Feb. 1-29) Texas: "A Taste of Space" (Feb. 2) Iowa: Tropical Wine Festival (Feb. 3) Virginia: 8th Annual Bacchus Wine & Food Festival (Feb. 3) Georgia: Celebrity Chef Tour (Feb. 3-4) Oregon: Portland Seafood ... »
The perils of bedbug research
Chicago Reader Blog
Jan 30One of the most interesting interviews I did while researching this week's story on bedbugs was with Dini Miller, an associate professor of entomology at Virginia Tech and the Urban Pest Management specialist for the state of Virginia. She's also one o... »