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Greg Norman's Southern Cross Developments Selects River Rim Ranch

Greg Norman’s Southern Cross Developments, proprietor of the exclusive “Norman Estates” real estate brand, is pleased to announce that River Rim Ranch in Teton Valley, Idaho will be the location for its newest project, the “Norman Ranch Estates. [Read More]

 

News from the Chicago Sun-Times

Victim stabbed 34 times, left to die in park

Jan 9, 2009 10:00 am

A 21-year-old woman, Brittany Brooks, reportedly suffered 34 stab wounds with her throat cut before collapsing and dying in the snow outside her car in West Park Wednesday night. Her boyfriend, a Plai...

 

26-year fugitive: 'Truly sorry about my friends'

Jan 9, 2009 10:00 am

More than 26 years after he fled to avoid standing trial, Roger Walburg finally apologized for causing a deadly 1980 car-train crash that killed three friends riding with him.

 

Principal: Poor kids 'kicked out' to make room for rich

Jan 9, 2009 10:00 am

As word filtered down at Carpenter Elementary, some parents said they felt as if they'd had the air knocked out of them. The Near West Side school Thursday was told officials want to close Carpenter -...

 

Highway officials should resign, commissioners say

Jan 9, 2009 10:00 am

Cook County Commissioners Mike Quigley and Forrest Claypool on Thursday called for the resignation of top county Highway Department officials in response to a Chicago Sun-Times report that some mainte...

 

Wicker Park furniture store burning

Jan 9, 2009 10:00 am

An occupied commercial building with a furniture store on the first level is burning Friday morning in the Wicker Park neighborhood on the North Side, according to fire authorities.

 

Illinois House votes to impeach Gov. Blagojevich

Jan 9, 2009 10:00 am

On what would have been Richard Nixon's 95th birthday, the Illinois House voted 114-1 today to impeach Gov. Blagojevich -- the first chief executive in the state's 190-year history to face such an act...

 

Audit chief hired after Hired Truck scandal is fired

Jan 9, 2009 10:00 am

The man who took over Chicago's scandal-scarred Hired Truck Program when Mayor Daley needed it most has been fired from his $130,000-a-year city job. Bob Benson, director of internal audit, said he wa...

 

Principal: Poor kids 'kicked out' to make room for rich

Jan 9, 2009 10:00 am

As word filtered down at Carpenter Elementary, some parents said they felt as if they'd had the air knocked out of them. The Near West Side school Thursday was told officials want to close Carpenter -...

 

Snowstorm causing delays, flight cancellations

Jan 9, 2009 10:00 am

A snow storm that could dump as much as 8 inches of snow on the Chicago area has snarled traffic and led to flight cancellations Friday morning. The National Weather Service has issued a winter weathe...

 

School official says strip-search 'never justified'

Jan 9, 2009 10:00 am

An off-duty cop went over the line if she strip-searched three girls in a washroom of ASPIRA Early College High, the chairwoman of the organization that runs the school said Thursday.

 
 

Illinois News from BigNewsNetwork.com

Graduation in Catlin may require some public service

Jan 9, 2009 3:09 pm

Printer-friendly CATLIN – High School Principal Kevin Thomas said Thursday that he was exploring the idea of adding a service-work requirement for graduation.Thomas told the Catlin schoo...

 

Ex-minister reprising Great Emancipator role for event

Jan 9, 2009 3:09 pm

The wart will be courtesy of his wife's mascara, Shoemaker said. Otherwise, he said, Lincoln was immaculate."It's fun to play a politician who's honorable," Shoema...

 

Sewer repairs to close Danville

Jan 9, 2009 3:09 pm

DANVILLE – Sanitary sewer repairs will force the closure of a section of South Griffin Street beginning Tuesday.The work will begin Tuesday morning and require South Griffin Street to be clo...

 

Third person to consider running for Urbana school board

Jan 9, 2009 3:09 pm

Printer-friendly URBANA – A third potential candidate for the Urbana school board has picked up board candidacy materials.Jacinda King, a University of Illinois employee in human resourc...

 

Danville panel to formulate school building recommendations

Jan 9, 2009 3:09 pm

Printer-friendly DANVILLE – After hearing what community members at three forums had to say about the Danville school district's most problematic buildings, school board members...

 

Income to be factor in Champaign school assignments

Jan 9, 2009 3:09 pm

Printer-friendly CHAMPAIGN – A child's race will no longer be a factor in assignment to elementary schools in the Champaign school district. Instead, the district will begin usi...

 

Current economic development leader

Jan 9, 2009 3:09 pm

Printer-friendly CHAMPAIGN – John Dimit can expect to serve at least two and a half more years as president and chief executive officer of the Champaign County Economic Development Corp....

 

Hearing set on planning for Fithian sewer system work

Jan 9, 2009 3:09 pm

Printer-friendly FITHIAN – The village of Fithian is hosting a public hearing Saturday to garner input on planned improvements to its sewer system.The more than $700,000 project includes...

 

Catlin board looking for replacement after resignation

Jan 9, 2009 3:09 pm

Printer-friendly CATLIN – Village officials are seeking to fill a seat that was vacated Thursday when a village board member resigned so that he could undergo training to become a part-t...

 

Illinois panel votes to impeach

Jan 9, 2009 3:05 pm

Advertisement SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A key panel unanimously recommended Thursday that Gov. Rod Blagojevich be impeached for abusing his power, mismanaging Illinois government and commi...