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Peoria names new city engineer

2013-05-18 08:34:02

At least one case of double duty in the city's Public Works Department is ending. Another is beginning, at least for now. Scott Reeise was revealed Friday as the new city engineer, effective next month. It's a promotion. For the past nine years, the 32-...

Brother of woman who died at Wrigley: 'It felt hopeless'

2013-05-09 04:29:00

Martin Oleskiewicz and his sister Maureen were eating hot dogs at Wrigley Field as they watched the Cubs warm up before Sunday's game against the Cincinnati Reds when Maureen suddenly slumped and fell between the rows in the right field bleachers....

Operation Snowflake aimed at boosting leadership skills, preventing drug use

2013-04-27 08:54:03

PEORIA The statements start out as simple as a single snowflake. "If blue is your favorite color, cross the line," Lyndsay Szerletich says Friday as scads of students head for the yellow line in Sterling Middle School's gym. "Turn around, look at...

Loyola University officially joining the Missouri Valley Conference

2013-04-18 15:49:00

For the first time in 20 years the Missouri Valley Conference is adding an institution, as the MVC President’s Council unanimously voted to extend a membership invitation to Loyola University Chicago, and the Ramblers will begin full participation...

Taking the less-known route

2013-04-15 14:14:00

If you can't get in — or can't afford — a top business school, is an MBA from a lesser-known school worth it? The answer depends largely on the student. Those gunning for the top of the organizational chart, and without the networking...

Love Notes: Cherishing love's memories

2012-12-23 00:00:00

When I met Dick and Deanne Fink on Sept. 11, 2012, I was impressed with their devotion to one another each other. Deanne had been diagnosed with ALS — amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease — in April 2010. Despite...

Remarkable Woman: Tiffany Jones

2012-10-06 00:00:00

There is no word for what Tiffany Jones has done over her last four summers. Literally, no word. Since 2009, Jones, a social worker at Goodwin Elementary School in Cicero, has spent five to eight weeks of her summer vacations in Ethiopia, helping care...

Baseball: Boyle County graduate Patrick Cooper showing promotion to Double-A was the right move

2012-06-29 07:11:00

Patrick Cooper was hoping for a promotion, but two was more than he could have asked for. Cooper was afraid he might start his third season of minor league baseball where he finished his second. Instead, he has made two quick moves up the ladder of...

Krause reflects on a life of scouting

2012-07-07 19:09:00

WILMINGTON, Del. — Jerry Krause enters a hotel lobby loaded down by two suitcases, an Arizona Diamondbacks-issued laptop and that look defining any haggard business traveler. In three hours, he will sit through his second doubleheader in as many...

A lift or a drag?

2012-05-18 00:00:00

Huma Gruaz picked a precarious time in her personal life to enroll in a Master of Business Administration program. She had just moved to Chicago from the suburbs. She had to figure out how to navigate life after a divorce. And she had just started her...

Tuck W. Ng, 88

2012-03-19 20:49:00

Tuck Wai Ng, 88, of Halfway, Md., passed away Saturday, March 17, 2012, at Williamsport Nursing Home, Williamsport, MD. Born, Nov. 19, 1923, in Ipoh, Malaysia, to the late Ng Jee Wong and Peh Yong. He was employed as an industrial arts teacher with...

Polls closed; Romney seeks convincing primary win

2012-03-20 17:25:00

Polls across Illinois closed at 7 p.m. Tuesday and the ballot counting has begun, with anything less than a convincing victory for Mitt Romney in both the popular vote and battle for delegates being viewed as a setback for his front running GOP...

Jim Caesar has been promoted to vice president at Opus Design Build, L.L.C. He began working with Opus in 1996 and has led the design-build group in the Chicago office for the past five years.

2013-01-09 10:55:00

Carlyn Vadnais has been named Campus Recruiter for The McTigue Financial Group of Northwestern Mutual. She will be responsible for drawing candidates to the company's college internship and career opportunities.

2012-11-18 13:54:00

Weglarz has been director of research for the Economic Development Council for Central Illinois. She has a bachelor's degree in business marketing and management from Drake University and an MBA in Management from Bradley University. She also is co-author of "Open!

2012-07-16 00:00:00