Extra Extra: La Salle Street And West Loop Nominated To Become Historic District
By Samantha Abernethy in News on Apr 4, 2012 11:00PM
- The Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Housing and Economic Development wants to see the West Loop and La Salle Street — between the river and Van Buren — to join the National Register of Historic Places. An informational meeting on the proposal will be held April 24 at the Thompson Center. [City of Chicago]
- Soldier Field will host a Notre Dame Irish vs. Miami Hurricanes game in October. [NBC]
- Those pesky Emerald ash borers are munching up trees across the region. [WBBM]
- Oak Park wonders if maybe illegally parked police cars should get parking tickets. [OakPark.com]
- A retired doctor has been charged with shooting his 95-year-old mother in the face. He tried to kill himself afterward, but failed. [Sun-Times]
- A fraternity at Illinois Wesleyan University has been suspended while the school investigates the death of an 18-year-old student. [Tribune]
- Those folks at Schubas' yummy cousin restaurant have launched a website as good as their Bloody Marys. [Harmony Grill]