By Ray Hanania Like the Movie Groundhog Day, Donna Nagel of Alsip is going through same nightmare, but her five year hassle with the Illinois Tollway is taking its toll Have you ever seen the 1993 Harold Ramis movie “Groundhog Day” starring Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, and Chris Elliott? It’s the story of a weatherman who keeps living the same day over and over again…
Chicago Mayor Jane M. Byrne, who died on Thursday Nov. 13, 2014, was Chicago’s first female elected chief executive and the 41st mayor of the City of Chicago. The turbulence of her politics and administration launched my journalism career, and for that I owe her much Jane Byrne defeated the Machine but she became the Machine and the Machine was defeated again, when she was at…
Durbin one of the most honorable people in government service By Ray Hanania In covering Chicagoland politics for nearly 40 years, you can imagine I’ve met a lot of politicians and government officials. Mayors, Congressmen, aldermen, county commissioners and local trustees and even a few governors. But one person stands high above them all. That’s U.S. Senator Dick Durbin. Durbin has always been a class…
Cicero and Berwyn Celebrate the 46th Annual International Houby Day Parade By Ray Hanania The 46th Annual Cicero-Berwyn Houby Festival ended with a parade Sunday that attracted more than 20,000 fans and included floats and participants from throughout Northwest Illinois. Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn joined Cicero Town President Larry Dominick and Berwyn Mayor Robert Lovero, and a surprise appearance of Hollywood actor Martin Sheen, in…
Corazon Community Services/ Cease Fire Cicero Mural Unveiling Event Corazón Community Services’ Cease Fire team has worked through the summer on a project in one of the high risk areas of Cicero. With the joint efforts of the community youth, high risk clients and paint donations from Home Depot, Cease Fire Cicero completed a community mural at the Quick Wash Laundromat (5020 W. 14th St.)….
First day of school today different from when I was a kid By Ray Hanania My son started his first day of 8th Grade today reminding me how fast life passes us all. If 48 years rushed past me, it rushed past everyone. The experience that my son had this week is much different from the one I went through in the Fall of 1966. On…
Hotelwifitest.com has released a new report that ranks hotel chains and cities by the percentage of hotels with poor WiFi performance. This type of ranking makes perfect sense from a practical standpoint. For most travelers, having super-fast and consistently stable WiFi is a great bonus, but the first priority is ensuring that the basic quality expectations for Internet access are met. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140813/700994-INFO ) In…
Feeling like a kid at Baseball Card King By RAY HANANIA Southwest News-Herald/Des Plaines Valley News newspapers, Thursday, May 29, 2014 When I was a kid, the closest I got to professional baseball was buying a pack of baseball cards. The pack of five cards and bubble gum only cost 5 cents, although 5 cents in 1966 is the equivalent of 50 cents today, if…
Rich Miller cannot catch a break. Instead of moving on from the realization that he’s pocketed $250,000 since 2005 after claiming the state had nothing left to cut from its budget, the political gossip columnist is once again in the cross-hairs of a familiar foe. This time it’s for misleading the public. During the past few months, Gov. Pat Quinn (D-Chicago) has called for making…
Orland Fire Protection District Foundation Fundraiser May 15 Will support scholarships, emergency training and children’s education programs This Year’s annual Fundraiser for the Orland Fire Protection District Foundation will be held on May 15 from 6 to 8:30 pm at 94 West Restaurant, 15410 S. 94th Avenue in Orland Park. Funds raised at this event will support the OFPD Kids Fire & Life Safety Camp,…
