The Fast-food giant looks to dump Oak Brook space for former Harpo Studios location, Crain's reports. Chicago’s Fulton Market District may have lost the biggest of all talk show hosts when Oprah Winfrey left Harpo Studios a few years back, but may be getting the biggest of all fast-food chains in return. Fast-food giant McDonald’s is planning to move its corporate … [Read more...] about McDonald’s looks to Move from Suburbs to Chicago
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Nearly 150 Citations were handed out during a route 59 Safety Initiative
Nearly 150 citations were given when local police departments joined together to conduct a safety initiative along the Route 59 corridor. During this detail, officers concentrated their efforts on speed, distracted driving and occupant restraint violations as well as other safety violations noted during the course of the initiative. During the mobilization, the participating … [Read more...] about Nearly 150 Citations were handed out during a route 59 Safety Initiative
Day 2 of Minimum Wage Protesting Continues in Oakbrook
Lena Germany, 23, of Pittsburgh, Pa., says she had to give her son up for adoption because she couldn't afford a heart transplant that he needed to survive.She was a McDonald's employee, and at the time her son was having medical issues but what she was earning and the benefits she was receiving weren't enough to help him. "We deserve better," Germany said. Germany and … [Read more...] about Day 2 of Minimum Wage Protesting Continues in Oakbrook
Protesters Fight for 15 Amid Thunderstorms in Oakbrook
Severe weather could not stop the "fight for 15" on May 25 in Oak Brook. If anything, the hundreds of protesters who remained to march on the corporate headquarters of fast food giant McDonald's were more enthusiastic in calling for an increase for minimum wage of quick service restaurant employees to $15 per hour. "The water, you could hear throughout the whole time you … [Read more...] about Protesters Fight for 15 Amid Thunderstorms in Oakbrook
A Burglar in Elmhurst assaults a Homeowner with a Beer Bottle during Break-In
An 18 year old was arrested May 3 after he reportedly hit a person on the head with a glass beer bottle during a home burglary. The victim told police he opened his bedroom door around 2:10 p.m., and he was struck with a bottle, according to Elmhurst police. When the victim's father ran downstairs, the burglar ran away. Read more about the Burglary over at Patch.com … [Read more...] about A Burglar in Elmhurst assaults a Homeowner with a Beer Bottle during Break-In