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OSVR CLOSES 2015 WITH A TOTAL OF 300 INDUSTRY PARTNERS, NOW THE LARGEST OPEN SOURCE VR ECOSYSTEM IN THE INDUSTRY
SAN FRANCISCO – Organizers of Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR), an open software and hardware platform for virtual reality, today announced the addition of 70 new partners to the OSVR network. The increase brings the total number of supporters to 300, making it the largest open source virtual reality ecosystem in the industry.
The ecosystem at a glance:
VR Headsets:19 Game Developers:110 Cinematic Media :14 VR Input Technologies/Peripherals:62 Stores with OSVR supported content:8 Game & Simulation Engines + Middleware:36 Audio:5 Miscellaneous:46
New Supporters:
3D Fantastic Reality seeks to combine the latest Virtual Reality software and hardware technology available, to be on the forefront of future trends. Current products include interactive collaborative gaming for several people to share the same virtual space experience.
Anantarupa Studios is a digital content developer based in Jakarta that creates games and applications for marketing purposes. Anantarupa Studios also produce Intellectual Property projects, , build concepts and develop creative products.
ANTVR, a China VR company focusing on the development of HMD with distortion-free optical solution. ANTVR continues research and development of better display solution to present the best imaging for VR users.
AR&Co, The Asia’s Largest, Award Winning Augmented Reality & Innovative Technology based Company. Since 2009, AR&Co has delivered hundreds of projects across the globe including Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Vietnam, Brunei, Spain, Germany, Nigeria, and Malta.
ARToolKit is a cross-platform SDK for creating augmented reality experiences. First shown in public in 1999, ARToolKit was acquired by DAQRI and released as a Free and Open Source project under a LGPL license in May 2015.
Aurora Gaming is a newly founded Virtual Reality Gaming Lounge based in Dubai who specialize in creating a more immersive and engaging gaming moments by transforming the current sit and stare gaming setup into something more interactive.
Beloola is a WebVR social platform which enables people or companies to easily create 3D spaces, embed in its contents from the best of breed platform (Facebook, YouTube, Spotify ...) and then easily share with other people to congregate in the same space.
BinaryVR develops 3D avatar creation and real-time facial tracking technology. Users will be able to create a personalized 3D face from 2D facial photos to track and retarget their facial animations in any transformed CG character or avatar mode.
Bivrost creates complete tools enabling the production and experience of 360 videos.
Broken Window Studios is an independent developer with a focus on narrative-based and experiential gameplay. With their first two titles, Grave and Reflections, Broken Window Studios is integrating VR and advanced control systems to create more immersive experiences. Broken Window Studios has games coming out for Steam, Xbox One and Playstation 4.
Coatsink Software Ltd, developers of Esper and Gang Beasts VR, are looking at bringing a VR title to OSVR in the future.
CorvusVR is an experimental indie VR developer with a focus on Mobile VR.
Deepoon provides a professional virtual reality solution for business and consumers both on mobile platform and Windows platform. Deepoon HMD brings the users into an immersive sight with optimization of latency and large FOV, and also provides a game/video distribution platform for consumers and Deepoon SDK for developers.
Diffract Interactive is an independent game studio focusing exclusively on developing AVR content. Their first VR title, a first person archery game, will be released in 2016 for PC and Arcade machines.
Digital Chaotics creates music visualizations using custom software that blends human and artificial intelligence.
Digital Hollywood Univ, VR lab is developing new type of HMD design and experience that focuses not only entertainment but educational experience and social communication.
EON Reality is the World Leader in Virtual and Augmented Reality based knowledge transfer for Industry, Education, and Edutainment.
Evolution Auto Concepts will be opening a Virtual Reality Arcade and will be developing immersive walk through experiences and First Person Shooters.
Exis. LLC has developed SprintR, a wireless footpad that lets you easily walk, run, and jump in VR.
Flying Mollusk LLC developed Nevermind, an immersive biofeedback-enhanced atmospheric adventure experience that ushers users into dark and surreal worlds within the minds of psychological trauma patients.
Glowstick Games is looking to bring their VR content to OSVR and to contribute their experience to the ecosystem.
HandyGames are game developers and supporters of VR and the OSVR platform.
HubVR offers a viable commercial channel for OSVR-supporting game developers interested in creating games with a heavy reliance on these products. Additionally, HubVR will help validate the OSVR platform in a commercial setting designed from the ground-up for VR entertainment, something no other OSVR partner is attempting.
ICM - Institut Chemnitzer Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V is a private organization doing research and development, specializing in medical devices.
IgnisVR are an interactive VR content development company that create interactive VR experiences and VR content creation tools using Unity3D.
Incendiary Games is a startup virtual reality gaming studio focused on creating hit games.
Institute for Information Industry is a Taiwan government affiliated unit founded to execute IT related projects. They are creating a conducive environment for VR developers in Taiwan who develop HMDs, software, and hardware. They also provide technical guidance.
Innoactive Digital Realities GmbH helps companies sell their product by using VR showrooms that include VR PoS terminals.
The JR Hildebrand Education initiative is building educational content through real world applications of math and science in motorsport. IndyLabVR is an extension of proven curriculum-based content that brings VR into the classroom as a game-changing tool to reignite engagement and excitement in STEM topics, and transport users to environments never before accessible.
Koolbit is a leading mobile and social casino game developer with the largest library of slot machines for mobile.
Ionized Games developed CAT Interstellar a science fiction game that leverages the power of virtual reality to immerse the player in a new world.
Lucidscape Technologies Inc is building a new kind of massively-distributed 3D simulation engine to power the vast network of interconnected virtual worlds known as the Metaverse.
Miraisens, Inc. is the leading company for 3DHaptics Technology. Players can experience ‘the presence of objects' as if they existed there physically in virtual reality and video games.
MMOne Company developed the MMOne virtual reality gaming chair. It delivers a full-motion, up-down-all-around experience with hard core VR-oriented games and settings.
NUIA Inc connects natural interaction sensors like 3D cameras, speech engines and eye trackers through a standardized and vendor-agnostic software platform with any device and application.
Opaque Media Group developed Earthlight, a VR game that allows players to experience the journey of becoming an astronaut. Developed in collaboration with NASA, Earthlight features the most realistic depiction of the International Space Station and Low Earth Orbit environment.
Praevidi is a boutique design group that is filling the void for peripherals and accessory products in the VR space with their first offering, the Turris.
PixArt Imaging Inc image sensors with unique proprietary image sensing technologies, resulting in low cost, low voltage, small dimensions, and improved quality. The existing products such as gesture recognition, face detection, eye-tracking sensors, multiple-object detection sensors are suitable for HMD applications.
Resolution Games is a games studio focused on the emerging virtual reality games space. The studio is composed of game industry veterans, serial entrepreneurs and thoughts leaders.
ROD USA LLC is an amusement park equipment company founded in Brazil that recently moved to the US and, in partnership with Rilix Coaster (Brazil), have begun exploring the market for VR simulators.
RymVR Studios LA develops wearable technology, including the RymVR solar panel vest that features CPU/GPU processing, WiFi, heart rate censoring, subwoofer drivers and is fully waterproof and washable.
Semi Cool Productions is building experiences for the VR Comedy Club in California as well as horror experiences with legendary horror director Tom Holland.
SCALE-1 PORTAL is a leading French company specializing in affordable projection-based virtual reality solutions. The startup focuses in providing virtual reality solutions and services to the VR industry, the Real-Estate & Construction, and Entertainment markets. The company also includes an internal development studio which handles the production of SCALE-1 PORTAL their own IP.
Scienverse is the first universal virtual world allowing for easy access to VR apps, and socializing with other people. Scienverse makes every app compatible with any operating system or VR device.
Singularity Lab is a company focused on VR and AR technologies, working on creating a full body tracking solution and a VR MMO game with unique gameplay, based on the actual physical skill of the player.
Split Reality VR is using OSVR headsets to take you down the rabbit hole. The fantastic worlds of SplitVR come alive through the lenses of OSVR headsets.
SONAR is a new kind of cinematic entertainment, striking a balance between traditional movies and interactive media. The short film is a 3D-360° computer-generated sci-fi experience for various virtual reality headsets.
Soverance Studios is a two-man indie team working to bring innovative experiences to virtual reality. Their upcoming title, Ethereal Legends, is a turn-based RPG for virtual reality built in Unreal Engine 4. With a heavy focus on strategic combat, environment puzzles, and huge boss fights, Ethereal Legends aims to bring epic high fantasy to the next generation.
Spectral Reality builds novel and affordable immersive projection systems based on off the shelf components.
Total Cinema 360 is a production house and software development company that believes in the untapped potential of 360 video and virtual reality technology to redefine the creative boundaries of audio/visual storytelling. Founded in early 2013 by New York based filmmakers, Total Cinema 360 has since produced VR content in all facets of the entertainment industry including projects for Disney, MTV, Gannett Digital, Royal Caribbean, MetLife, and DKNY. They created the Total Cinema Player to provide comprehensive distribution solutions for 360 video across all platforms and were one of the first companies to release live action 360 video content.
Vae Victis is an independent game development studio based in Italy. Vae Victis team is constantly involved in research to increase ecreativity throughout new technology of gaming and virtual reality.
VRD is a HMD that works with a lot of game formats and 3D applications. They are developing a solution to integrate multiple tracking formats, such as Oculus DK1, DK2, FreeTrack, TrackIR, Air mouse and other.
VR-Gameplay developed Flying Aces VR a flight sim/combat game set during WWI. Users experience the birth and rise of aerial combat during the Great War (1914-1918).
VRGO is an easy to use locomotion device for virtual reality. Wireless, hands free, and compact, the chair provides natural motion to the VR experience.
Viewpoint Games specializes in virtual reality content and has released VR Karts, a game on the new generation of VR hardware
Vikru develops educational virtual reality applications for schools around the world.
Virtual by Backlight provides immersive experiences based on animation, storytelling and quality graphics. They develop rides, interactive and 4D experiences, using various technologies.
Virtual Reality Concepting’s goal is to develop a framework for VAR experiences that is affordable and scalable for future development by working with hardware, software, and VR, AR and marketing partners. They plan to develop natural feeling and immersive content for clients by hosting and technical support on location.
VirZOOM Inc created the VirZOOM Controller to propel users through VR games, such as powering a horse in a race, a tank in battle, a fire-breathing dragon through mountains.
Vizor is a platform for creating and sharing VR content on the web. The 3D content editor is easy to use, using the advantages of the web and can do real-time collaboration by sharing the URL.
VicoVR develops a sensor that brings Kinect-like gaming and full body avatar animation to MobileVR.
Vrse Inc is a virtual reality media and technology company that develops advanced technology for telling stories in immersive media. Vrse's platform is available across all major VR headsets, as well as iOS and Android, and houses a curated collection of the highest quality cinematic, story-driven content available today in virtual reality.
VR Seen.Inc focuses on virtual reality and augmented reality content creation and sharing, with offices in Silicon Valley, Hangzhou and Jinhua China. They build an open VR and AR ecosystem with self-developed HMD, APPs, platform, and support 3rd party HMD, contents, and peripherals.
VRstudios provides virtual reality solutions to commercial, government, military, and entertainment clients through wireless, multi-user systems. VRstudios operates three divisions which provide virtual reality solutions to a wide range of clients. VRcade for entertainment, VRdesign for architecture, and VRsolutions for custom VR needs and deployments.
Winged Minds developed VRIS, a universal system of scripts that provides the user with real interaction in the virtual world. It is applicable to any experience with easy modifications and trying to give support to the largest number of HMD´s and motion controls.
WizDish Ltd developed the ROVR, a VR locomotion platform that allows users to walk or run in VR worlds. Nissan, Dominator Yachts and Wells Fargo are using it for experiential marketing, and it is now available for home users.
World Order Studios brings back the era of gaming that does not rely on "Early Access" sales to deliver content.
Yuvine VR GmbH is a Berlin founded startup developing visual brilliance in 3D and focused immersion in virtual reality.
ZOOV360 is one of the first developers in Brazil to produce content in virtual reality. They are working on the development of virtual reality, focusing on tourism and education.
Ziran: Passage to Nature is an on rails VR experience boat ride through nature in calm waters inspired by Taroko Gorge in Taiwan. This experience is aimed for all audiences and especially great for first time users of VR.
ABOUT OSVR:
OSVR™ is a software platform designed to set an open standard for virtual reality input devices, games and output to provide the best possible VR game experience. Supported by industry leaders, the OSVR framework unites developers and gamers alike under a single platform. Plug in. Play Everything.
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Sunday:
NORTH:
·1. Beach Park man shot multiple times in parking lot of Evanston IHOP restaurant (NBC 5)
·2. Gov. Rauner appears at 5K run at Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling (WGN TV)
·3. Three men sought in connection with robbery of Wadsworth gas station; may have robbed liquor store two weeks before (Chicago Tribune/Lake County News-Sun)
NORTHWEST:
·4. Mount Prospect man held on $500,000 bond for sexually, physically assaulting two teenage girls (Chicago Tribune)
·5. Motorcycle passenger killed on U.S. 20 when motorcyclist swerves to avoid a stopped vehicle, loses control of bike and crashes (Chicago Sun-Times)
·6. Backers of Schaumburg Convention Center, adjoining hotel pleased with businesses' 10 years of success (Daily Herald)
·7. Hanover Park seeks public input online on its policing services (Daily Herald)
WEST:
·8. Rental truck gets stuck in ditch, causes fire on Cemetery Lake near Arlington Heights Road in Elk Grove Village (Daily Herald)
·9. Human Library of Fox Valley allows people to have conversations with interactive content provided by humans (Daily Herald)
·10. Morton Grove man arrested for sexual abuse of a co-worker at a home for people with disabilities in Berwyn (Chicago Tribune)
SOUTH:
·11. 19-year-old Homewood woman killed in crash with tractor-trailer truck in Peotone Township, Will County (Chicago Sun-Times)
·12. Hazel Crest police: Shooting deaths of father, two daughters not a random act; police ask for information on what happened (WGN TV)
NORTHWEST INDIANA:
·13. Gary man arrested for stealing mail, packages from Gary home (Chicago Sun-Times)
·14. Ogden Dunes, Portage sign pact as non-federal sponsors to shore up beaches being eroded by rising Lake Michigan (Northwest Indiana Times)
·15. Lowell swimmer notches record time in 50-meter free swim for ages 15-16 during semi-finals for U.S. Olympic Team trials (Northwest Indiana Times)
·16. Motorcyclist killed on Indiana Toll Road in Portage when his bike collides with Indiana State Trooper patrol car making a U-turn (Northwest Indiana Times)
·17. Indiana Court of Appeals rules in favor of now-deceased woman in 25-year-old tax-sale case over Crowd Point properties that previous owner had failed to pay taxes on since 1984 (Northwest Indiana Times)
·18. Town of Munster's school head named president of Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents for 2016-17 (Northwest Indiana Times)
·19. 1989 Merrillville High School graduate who faked his own death to avoid prosecution features prominently in short film '$cammed: Investment Fraud Revealed' (Northwest Indiana Times)
·20. Object thrown through window of Hobart apartment building sparks fire, which remains under investigation (Northwest Indiana Times)
·21. Questions raised after tattoo parlor opens in East Chicago without Town Council's approval (Northwest Indiana Times)
·22. [Merrillville may be on verge of becoming broadband-ready community](www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/m-ville-closer-to-becoming-a-broadband-community/article_8e77d4bb-fb68-5273-8151-a7d8c67adf5.html) (Northwest Indiana Times)
Monday:
NORTH:
·23. Morton Grove man arrested on charges of burglary of gas station, falsely reporting his vehicle stolen (Chicago Tribune)
NORTHWEST:
·24. One person arrested in connection with June 29 drive-by shooting in Elgin (Chicago Tribune/Elgin Courier-News)
·25. Maine Township High School District 207 superintendent gets $50,000 merit bonus after completing goals set by the school board; his annual salary is $210,000 before bonuses (Daily Herald)
WEST:
·26. Nazi banner on display causes flap at Kane County Flea Market in St. Charles; vendor removed it at staff's request after it appeared on facebook (Daily Herald)
·27. Body of elderly man found in retention pond in Downers Grove (WGN TV)
SOUTHWEST:
·28. Motorcyclist killed in late-night crash with another vehicle at intersection of 3rd Avenue and Richards Street in Joliet (Chicago Sun-Times)
·29. New Lenox man killed when motorcycle he was riding crashed near intersection of 179th Street and Spring Meadows Drive in Homer Glen (Chicago Sun-Times)
SOUTH:
·30. Harvey woman shot to death, live-in 'companion' wounded on Sunday morning (Chicago Sun-Times)
·31. Ford Heights man with schizophrenia in jail for killing cousin who made made fun of him (Chicago Tribune)
·32. Man wounded in shooting at Pioneer Motel on Torrence Avenue in Lansing (Chicago Sun-Times)
·33. Blue Island teenager struck, killed by vehicle in 13600 block of South Western Avenue; coroner's office rules death an accident (Chicago Sun-Times)
NORTHWEST INDIANA:
·34. Westchester Township History Museum puts up exhibit on the wife, daughters and granddaughters of Joseph Bailly and their influence (Northwest Indiana Times)
·35. Michigan City-based Save the Dunes searching for new executive director after departure of Nicole Barker (Northwest Indiana Times)
·36. Former Chesterton swimmer the first from stories swim program lands place on U.S. Olympic Team (Northwest Indiana Times)
·37. Cedar Lake has timetable in place for restoration of town's namesake lake (Northwest Indiana Times)
·38. Roadside bomb discovered along Welnetz Road near Trail Creek, LaPorte County (Northwest Indiana Times)
·39. St. John police chief heading to Washington, D.C., to participate in conference on 21st-Century policing (Northwest Indiana Times)
Tuesday:
NORTH:
·40. Lake County to join national Data-Driven Justice Initiative as way of diverting mentally-ill residents from repeated jailing (Chicago Tribune/Lake County News-Sun)
·41. Lake County Finance & Administrative Committee meetings to be telecast on LCTV (Daily Herald)
NORTHWEST:
·42. Bartlett Royals Little League team, undefeated in regular season, sweeps playoffs; eight players selected for Little League All-Star game (Daily Herald)
·43. Elgin-O'Hare Expressway now a cashless tollroad from I-290 to Lake Street (CBS 2)
·44. Park Ridge reports spending about $1,950 on Hillary Clinton's May 19 visit (Chicago Tribune/Park Ridge Herald-Advocate)
·45. Hampshire renames Memorial Park as Henpeck Park to recall village's history (Daily Herald)
·46. Senior-housing project proposed for 300 N. State St. in Elgin (Daily Herald)
·47. California man charged with battery after hitting man repeatedly at wedding reception in Streamwood (Daily Herald)
WEST:
·48. Oak Park native uses KICS Cup soccer competition to promote global unity, teach about diversity and other cultures (Chicago Tribune/Forest Leaves)
·49. Man robs Fifth-Third Bank on North Neltnor Boulevard (Route 59) in West Chicago (WBBM AM 780)
·50. LaGrange police charge Maywood teen for June 21 robbery, recover iPhone (Chicago Tribune/The Doings)
·51. Kane County State's Attorney reports 7 percent increase in felony charges over same time last year (Daily Herald)
SOUTH:
·52. Park Forest man arrested on attempted-murder charge after allegedly stabbing his housemate 18 times (Chicago Tribune)
·53. Two houses, several vehicles damaged in University Park blaze that might have been sparked by fireworks (CBS 2)
·54. Mysterious hero rescues partially paralyzed man from burning home in University Park (NBC 5)
·55. Peotone Junior High School basketball coach charged with grooming female student with 'inappropriate' texts (Chicago Tribune)
NORTHWEST INDIANA:
·56. Merrillville-based MonoSol launches water-soluble film product to deliver food color to food processors in Latin America (Northwest Indiana Times)
·57. Two men wounded in separate shootings in Hammond over the holiday weekend (Northwest Indiana Times)
·58. Merrillville man arrested in scheme that exchanged counterfeit money for prepaid debit cards (Northwest Indiana Times)
REGIONAL
·59. Skyrocketing property tax bills enrage Cook County homeowners; County Board president promises not to consider property-tax hike (ABC 7)
Wednesday:
NORTH:
·60. Divvy rolls out service in Evanston (Chicago Tribune/Evanston Review)
·61. Chicago Blackhawks draft former Lake Forest Academy hockey star (Chicago Tribune/Lake County News-Sun)
·62. Lake Zurich Village Board approves proposed Illinois Secretary of State drivers-license facility at Deerpath Commons on Rand Road (Daily Herald)
·63. Wauconda officials hold off on decision on red-light camera at Bonner Road and U.S. 12 (Daily Herald)
·64. Metra completes $328,000 renovation of 127-year-old Ravinia station in Highland Park (FOX 32)
·65. U.S. Department of Labor fines Lakemoor Dental $53,900 for failing to protect employees from risks of blood-borne pathogens (Daily Herald)
·66. First American Bank on Golf Road in Skokie robbed (Chicago Tribune/Skokie Review)
NORTHWEST:
·67. Arlington Heights Park District to install 20-foot netting along Kirchoff Road as part of project that will bring in artificial turf to soccer, football fields at Sunset Meadows (Daily Herald)
·68. Des Plaines to keep 'City of Destiny' motto; decision on 'dP' logo yet to be made (Daily Herald)
·69. Sleepy Hollow considers prosecuting first-time DUI offenders locally rather than in state court (Daily Herald)
·70. Sleepy Hollow institutes ban on raising chickens in residential backyards (Daily Herald)
·71. Longtime Maine West High School girls basketball coach Derril Kipp loses battle with pancreatic cancer at age 71 (Chicago Tribune/Park Ridge Herald-Advocate)
·72. Park Ridge accountant pleads guilty to defrauding Chicago Cubs of $364,000, embezzling $358,208 from cancer patient (Chicago Sun-Times)
WEST:
·73. Man, woman shot multiple times inside Westchester home (Chicago Tribune)
·74. Aurora Police: Five people shot during Fourth of July weekend (Chicago Sun-Times)
·75. Campton Hills Village Board discusses, but doesn't vote on, firing village administrator (Daily Herald)
·76. While preservationist prepare to fight DuPage Forest Preserve District's move to demolish McKee House at Churchill Woods, Sierra Club argues for building's removal (Daily Herald)
·78. Wheaton City Council approves contract with Lakeshore Recycling Systems that will bring radio-frequency-ID technology to city's garbage collection (Daily Herald)
·79. Chicago man shot multiple times outside Oak Park gas station (Chicago Tribune/Oak Leaves)
SOUTHWEST:
·80. Pair of men who carjacked a vehicle in Chicago now sought for fatal shooting of clerk at gas station on 5300 block of Harlem Avenue in Summit (CBS 2)
·81. Palos Park homeowner with valid concealed-carry license shoots two home invaders, leaving one dead, the other wounded (WBBM AM 780)
SOUTH:
·82. Lincoln-Way High School District 210 superintendent claimed balanced budget in 2014, but private communication showed he expected $6 million deficit (Chicago Tribune/Daily Southtown)
·83. Frankfort man killed when semi tractor-trailer collapses on him at Monee industrial facility (Chicago Sun-Times)
NORTHWEST INDIANA:
·84. Merrillville man shot to death inside his home (Chicago Tribune)
·85. Friday Night Cruise-In brings motorcycle enthusiasts to South Point business park in Valparaiso every Friday evening (Northwest Indiana Times)
·86. Valparaiso police pull drunk man off Rail America tracks two-and-a-half block in front of approaching train (Chicago Tribune/Gary Post-Tribune)
·87. Bishop Noll Catholic High School graduate Matt Pobereyko heads to Arizona League Diamondbacks after his Independent League contract is bought by MLB team (Northwest Indiana Times)
·88. East Chicago graffiti artists represent area at Indiana State Museum competition (Northwest Indiana Times)
·89. Lake County coroner's office identifies body in Merrillville retention pond as Munster man (Northwest Indiana Times)
·90. Indiana Court of Appeals refuses to reduce mentally-ill LaPorte County man's 60-year sentence in the murder of his brother with a samurai sword (Northwest Indiana Times)
REGIONAL
·91. Cook County's slick new website and data portal goes live; site cost taxpayers $1.245 million (Crain's Chicago Business)
·92. Three men from Chicago, Lansing, Lowell appear in U.S. District court in Hammond on charges of trying to buy HUD homes with the intent to sell them for a profit (Northwest Indiana Times)
Thursday:
NORTH:
·93. Zion-area man pleads not guilty to charges he was driving recklessly before a crash that killed girl, her father in Lindenhurst in August 2015 (Daily Herald)
·94. Drone operator flying small, remote-controlled machine over Bangs Lake prompts Wauconda officials to draw up limitations on drone use over public, private properties (Daily Herald)
·95. Objection filed against incumbent Lake County coroner's run for re-election as independent (Daily Herald)
NORTHWEST:
·96. Elgin police chief attends three-week program at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, learns how communities judge departments' success and how money is allocated (Daily Herald)
·97. Des Plaines City Council enacts restrictions on which flags can be flown on city property after Des Plaines Public Library puts up gay-pride flag following mass shooting in Orlando (WBBM AM 780)
·98. Algonquin man pens book inspired by his and his wife's adoption of a show dog (Daily Herald)
·99. Carpentersville suffers power outage after car-vs-semi crash downs power lines at Binnie and Randall roads (Daily Herald)
·100. Trustee who served for 13 years resigns from Arlington Heights Memorial Library board (Daily Herald)
WEST:
·101. Less than half of requests for grants from Kane County riverboat-casino gambling fulfilled (Daily Herald)
·102. Glen Ellyn college student was found dead last year along Tiber River after traveling to Rome to study at John Cabot University, echoing death of Wisconsin student (NBC 5)
·103. Cicero police officer sustains minor injuries after vehicle he stopped sped away, running over the officer's foot; suspect escaped into Chicago (WBBM AM 780)
·104. Onetime owner of Hollywood Palms, Hollywood Boulevard theaters pleads guilty to tax-evasion and bank-fraud scheme; faces up to 15 years in prison and $6 million in payments (Chicago Tribune/Naperville Sun)
·105. West Chicago officials consider building band shell in Reed-Keppler Park; Park District to be responsible for planning and management, while the city will pay for rest (Daily Herald)
SOUTHWEST:
·106. Four suspects in attempted home burglary stand charged with death of fifth suspect after Palos Park homeowner with conceal-carry permit fatally shoots man (WBBM AM 780)
SOUTH:
·107. Man found dead outside house on 200 block of Miami Street, Park Forest (Chicago Tribune)
NORTHWEST INDIANA:
·108. 15-year-old Hammond boy shot to death at 1:30 a.m. Thursday on block where he lived (Chicago Sun-Times)
·109. Film about East Chicago outsider artist Peter Anton set in Northwest Indiana to air on PBS, Lakeshore Public Television in September (Northwest Indiana Times)
·110. New state law allows former K-9 partner's cremains to be interred with late Michigan City police officer (Northwest Indiana Times)
·111. Ivy Tech Community College Northwest to restart welding program after 10-year hiatus (Northwest Indiana Times)
·112. Group of Munster residents call for changes or cancellation of St. Thomas More Fun Days following shooting that wounded woman across road at Jewel-Osco (Northwest Indiana Times)
·113. Griffith officials get OK to pursue referendum to secede from Calumet Township (Northwest Indiana Times)
·114. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency takes action to protect residents of East Chicago housing complex from effects of lead-contaminated soil (Northwest Indiana Times)
·115. Stepdaughter of ex-Lake Station mayor sentenced to 6 months home confinement, two years probation, fined $664 as result of her involvement in corruption scandal (Chicago Tribune/Gary Post-Tribune)
·116. Lakes of the Four Seasons man killed when his car slams into a tree on East 109th Avenue in Winfield; passenger from Crown Point declines medical attention (Northwest Indiana Times)
·117. Portage police arrest 10 people in connection with underage drinking party (Northwest Indiana Times)
·118. Gary man charged with arson after setting ex-girlfriend's car on fire while they talked about their relationship (Northwest Indiana Times)
Friday:
NORTH:
·119. Northbrook homeowners association seeks to stop housing development on country club property that tests show has high levels of arsenic from century of herbicides, pesticides (Chicago Tribune/Northbrook Star)
·120. Target unveils plans for small-format store at Dempster Street and Bronx Avenue in Skokie; slated to open in 2017 (Crain's Chicago Business)
·121. Chicago man arrested on gun and drug charges after allegedly shooting a Beach Park man multiple times outside Evanston IHOP (Chicago Tribune/Evanston Review)
·122. Lake County Municipal League board of directors chooses officers (Daily Herald)
NORTHWEST:
·123. Arlington Heights 'Pastafarian' convinces Illinois Secretary of State's staff to allow her to wear colander on her head for driver-license photo (Chicago Tribune)
·124. Plainfield man dies three days after being pinned between two vehicles near O'Hare International Airport (Chicago Sun-Times)
·125. Man critically injured when boat crashes into dock on Fox River in Trout Valley (ABC 7)
·126. Motorcyclist killed after being struck by flatbed truck on Route 25 close to Kenyon Road near Bartlett/Elgin (Chicago Sun-Times)
·127. Elgin fire chief announces retirement set for Oct. 10 (Daily Herald)
WEST:
·128. Illinois Attorney General sues owner of Berwyn apartment building over violation of 1978 Lead Poisoning Prevention Act (Chicago Sun-Times)
·129. 74-year-old woman killed in four-vehicle crash on Route 64 near St. Charles (Chicago Sun-Times)
·130. Carol Stream Public Library accepting applications for trustee position after Patricia Johnson resigns to care for family member; deadline is Sunday, July 17 (Daily Herald)
·131. Former CEO of Lisle-based Navistar fights federal lawsuit that he lied to investors about status of engine technology that was never developed (Crain's Chicago Business)
·132. Villa Park lifeguard saves boy's life on first day on job at Jefferson Pool (NBC 5)
·133. Campton Hills man convicted of choking a family member at Geneva hospital sentenced to 10 years in prison (Chicago Sun-Times)
·134. Man and woman shot in a parking lot early Friday morning in 700 block of North Lake Street in Aurora (Chicago Sun-Times)
·135. Geneva woman jailed for poisoning death of her husband attempts to kill herself again (Daily Herald)
·136. DuPage judge rejects Naperville Township road commissioner's lawsuit seeking full funding; trustees' decision to cut $500,000 from his budget stands (Daily Herald)
SOUTHWEST:
·137. Oswego man charged for third time with threatening, stalking Illinois Toll Highway Authority chairman Robert Schillerstrom (Daily Herald)
·138. Preservationists try to save run-down Joliet mansion owned by Civil War veteran who served in 13th Colored Infantry (WBBM AM 780)
·139. Plainfield police receive anonymous thank-you letter in wake of Dallas shooting (NBC 5)
·140. Evergreen Park woman charged with disorderly conduct after allegedly threatening police in a Facebook post (Chicago Tribune)
SOUTH:
·141. Monee mayor has been accused of aggressive behavior four times since 2011, but no charges were ever filed (Chicago Tribune/Daily Southtown)
·142. Teenager charged in Chicago carjacking that led to murder of gas station clerk in Summit (CBS 2)
·143. Coach at Thornridge High School in Dolton accused of having sex with student after mother catches them undressed in South Holland home (ABC 7)
·144. Crete woman rescues rabid bat from pool, gets bit on hand, neck (WBBM AM 780)
NORTHWEST INDIANA:
·145. Indianapolis man charged with molesting, incest of two girls in Merrillville (Northwest Indiana Times)
·146. Michigan City doctor develops app to help children eat healthy and fight obesity (Northwest Indiana Times)
·147. Gary parents of three children killed in 2014 Hammond fire caused by propane heater now charged with neglect in their deaths (Chicago Tribune/Gary Post-Tribune)
·148. Man charged with domestic battery, criminal confinement, battery causing great bodily harm after breaking car window with brick and beating woman in the face in Gary (Northwest Indiana Times)
·149. Man, woman from Gary arrested in charges of stealing $3 million from the Internal Revenue Service (Northwest Indiana Times)
·150. Chesterton native and Oklahoma City Thunder forward Mitch McGary suspended for violating NBA's anti-drug policy (Northwest Indiana Times)
·151. Four Portage Township YMCA day-care workers fired after 3-year-old boy was left unattended on a playground on June 30 (Northwest Indiana Times)
Saturday:
NORTH:
·152. Gurnee's Welton Village Plaza on Old Grand Avenue to be ready in time for annual Gurnee Days (Daily Herald)
WEST:
·153. 47-year-old Cicero man dies from electrocution after making contact with Blue Line train in Oak Park (FOX 32)
·154. DuPage Forest District to post signs reminding users of horseback riders after Wheaton woman thrown from horse which was startled by a mountain bike (Daily Herald)
·155. Tickets for La Grange's Just Desserts Tour summer schedule sell out, but tickets for October now on sale (ABC 7)
·156. Warrenville man injured when motorized glider he was piloting crashes near Newark (Chicago Tribune)
NORTHWEST INDIANA:
·157. Al's Supermarket location in LaPorte Townsquare Mall closes (Northwest Indiana Times)
·158. Calumet Township assessor's employee to plead guilty to shaking down five businesses in exchange for reduced tax assessments (Northwest Indiana Times)
·159. Two people drown in Lake Michigan off Wells Street Beach in Gary during air show; three others rescued (ABC 7)
·160. Crown Point artist workshop Board & Brush to open new location in Valparaiso (Northwest Indiana Times)
·161. Food-and-nutrition director at East Chicago's St. Catherine Hospital named semi-finalist in Jenny-O How American Burgers contest (Northwest Indiana Times)
·162. Portion of Hammond's Lyman Avenue evacuated while police search chemical-smelling car driven by Valparaiso man (Northwest Indiana Times)
REGIONAL
·163. Federal agency says Great Lakes Basin Transportation needs to outline alternate routes for proposed freight bypass (Northwest Indiana Times)