DHL founder discovered dead: The body of reclusive U.S. billionaire Larry Lee Hillblom has been recovered from a remote island in the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas in the western Pacific, officials said. Hillblom, 55, one of the founders of international courier DHL Corp., had been missing since Sunday with two others when their seaplane failed to touch down on the small island north of the U.S. territory of Guam. The last communication from the plane’s pilot said they could not land because of a squall.
![Parents of students enrolled at an elementary school in Flossmoor are calling for the school’s management to take a stronger stance against racism after its first Black principal received hate mail. Felicia Clotworthy was brought in as principal for Infant Jesus of Prague Catholic Elementary School in June 2023, Lynnnette Wright, whose son attends the school, told the Daily Southtown. But six months later, a letter addressed to Clotworthy from an unnamed sender and dated December 31 used a racial slur to address the school official. “We know there have been incidents at Infant Jesus […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2022/01/25/54L5VK7NEZAGLMA6IOH5ROI57U.jpg?w=535 "Parents of students enrolled at an elementary school in Flossmoor are calling for the school’s management to take a stronger stance against racism after its first Black principal received hate mail. Felicia Clotworthy was brought in as principal for Infant Jesus of Prague Catholic Elementary School in June 2023, Lynnnette Wright, whose son attends the school, told the Daily Southtown. But six months later, a letter addressed to Clotworthy from an unnamed sender and dated December 31 used a racial slur to address the school official. “We know there have been incidents at Infant Jesus […]")
![A Chicago Bears electronic billboard on Route 53 could be among the giant advertisements at risk of coming down next month if the Arlington Heights Village Board moves forward with plans to eliminate all billboards in the northwest suburb. The issue came up at the Village Board meeting earlier this month when trustees considered a zoning change for a property at the triangular intersection of Rand Road and Chestnut Avenue. The property owner is looking to construct five new townhomes on the parcel. The automotive repair center on that corner, Arlington Performance Center, currently has two billboards on the property, […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_0963.jpg?w=467 "A Chicago Bears electronic billboard on Route 53 could be among the giant advertisements at risk of coming down next month if the Arlington Heights Village Board moves forward with plans to eliminate all billboards in the northwest suburb. The issue came up at the Village Board meeting earlier this month when trustees considered a zoning change for a property at the triangular intersection of Rand Road and Chestnut Avenue. The property owner is looking to construct five new townhomes on the parcel. The automotive repair center on that corner, Arlington Performance Center, currently has two billboards on the property, […]")