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close Video Bison calf euthanized after being taken by tourists Visitors cited for touching wildlife A man from Hawaii has pleaded guilty to intentionally disturbing wildlife in Wyoming. Prosecutors said the man saw a bison calf separated from its mother at Yellowstone National Park and tried to push the newborn up a riverbank. However, picking up the calf caused the bison’s herd to reject it, leading to Yellowstone Park officials euthanizing it. A man from Hawaii pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge alleging he picked up a bison calf in Yellowstone National Park, causing the animal's herd to reject it and leading park officials to kill it rather than allow it to be a hazard to visitors. A federal magistrate judge ordered the man to pay a $500 fine and make a $500 payment to the Yellowstone Forever Wildlife Protection Fund for the charge of intentionally disturbing wildlife, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Wyoming said. … [Read more...] about Hawaii man pleads guilty to picking up Yellowstone bison calf, resulting in its herd rejection, euthanasia

2 Schools The district provided no documentation showing how a top official became acting superintendent. David Giuliani , Patch Staff Posted | Updated Replies HINSDALE, IL – It still remains unclear how Chris Covino, a top Hinsdale High School District 86 official, became the acting superintendent. Last week, Patch requested records showing who appointed Covino, assistant superintendent for academics, to the acting position. He is serving in that role while Superintendent Tammy Prentiss is taking an undefined "leave of absence." On Wednesday, the district said in an emailed response that the assistant superintendent of academics "assumes the role of acting superintendent when the Superintendent is temporarily unavailable." The email stated school board President Catherine Greenspon informed Covino by phone on May 16 that he was acting superintendent "based on his position." The district confirmed no board … [Read more...] about Mystery On Hinsdale D86 Leader Pick Continues

0 Schools The acting superintendent warned it would be "very rash" to quickly reverse planned changes to social studies courses. David Giuliani , Patch Staff Posted | Updated Reply HINSDALE, IL – Hinsdale High School District 86's board appears poised to soon reverse planned changes to social studies courses, but the acting superintendent warned that such a decision could be "very rash." At last week's board meeting, member Debbie Levinthal criticized the district's plan to de-emphasize European history. Under the district's long-term plan, Advanced Placement European History will no longer be a part of the honors track for sophomores. It is being replaced by AP Modern World History. AP European History is set to become an elective for juniors and seniors. In late March, social studies department members presented the plan to the old board . A new majority took control after April's election. Most of the … [Read more...] about Hinsdale D86 Leader Pushes Back Against Board

THE ELISSAS: Three Girls, One Fate, and the Deadly Secrets of Suburbia , by Samantha Leach Like the Furies and the Fates of Greek mythology, the subjects of Samantha Leach’s “The Elissas” are troubled and troubling young women enacting a drama that feels both ancient and inevitable. If the addiction narrative has ascended to the level of myth in America (and it’s all too easy to argue that it has), then Elissa, Alyssa and Alissa are a familiar archetype: poor little rich girls, young and rebellious, their problems surely solvable by Daddy’s money. In this smart and gripping debut, Leach refreshes a familiar heartbreak by weaving the stories of these three lost young women into a larger, more complicated and ultimately tragic narrative of a nation not so much losing the war on drugs as on a death march every bit as doomed as the last battles in Sparta. Of the three protagonists, Elissa is the only one Leach knew personally. Growing up together in the wealthy suburbs of … [Read more...] about The Trouble With the Troubled Teen Industry

5 Schools A student said her classmates were "steered" away from a computer course, which concerned board members. David Giuliani , Patch Staff Posted | Updated Replies HINSDALE, IL – Hinsdale South High School students last week objected to the lack of course selection compared with Hinsdale Central. Regardless of its majority, the school board largely avoids talking about the gap . Six of the seven members hail from the wealthier Central zone. Because South's enrollment is half of Central's, its course selection is considerably smaller. At last week's school board meeting, three South students protested reducing the number of Advanced Placement Chemistry classes to one next year. Two classes were offered this year and three the year before, the student said. The students said 27 students were recommended for AP Chemistry, but the classroom size only permits 24. So three were rejected, they said. … [Read more...] about Hinsdale South Students Protest Disparity With Central

0 Crime & Safety The car was stolen while a woman was pumping gas and cleaning her windows, police said. David Giuliani , Patch Staff Posted Reply HINSDALE, IL – A woman was pumping gas and cleaning her windows Wednesday night in Hinsdale when a man jumped inside her minivan and stole it, police said. The theft occurred about 10 p.m. at the BP gas station at Ogden Avenue and York Road, police said. The suspect drove east on Ogden and was spotted by a Westmont officer a short while later in a parking lot at Ogden and Cass avenues, according to a police news release. He was then arrested. Police said more information would be available after the man's first hearing. Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. Thank Reply To request removal of your name from an arrest report, submit these required items … [Read more...] about Hinsdale Theft Suspect Caught In Westmont: Cops