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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Naperville Kmart to Close; Other Layoffs Loom for Walgreens, Sun-Times Media

Crain's Chicago Business is reporting that nearly 1,200 jobs could be lost at the prominent companies.

By Shannon Antinori Nine companies are reportedly preparing for nearly 1,200 layoffs throughout Illinois, including Walgreens, Sun-Times Media and a Naperville Kmart, according to Crain's Chicago Business. Get news in your inbox. Sign up for the Patch newsletter. Like Naperville Patch on Facebook. Kmart, part of Hoffman Estates-based Sears Holdings Corp., plans to lay off 98 employees when it closes its Naperville store in the spring. The store, located at 1199 E. Ogden Ave., could close as early as late March, reported Crain's. Employees at Deerfield-based Walgreens will face layoffs as well. The company will reportedly lay off 65 warehouse workers in west suburban Berkeley, reported Crain's. Walgreens has nearly a dozen locations …

Mark Davis

4:09 pm on Wednesday, March 27, 2013

I agree with Holly. I worked at Naperville Ogden Mall store #3066 between 1989-1996. The mall was in its heyday. I made all sorts of friends and also good money, at a company that treated their employees well at the time. The store and experience means a lot to me, and I'm sorry to see it go. Times have changed though - Kmart is not what it used to be. Mark D. Clock #135.   more ›

Friday, December 21, 2012

Naperville Sun, Beacon News Office to Close as Sun-Times Targets 'Inefficiencies'

Editing staff would leave Aurora for downtown Chicago under a new plan to restructure news operations and consolidate suburban newsrooms.

The Naperville Sun and Beacon News newspaper office in Aurora will be closed under a new plan to "eliminate inefficiencies" in Sun-Times Media. Get news in your inbox. Sign up for the Patch newsletter. Like Naperville Patch on Facebook. The company has become "too small" to continue to operate as it is now, according to Jim Kirk, its editor-in-chief, who is proposing to move the newspaper's editors to the Chicago Sun-Times newsroom downtown and consolidate all editing and production there. The company, as it downsized, sold all of its suburban newspaper buildings in Joliet, Aurora, Elgin, Glenview and Naperville and moved staff into leased office space. The Naperville Sun and Beacon News office is currently located at 495 N. Commons Drive…

Jim Smith

11:41 am on Sunday, December 23, 2012

We discontinued our subscription to the Naperville Sun when their editorial staff went ballistic over charges of plagiarism concerning a speech given by the principal of Naperville Central High School. Their low-brow populist position was irresponsible.   more ›

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