Clark Devon Hardware News Today

Good Friday morning, Evanston. Here are the latest news and feature stories from around the city.

A family company for 99 years, the business is now employee owned. Former owners Ed and Ken Walchak hope the reorganization will reward employees and respect the legacy of what their family built.

Good afternoon, Chicago. Heavy rainfall yesterday sent residents in search of supplies to clean up flooded homes. “If it pumped, we sold it yesterday,” said Jeremy Melnick, vice president of hardware for JC Licht, which owns close to a dozen Ace hardware stores in the Chicago area. Jay Fuentes, a manager at Clark Devon Hardware in West Town, said the hardware store started receiving calls ...

“It’s my first winter out here and it’s damn cold,” said Theodore Thompson, 61, after enduring a brutal Thursday night of subzero temperatures in a tent near the Dan Ryan Expressway.