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The Des Plaines Park District held a special pooch, pet and pedal parade today at The Mountain View Adventure Center. Pets and their owners showed up in their finest to strut their stuff.
Full Story published 5/17/2008 3:30 PM
A butterfly release, in the serenity of the sun-splashed memory garden at Northwest Community Hospital, took on all the hopes and memories of nearly two dozen families gathered there on Saturday.
Full Story updated 5/17/2008 3:21 PM
he worst mistake podcasters make is going on and on about nothing. For hours some will complain that Jewel never has good apples, or that drive-through lines at Portillo's are always too long.
Full Story updated 5/16/2008 8:07 PM
With a pending racial bias lawsuit, a new method of assessment and a newly nominated superintendent, the list of concerns is lengthy for bilingual parents in Elgin Area School District U-46.
Full Story published 5/17/2008 12:16 AM
A Maine Township father accused of suffocating his daughter pleaded not guilty this week in Cook County court. Elmyr Lawson, 37, 9205 Potter Road, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 5-year-old Kae on March 6.
Full Story published 5/17/2008 12:16 AM
A Schaumburg man was robbed at gunpoint on his patio by two men who walked up and asked to use his cell phone. According to a police report, the victim was talking on his phone on his patio on the 1200 block of Pine Valley Drive about 10 p.m. Monday when he was approached.
Full Story published 5/17/2008 12:16 AM
Schaumburg High School District 211 officials thought they had a clear path to the end zone in their quest to install artificial turf at the district's five schools.
Full Story published 5/17/2008 12:15 AM
Four men authorities say they believe are behind a string of violent home invasions in the Northwest suburbs were being held in Cook County jail Friday on six- and seven-figure bonds.
Full Story published 5/17/2008 12:15 AM
On Tuesday, the Canadian National Railway asked the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to expedite a ruling on whether to allow the company to buy the EJ&E railroad.
Full Story published 5/17/2008 12:15 AM
The labor of love to beautify Barrington's Richard Meinhard Memorial Park continues today.
Full Story published 5/17/2008 12:15 AM
The owners of PetSmart in Arlington Heights want to open a kennel inside their store for more than 100 cats and dogs.
Full Story published 5/17/2008 12:15 AM
Schaumburg High School District 211 has suspended a rule that seniors who failed the Prairie State Achievement Exam as juniors have to take final exams this spring.
Full Story published 5/17/2008 12:15 AM
As with many other towns around it, Wheeling's condominium market is getting saturated, a consultant indicated in a recent report.
Full Story published 5/17/2008 12:15 AM
A judge has denied a motion from news organizations seeking immediate access to sealed court records and transcripts in the R. Kelly child pornography trial.
Full Story published 5/16/200 11:54 AM
5/16/2008
- » Ways you can cope with high gas prices
- » Dist. 211 names new superintendent
- » Hanover Park mans gets 6 years for 7th DUI
- » Chemicals found in house near landfill
- » Chicago man, 84, convicted for 1991 heist
- » Error temporarily cut United fuel charge
- » Cook County judge charged with DUI
- » Angry disabled riders sound off
- » No Rezko verdict on first day of deliberations
- » RTA authorizes $55,000 office renovation
- » She helped garden club, church groups
- » Guards: Jail fight injuries avoidable
- » Voter ID proposal rejected along party lines
- » Public defender seeks open hearing on firing
- » NIU shooting victims to receive degrees
- » Ghost payroll suit may be refiled
- » U-46 principal uses wheels to fight obesity
- » Senior center gets funds for generator
- » Briefs: Four arrests after conflict
- » Schaumburg debates stewardship of sewer
- » Des Plaines reviews Five Corners plan
- » Dist. 21 again refuses federal Title I funding
- » Scout leader: U-46 policy hurts membership
- » Despite threat, prom is on in Barrington
5/15/2008
- » Latino leadership at Harper College
- » Orchestra to show audience how bands work
- » Two killed in Niles nursing home fire
- » Manager in store shooting a hero
- » Palatine may drop out of visitor bureau
- » Son thwarts Mothers' Day mugger
- » Students lobby for alternative schools
- » Juvenile center chief outline reforms
- » Snub of Stroger draws cheers, mayor's ire
- » Prospect Heights raises some fees
- » Elgin OKs softball field upgrade costs
- » Hearing for Villa Olivia proposal delayed
- » Briefs: Officer memorial today
- » Dist. 15 names new superintendent
- » Arlington Market condo plan in trouble
- » 5 injured in Riverdale bar shooting
- » 7 potential R. Kelly jurors dismissed
5/14/2008
- » Family carries on young man's fight
- » Jury selection continues in R. Kelly trial
- » Stroger pays a visit to Hoffman Estates
- » Auto show moving to Arlington Park
- » Hoffman Estates 'disaster' was only a drill
- » Trib nixes plan to sell Wrigley to state
- » No injuries in Elgin house fire
- » 18 injured in fight at Cook County Jail
- » Another U-46 chief named sans contract
- » Hospital loses one of its biggest backers
- » Warning labels would have 'chilling effect'
- » Ruling on merger sought
- » Briefs: Crash victim identified
- » State honors Tutu with portrait in library
- » 'Right time' for Mt. Prospect's campaign
- » Elk Grove tax break will bring in businesses
- » Bomb threat at Hoffman Estates High
- » Rezko defense again pounds on Levine
5/13/2008
- » Bensenville cemetery loses another battle
- » 1 dead, 2 injured in Barrington Hills crash
- » At least 3 jurors chosen for R. Kelly trial
- » Woman gets 24 years in dragging death
- » Prosecution: Rezko wanted to get rich
- » Briefs: Water park plans for Hoffman
- » Cops ID man killed in 3-truck crash
- » Hoffman Mayor doesn't like odds on OTB
- » Rotary contacts bypass politics in Myanmar
- » Hanover Pk. woman pleads guilty
- » Does proposal fit with goal of BG center?
- » Des Plaines seeks input on Five Corners
- » Wheeling wants to raise cost of 911 calls
- » Barrington president wants rail plan halted
- » Woman dead in Chicago alley
- » Student accused of pelting cop with M&Ms
5/12/2008
5/11/2008
5/10/2008
- » Cops at the doughnut shop?
- » Mrs. Obama 'particularly proud of husband'
- » Couple in battle with invader buckthorn
- » Metropolis gets new director
- » Judge denies delay in R. Kelly trial
- » Buffalo Grove soldier walks for breast cancer
- » Police: Man stabbed stranger in the face
- » Grant lets Bartlett parks go to the dogs
- » Truck crash spills diesel fuel on Route 53
- » Suspect used pellet gun in 17 robberies
- » Rosemont mayor still wants casino
- » Elk Grove Village resident reports burglary
- » Briefs: GE employees volunteer
- » Baseball leads off Metropolis season
- » Driver hits, kills Wheeling pedestrian
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