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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
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