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National Night Out is Tuesday, but Bartlett is starting the party early

5 hours 53 min ago
Area towns are turning up the heat on their National Night Out Against Crime celebrations, beefing up their activities to attract residents to the Tuesday, Aug. 3, event.

Robber who targeted McHenry Co. Walgreens stores gets 21 years

5 hours 58 min ago
A Chicago man linked to at least a half-dozen drugstore robberies last year was sentenced Thursday to 21 years in prison for sticking up a pair of McHenry County Walgreens stores in early 2009.

Wheeling man caught after fleeing Lake County courtroom

7 hours 41 min ago
Going for a jog of a few hundred yards cost Leon Spektor a large amount of money Thursday. The Wheeling man, charged with drug possession and retail theft, bolted from a Lake County courtroom as a judge was in the process of setting a $20,000 bond in Spektor's case.

Report: Mental health care lacking at state's youth prisons

8 hours 37 min ago
Prison experts have identified "serious deficiencies" in the way Illinois assesses and treats juvenile offenders for mental illness, according to an independent report scheduled to be released this morning.

Previous cases offer hints about likely Blagojevich conclusion

18 hours 10 min ago
Those expecting a quick verdict in the Blagojevich corruption trial - and that includes few actually involved in the case - might want to settle back and get ready to wait.

Official: All Metra board members must go

18 hours 10 min ago
State senators pushed for an independent inspector general at Metra in the wake of a misconduct scandal, while one official recommended replacing the entire board at a Wednesday hearing.

Foreclosure looms for Schaumburg man locked out of house

18 hours 10 min ago
Though the neighbors of a Schaumburg man locked out of his house by his mortgage company are planning to help him clean the outside of the property on Saturday, that property could be legally foreclosed as early as today.

Copper thefts back on the rise

18 hours 10 min ago
Copper is hot right now - and we're talking more than its rising price. A rash of thefts targeting the popular metal have hit the suburbs in recent months, with thieves scaling walls, shimmying up utility poles and even severing live electrical wires to get the loot.

Ex-DuPage Co. cop alleges sexual discrimination in suit

18 hours 10 min ago
Is Susan A. Kuttner a crusader, wrongfully fired from her job as a DuPage County sheriff's deputy after speaking out against sexual discrimination and unsafe conditions for female deputies?

Oversight still needed at Buffalo Grove landfill

18 hours 10 min ago
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency denied a request to lift a 15-year oversight period at a former landfill in Buffalo Grove Wednesday. The IEPA issued a draft denial to Land and Lakes Co.'s application to end monitoring requirements at the site on Milwaukee Avenue.

Romeoville man charged with stealing rings off dead woman

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 08:45
A 36-year-old Romeoville man has been charged with two felony counts of theft after stealing a diamond ring off the body of a dead person at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove.

Electronic billboard goes up in Villa Park, but will it stay up?

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 00:00
The electronic billboard that has riled some condominium owners in Villa Park will stay put until village officials can sort out the legal issues.

Quinn vetoes measure that would boost U-46 funding

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 00:00
The emotional roller coaster in Elgin Area School District U-46's fight for state funding appears to have come to a screeching halt.

Elgin's Winfred Cooper honored as inspiration to teens with autism

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 00:00
Calling him an inspiration to teens with autism, the HollyRod4kids Foundation honored Elgin's Winfred Cooper with its Champion Award this past weekend.

Public funds end up in Lake Co. sheriff's campaign war chest

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 00:00
A $500 contribution from the Lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group to Sheriff Mark Curran's campaign fund was a mistake, both groups said Tuesday.

Final attorney skirmish sends Blagojevich case to jury

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 00:00
In the final exchange before the case goes to the jury today, Rod Blagojevich defense attorney Sam Adam Jr. cast the former governor as the victim of a political plot, with Assistant U.S. Attorney Reid Schar countering it's a "desperate" claim.

Schaumburg house uninhabitable, but owner still living in the yard

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 00:00
When Schaumburg health officials declared 62-year-old John Wuerffel's home uninhabitable last October due to unpaid utilities, they obviously expected him to seek shelter farther away than the front driveway or backyard.

'The adrenaline was flowing': Park Ridge man describes crash rescue

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 00:00
An adrenaline-filled day had ironically started out with a lazy morning for Randall Schmidt and Kristin Berg. The Park Ridge couple, who rescued the only known survivor of a plane that crashed into Lake Michigan off the state's western coast Friday, were on the second to last day of their annual boating trip.

Red-light cameras not going anywhere in Wheeling

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 00:00
Despite the public backlash going on in other towns, Wheeling is standing by its two red-light cameras, located at Wheeling and Palatine roads and Milwaukee Avenue and Dundee Road.

Consultants return reality check for Hubble School site

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 00:00
Consultants Wheaton hired to create a redevelopment plan for the former Hubble Middle School site considered whether a collection of high-end specialty stores could breathe new life into the downtown property.
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