All Stories from May 14, 2013 (Change date)
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One-day hot-air balloon festival planned in GrayslakeMay 14, 2013 7:32 pm - Grayslake expects to be full of hot air Aug. 24. That's when the village's first hot-air balloon festival is planned for Central Park. Grayslake Trustee Bruce Bassett c...
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Educators on virtual charter schools: Hold off a yearMay 14, 2013 2:19 pm - Several suburban superintendents have taken time away from end-of-year activities in their districts in recent weeks to travel to Springfield. They are pushing for a one...
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Guns have a place while we’re here on EarthMay 14, 2013 5:00 am - In response to Tom McGovern, who wrote to the Daily Herald on May 3 that the gun lobby should look elsewhere because “there are no guns in heaven”: That’s true, Tom. Bec...
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Benghazi redactedMay 14, 2013 5:00 am - Mistakes were made. This, we are supposed to accept, is the conclusion to be drawn about the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, despite congressional testimony last w...
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Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomyMay 16, 2013 6:26 am - LOS ANGELES — Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast ca...
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Dawn Patrol: Arlington Hts. flood survey; Accident survivor thankfulMay 14, 2013 1:23 pm - Barrington train accident survivor thanks rescuers The 11-year-old boy who survived being struck by a train in Barrington March 15 was on hand last night to thank t...
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Naperville pastry chef living the sweet lifeMay 16, 2013 1:15 pm - Erica Tomei was headed down the path toward becoming a teacher when she was sidetracked by cake. After getting her associate degree and working for a gourmet catering sh...
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Editorial: Internet sales taxes should be collectedMay 14, 2013 5:00 am - The addition of sales taxes onto the purchase price of products we buy is an accepted part of the transaction whenever an item is bought from a physical store. But in th...
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Background checks don’t infringe on rightsMay 14, 2013 5:00 am - In reference to Mr. Froelich’s letter of April 24 (“Millions of owners of guns are law-abiding”), could someone please explain what I’m missing here? Why would a backgro...
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Spending remains out of controlMay 14, 2013 5:00 am - Spending remains out of control On May 5 you published a nice, politically correct article by The Associated Press as to “Why the economy is taking so long to recov...