10 stories you may have missed
1. The birth of video gambling in Illinois two years ago also spawned “cafe casinos” that have the look and feel of a coffee shop, but represent a growing share of the state's gambling income.
2. A refrigerator, wooden dresser and sturdy bed frame were all that separated Carlo Panzarino and his wife, Mary Ann, from the two tons of speeding metal that came crashing into their home early Sunday morning. Fortunately, it was enough.
3. A beloved former American Legion worker was in critical condition Sunday, two days after firefighters rescued her from a blaze that tore through her Hampshire apartment late Friday night.
4. Snow-packed sidewalks conspire to make it tough sledding for people who use wheelchairs in the suburbs, but companion dogs can help pull them through.
5. Illinois is set to run out of money at the end of March to pay court reporters, creating the potential for “havoc” in local courts, one suburban judge says.
6. Teams from Buffalo Grove and Hampshire gave their supporters plenty to cheer about Saturday as they claimed first prizes in the state cheerleading competition in Bloomington.
7. So, Mary Bauer may have raised her voice a bit with a Comcast representative after crews tried unsuccessfully 39 times to fix her HD signal. But she says she never, ever said anything to the merit the unpleasant name given to her by the cable company's billing department.
8. The leaders of Schaumburg-based Motorola Solutions are exploring a possible sale, people familiar with the matter said.
9. Des Plaines is using tax revenues from Rivers Casino to pay for work on a new city water source, replacement of a large water main and drainage improvements.
10. Candidates for Arlington Heights village board are divided over how to deal with the issue of subsidizing the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre. “There is not a simple path forward,” one said.
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