10 stories you may have missed this weekend
1. Pinball machines, with their bells, lights and silver balls, are getting a replay, with a suburban company at the controls. And if you work for the company, playing pinball is mandatory.
2. The search for a Libertyville resident and Iraq War veteran who has been missing since Dec. 1 ended Friday when the body of 30-year-old Dan Nerstrom was found, dead of an apparent suicide.
3. A 76-year-old man was killed Sunday morning when fire broke out in an upstairs room of an Antioch-area home where he and six others, including his wife, daughter and three of his grandchildren, were living.
4. For Shiraz Najam of Streamwood, March Madness began on Valentine's Day, when New Zealand beat Sri Lanka in the opening match of the 2015 Cricket World Cup. He's part of a growing suburban community of cricket enthusiasts.
5. Mount Prospect Mayor Arlene Juracek said Friday a separation agreement is being worked out between the village and longtime Village Manager Michael Janonis, who has been on personal leave since November.
6. Verlyn “Swede” Roskam, the father of U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, is being remembered as a man of deep faith and generosity. The elder Roskam died Friday at the age of 85.
7. Passengers aboard a GoJet flight from Grand Rapids, Michigan had a scary, but ultimately safe, landing Saturday after the plane's front landing gear failed to fully lower.
8. Renovations to parks around the suburbs, including in Arlington Heights, Roselle, St. Charles and South Elgin, are all on hold after Gov. Bruce Rauner suspended state grants due to the state's fiscal crisis.
9. Remember riding around the neighborhood on your first Big Wheel as a kid? Perhaps they should have stayed just memory for grown ups Saturday as they raced — and often crashed — at the annual Emmett's Tavern Big Wheel Race in West Dundee.
10. The suburbs celebrated St. Patrick's Day a little early over the weekend with parades and festivals in Palatine, Naperville, St. Charles, Lake Villa and East Dundee. Check our photos and videos from the events.
Bonus: We spent an hour in Wood Dale take a look at what we saw and then share your own.