10 stories you might have missed this weekend
1. Lakes Community High School in Lake Villa lost a senior to an aggressive form of brain cancer on Saturday. The Lakes Community football team honored Bryan Jardinico as a fourth team captain just two weeks ago.
2. If everything had gone according to the plan Emir Abinion had in high school, he'd be wearing a white collar and saving souls. Instead, he found a different calling in selling cars in St. Charles.
3. Barrington Hills residents' love of horses was on display Saturday at the LeCompte/Kalaway Trailowners Cup, the largest polo event in the Chicago area,
4. During the midst of a budget crisis in 2008, physical therapist Nicole Molinaro couldn't imagine being treated worse by the state of Illinois. Now the Algonquin woman can. And babies and toddlers will pay the price, columnist Burt Constable says.
5. This week's INfrequently Asked Questions feature is with Kurt Jacobsen, who gives us the lowdown on tattooing (which, evidently, is really about being a big art nerd).
6. Vernon Hills police announced former Chicago Bears tight end Desmond Clark surrendered to police Friday related to an incident at Vernon Hills High School on Aug. 29. Clark's attorney says his civil rights were violated.
7. A Willowbrook teen has been charged as a juvenile with five counts of aggravated battery in connection with a Tuesday evening road rage attack that injured a 53-year-old Darien man, authorities said Friday.
8. A Mount Prospect woman whose son died after a confrontation with a nephew of former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley outside a Rush Street bar in 2004 has reached a $50,000 settlement with the Cook County state's attorney's office.
9. DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin will take no action on an illegally convened College of DuPage board meeting four years ago that resulted in a contract extension for President Robert Breuder, who is now on leave.
10. Brian Howard of Naperville was sentenced Friday to 12½ years in prison on federal charges that he set fire to an air-traffic control center in Aurora a year ago, causing flight delays across the country and the world.