Copyright 2013 Daily Herald, Paddock Publications, Inc. http://www.dailyherald.com/news/county/cook/ en-us Tue, 14 May 2013 22:37:02 -0400 http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139929/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139929/ Mon, 13 May 2013 15:52:07 -0400 A Chicago man was killed and two others were injured in a crash Monday morning that shut down the outbound lanes of the Kennedy Expressway. Rufino Sanchez, 65, of Chicago, was killed when his SUV was struck from behind by a semitrailer truck near River Road. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149722/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149722/ Tue, 14 May 2013 19:11:55 -0400 Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said the boy was found in the water near McCormick Woods in North Riverside. The sheriff's office said the Cook County medical examiner plans a Wednesday autopsy to identify the boy and determine a cause of death. Sheriff's officials say a kayaker spotted the body Tuesday afternoon. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149809/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149809/ Tue, 14 May 2013 17:55:06 -0400 McHenry County Judge Maureen McIntyre told attorneys Tuesday to "pencil in January or February" but otherwise gave no indications of when a manslaughter trial could begin for the nephew of former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. Richard Vanecko faces charges of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Mount Prospect resident and Harper College student David Koschman. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149747/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149747/ Tue, 14 May 2013 17:07:48 -0400 Seniors at Jacobs, Hampshire and Dundee-Crown high schools will have the opportunity to take a new math class next year with a textbook designed especially for them. The course was developed by the Alliance for College Readiness which includes Elgin Community College and all of its feeder high school districts — Elgin Area School District U-46, St. Charles Community Unit District 303,... http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149749/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149749/ Tue, 14 May 2013 17:05:04 -0400 Inmates in the Cook County jail are readying for an online chess match against inmates in Russia. The Cook County sheriff's office says the games will be played Wednesday morning.