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Schaumburg Boomers ready to start second seasonMay 14, 2013 12:00 AM
The Schaumburg Boomers' second opening day is this Thursday, May 16, but the independent league baseball team rolled out the red carpet two days early by hosting the Schaumburg Business Association's monthly breakfast meeting.
Animal shelter and adoption facility coming to Palatine May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
Despite concerns from a few neighboring businesses over noise and odors, an animal shelter and adoption facility has received unanimous approval to open in Palatine. Barb's Precious Rescue and Adoption Center will house up to 50 cats and six dogs in an old farm house at 313 N. Quentin Road. "I think I can offer the village of Palatine a solution for animal control in a very professional manner," said owner Barbara Weber.
USDA: Corn plantings pick up, but still behind May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
U.S. farmers are making the most of break in the seemingly unceasing spring rains to plant corn, though the pace still remains well behind schedule, the latest federal figures showed Monday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in its weekly update of the nation's crop progress, said 28 percent of U.S. cornfields have been planted, more than double the 12 percent of just a week earlier.
Confronting mom should just be about your feelings May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
Daughter is annoyed that Mom would rather spend time with her multiple cats than with her new grandson. But Carolyn Hax says express your feelings without hating what the good things Mom does with her time.
Women have new options for breast cancer surgery May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side effects and better cosmetic results.
How and why of Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie announced on Tuesday that she had a preventive mastectomy after learning she had a gene that significantly raised her risk of breast cancer. Here's a crash course in the procedure Jolie had and why.
Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomy May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
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 cancer. "My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56," Jolie writes in a New York Times Op-Ed piece. "She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was."
Suburban man the standby star of 'Book of Mormon' May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
Eight times a week, Rob Colletti goes down to the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago, warms up his vocals, sits in the dressing room while the hit musical "The Book of Mormon" is performed, and then goes home. Colletti, a Wheaton native, is the standby for the lead role of the nerdy but lovable Elder Cunningham. And, "it's been incredible," he said.
Chicago senator touts his compromise bill on concealed carry May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
An Illinois senator seeking to keep some concealed carry limits in place after a federal judge found the state's ban unconstitutional said Tuesday that his compromise plan would allow large cities to customize their lists of places that are off limits to concealed weapons.
District 300 first to offer fourth-year math course May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
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, Burlington-based Central Unit District 301, and Carpentersville-based Community Unit District 300, the only district to offer the course next year.
Inmates in Chicago, Russia to play online chess May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
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.
2,000 marijuana plants found near Hebron May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
McHenry County sheriff's deputies were called to a campsite near Hebron on Saturday for a trespassing complaint. The sheriff's narcotics unit recovered about 2,000 marijuana seedlings, fertilizer, soil, hoses, plant food, water and camping equipment.
Audit: Less than half of Road Fund spent on roads May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
The audit released Tuesday states that in eight of the past 10 years more than half of the road funds went to pay salaries, construction bonds and other costs.
Sentence handed down in 1st televised trial in Illinois May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
A Kankakee man has received a 78-year prison sentence in a case that was the first Illinois trial to feature live, gavel-to-gavel TV coverage.
Kane County hiring freeze changes called out for ‘gaping loophole’ May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
All eyes will be on the number of temporary employees and consultants employed by Kane County in the next six months. County board members approved changes Tuesday to the county's hiring freeze that several members said turns it into a "hiring slushy" because of the potential abuse of temporary hires the changes create.
Fox Valley police reports May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
Mark A. Clough, 46, of South Elgin, appeared in Kane County bond court Tuesday on charges of arson, a felony, according to court records. Elgin police responded to a fire just before 10 p.m. April 28 at Advance Engineering Corp., 440 S. McLean Blvd., and an arson investigator determined the fire could not have started on its own, according to police reports. After several interviews Clough admitted to using a lighter to ignite the wrapping on a section of pipe in the building, costing the company $46,000 to reverse the damages, police reports said. Bail was set at $30,000.
Monk pleads not guilty to child abduction charges, remains jailed May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
A Benedictine monk accused of attempting to lure four teens into his car on two occasions in Antioch pleaded not guilty Tuesday to child abduction charges that could put him in prison for up to three years. Thomas J. Chmura, 57, with a listed address at St. Benedict's Abbey in Benet Lake, Wis., entered his not guilty plea as his attorneys unsucessfully petitoned a Lake County judge to lower his bond to $50,000 and allow him to reside at his adopted father's home in Lansing, Ill.
Inverness man gets probation for retirement home burglary May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
An Inverness man pleaded guilty Tuesday to taking a flat screen television from a Palatine retirement home. In exchange for his guilty plea to burglary, Leonardo Adames was sentenced to 24 months probation and ordered to pay $500 restitution.
Round Lake Beach buys old home, vacant lotMay 14, 2013 12:00 AM
The village of Round Lake Beach plans to buy two properties as part of an ongoing strategy to improve neighborhoods and prepare for future opportunities. While the real estate market may still be sluggish, the village remains an active buyer, with contracts in place to buy an old home at 1319 Walnut Drive and nearly two acres of land north of Rollins Road near Nicole Lane.
District 54 students have a blast launching rockets May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
Students from Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 launched 450 rockets throughout the day Tuesday as the culmination of a yearlong learning project. The launches at Schaumburg's Olympic Park involved students from all 27 of the district's schools who began exploring aerospace engineering through the NASA Rockets curriculum in September.