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Glenbard students view mock DUI crash May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Members of the Carol Stream police and fire protection districts staged a mock DUI crash scene Wednesday at Glenbard North High School to raise student awareness of alcohol use, particularly during prom season.
Lawyer at Trump trial: We have right to mock New York May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
City pride has intervened at a Chicago civil trial featuring New Yorker Donald Trump During closing arguments Wednesday, plaintiff's attorney Shelly Kulwin made an unfavorable reference to executives in New York. Trump's attorney Stephen Novack jumped to object, saying, "Judge, he's mocking New York." The Chicago-based Kulwin shot back, "I can't mock New York? I thought it was every Chicagoan's right to do that."
Mt. Prospect Historical Society director leaving May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Greg Peerbolte, executive director of the Mount Prospect Historical Society since mid-2008, has accepted the position of executive director of the Joliet Area Historical Museum. "This is an exciting opportunity for Greg, and we wish him the very best," said Frank Corry, the society's president.
Lincolnshire boy 2nd in National Geographic Bee May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
A seventh-grader from the Northwest suburbs placed second in the 25th annual National Geographic Bee on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Conrad Oberhaus, 13, a student at Daniel Wright Junior High in Lincolnshire, earned a $15,000 college scholarship for his effort.
Fermilab opens new playground May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
A new feature at the Lederman Science Center at Fermilab has kids pretending they are protons, or assuming they are antiprotons, to teach about the laboratory's accelerator chain and its experiments, past and present.
House vote on compromise gun bill to come Friday May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan says legislation allowing the carrying of concealed guns will get a vote Friday. In a compromise, the legislation would ban guns in parks and on public transportation. The new House plan also requires a $150 application fee.
Pathologist: Stolberg prevented wife from breathing May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
A forensic pathologist testified Wednesday that Rachel Stolberg died from traumatic asphyxiation when she was prevented from breathing during a struggle with her husband in their Vernon Hills home. Ronald Stolberg is on trial in front of Lake County Judge Mark Levitt for his wife's death.
Wisconsin governor announces walleye production plan May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
The plan would create $8.2 million in borrowing authority to expand walleye hatcheries and allocate $1.8 million for operating expenses and $2 million for grants for private organizations to expand walleye production.
Details of hazing plan under scrutiny in Senate committee May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
A suburban Democrat says he'll make changes to a proposal that grew out of hazing scandals in the suburbs after lawmakers raised questions about how broadly it would be applied. State Sen. Dan Kotowski, a Park Ridge Democrat, presented the plan to a Senate panel Wednesday. He wants to create a new crime called "failure to report hazing" in the wake of high-profile scandals at Maine West and Hoffman Estates high schools.
No verdict yet in Trump lawsuit May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
The lawyer for an 87-year-old woman who accuses Donald Trump of cheating her in a skyscraper condo deal told jurors in Chicago on Wednesday that he was personally repulsed because he felt the "Apprentice" star conned his client and lied about it on the witness stand. Jurors withdrew to begin deliberations later Wednesday but went home after 90 minutes without reaching a verdict. They were to resume Thursday morning.
District 63 seeks applicants for school board vacancy May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
East Maine School District 63 is accepting applications for a vacant school board position after the recent resignation of school board member John Jekot. The appointee will serve the remainder of Jekot's term on the school board until the next election in April 2015.
Northwest suburban police blotter May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Thieves stole a wallet out of a woman's purse at a store in Des Plaines on May 14 and used several credit cards in the wallet: $1,005 at two Target stores, $785 at the Des Plaines Kmart, three separate Shell gas stations, at a Safeway store in Oak Park, and $7 at a Hertz's to reserve a rental car. Loss was estimated at $2,010.
Override of ‘Smart Grid’ veto complete May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
The Illinois House voted 71-41 Wednesday to again approve the so-called Smart Grid legislation. The Senate approved it Tuesday. Gov. Pat Quinn vetoed it May 6, saying the proposal weakened oversight and forced automatic rate hikes. However, the legislation becomes law immediately.
Purdue freezes tuition on main campus May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Purdue trustees on Wednesday approved freezing tuition and cutting costs for meal plans and university cooperative education and internship programs for all students in West Lafayette. Tuition and fees for resident students on the West Lafayette campus will be about $10,000 each of the next two school years.
U of I’s 117-year-old telescope getting repairs May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Like anything that's 117 years old, the telescope in the University of Illinois' observatory could use a little work. This summer, it will get it. A crew dismantled the telescope this week and is sending it to a business in Pennsylvania that will work on it.
Orphaned bobcat kittens ride the rails to Illinois May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Two orphaned bobcat kittens being cared for at the University of Illinois Wildlife Medical Center apparently have made a long trip north to get there. The kittens were found near Tuscola in a train car from Louisiana.
Baby wallaroo goes missing in northern Illinois May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
The pet wallaroo is named Willow and she's 14 months old. She's about 2 feet tall, gray and weighs between 15 and 20 pounds.
Protesters storm meeting on Chicago school closures May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Protesters of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to close dozens of city schools have been removed from a school board meeting in Chicago and from the state Capitol in Springfield. The Chicago Board of Education was discussing the issue Wednesday and planned to vote. About a dozen protesters were taken away from the meeting by security and Chicago police. Some linked arms and began singing, refusing to leave.
State Senate approves sex education bill May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Illinois public schools that teach sex education will have to include information about contraception and sexually transmitted diseases instead of a curriculum focused solely on abstinence, according to a plan that cleared the state Senate on Wednesday.
House approves raising interstate speed limit to 70 May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
The Illinois House Wednesday voted to raise interstate and tollway speed limits to 70 mph. Suburban counties would be allowed to opt out of the higher limit if officials wanted to.