All Stories from July 2, 2010 (Change date)
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Slaughter ousted in 2nd round of playoffsJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The Chicago Slaughter was eliminated in the second round of the IFL playoffs, losing 47-33 to the Sioux Falls Storm at the Sioux Falls Arena on Satur...
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Ela area library reaches record annual circulationJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - The Ela Area Public Library has reached a milestone as its circulation hit 1 million items checked out in the past year. After coming up about 43,000 items short of 1 m...
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Armstrong wary of first weekJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, - The Tour de France gets under way Saturday, and Lance Armstrong says he doesn't expect to win the 51/2-mile prologue of what will be his last r...
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Coreopsis will grow in nearly every gardenJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Coreopsis, commonly called tickseed, belongs in the "happy-go-lucky" family of flowering perennials. They will grow in almost any kind of soil and will survive despite c...
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Man scraps plans for Lake Zurich gun storeJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - The businessman who wanted to open a gun store in Lake Zurich has dropped his plans after several residents took aim at his idea. Scott Lewandowski withdrew his petition...
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Farmers defend way of life with Facebook, TwitterJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - DENAIR, Calif. -- When a video of dairy cows being punched and prodded with pitchforks was recently released by an animal rights group, it made the rounds on YouTube and...
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Creationism is based on real science, more valid theoryJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - I'm writing in response to the recent article featuring Susan Mule searching for a non-creation science textbook for her home-schooled daughter. I'm also home-schooled, ...
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Pregnant Elgin woman going to prison after trying to foil drug testJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - A 26-year-old Elgin woman more than seven months pregnant was sentenced Friday to a year in prison on allegations she tried to hide her drug use from authorities by atte...
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Elgin man charged with trying to set apartment on fireJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - A 23-year-old Elgin man faces prison time after being accused of pouring gasoline in his east-side apartment and trying to set it on fire with his 9-month-old baby and h...
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Stop career politicians, vote against incumbents this yearJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - I offer my condolences to the family of Sen. Robert Byrd on their loss. Having said that, Sen. Byrd and other career politicians (Ted Kennedy rings a bell) and half of o...