Barrington Hills
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3.5 million meals for childrenApr 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Volunteers met at Westgate Elementary School in Arlington Heights on Sunday to pack and mix meals for Zimbabwe school children, as part of Willow Creek Community Church'...
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Raising the minimum wage for teens could hurtApr 27, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Suburban teenagers might have trouble finding summer employment, but some businesses say they fear they'll have even fewer work opportunities next year. I...
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Suburban students shine at Illinois Science OlympiadApr 27, 2008 11:00 pm - They turned Dixie cups and tongue depressors into a tower, bridge or cantilever. They identified the perpetrators by using paper chromatography and analysis of solids, l...
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Economy has teens scrambling for summer workApr 27, 2008 11:00 pm - This summer figures to be the toughest in history for teens looking to land a seasonal job, and the suburbs won't be spared. "It's been a struggle for a number of years,...
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Skating to help fight cancerApr 27, 2008 11:00 pm - For Melissa Anderson of Streamwood, 2008 has been a trying year. Both of her South Elgin-based parents were diagnosed with cancerous brain tumors this winter, just three...
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Gravel truck spills its load in crashApr 26, 2008 11:00 pm - A gravel truck overturned after a crash on Landmeier Road at Busse Road around 8:30 a.m. Saturday, officials said. Elk Grove Village firefighters responded to the scene,...
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Volunteer hopes to set good example by helping othersApr 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Retirement is seen by some people as being a time to kick back in the recliner, turn on the TV, relax and enjoy being free to do whatever you please -- or nothing at all...
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Start county anew? Breaking up is hard to doApr 26, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Pretend for a moment the Northwest suburbs somehow managed to break away to be a new, 103rd Illinois county free of the weighty new taxes emanating from t...
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Piety or panache? Church, ballpark organist sets the tonesApr 26, 2008 11:00 pm - From April to September, Dean Rosko splits his time between the house of God and the house that Miller built. As the organist for St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Chur...
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Tradition rings at Wrigley, the CellApr 26, 2008 11:00 pm - White Sox organist Nancy Faust sees the young blood perched behind the Milwaukee Brewers organ as a good sign for her profession. What started in the 1940s as a new tren...