Barrington Hills
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Our look inside Cabela'sSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - My visit to the Hoffman Estates Cabela's on Thursday lasted 3 hours, 26 minutes. According to Cabela's Vice President Mike Callahan, that's about right. He says that th...
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Wauconda celebrates its agricultural rootsSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Caden Cowles celebrated his second birthday Saturday playing with a model train, seeing a border collie herd sheep and discovering tractors. It was all part of the Farm ...
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Vandals egg house of local atheistSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - The home of a local outspoken atheist was vandalized overnight Friday, police said -- with eggs tossed at the house and cars, and crosses and religious words scrawled in...
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Is St. Viator passing the drug test?Sep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Four months after announcing its controversial decision to drug test every student with a sample of hair, reality has hit at St. Viator High School. And for some student...
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Des Plaines wants flood insurance discountsSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Adding a pumping station and buying sandbagging machines should translate into a discount on flood insurance for residents along the Des Plaines River, Des Plaines Mayor...
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Grant battles to take secondSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Host Grant was in for an uphill struggle when the Bulldogs met Marengo's state-ranked girls cross country team Saturday morning in the ninth annual J.T. Taylor Invitatio...
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Special ed teacher out on bondSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - A Schaumburg junior high teacher arrested on charges he mistreated students has posted $50,000 to get out of jail, according to information from the Cook County jail. Bo...
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How the Internet will change libraries is at the front of my mindSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - One could make the case that libraries as we know them are an endangered species. Ordinary people are saying, "In the age of the Internet, when everyone has a computer,...
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Many legends abound about Abe Lincoln's digsSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - There is hardly a cave in Indiana or Kentucky that doesn't have graffiti stating, "Daniel Boone was here." Likewise, in Illinois, tales of Abraham Lincoln abound and mos...
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Sometimes cats need a nudge from you to get their exerciseSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Do you have a pile of cat toys your feline simply ignores? Perhaps, your company is the missing ingredient. Even in a multi-feline household where animals have each ot...