Lake Bluff
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From Maxwell Street scavenger to millionaireMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - William Kaper Jr. was 10 years old when he scavenged at the city dump at 31st Street and Cicero Avenue on Chicago's South Side. He could find just about anything -- a bi...
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Barrington chess club to be honoredMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - The children of Barrington's Chess Without Borders club are learning much more than the best way to secure that checkmate. For their charitable work, students in the clu...
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Lake County Sheriff Curran graduates from police academyMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Of the 63 cadets who graduated Friday from the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy, only one had stars on his uniform shoulders -- Mark Curran. Curran, who was elected Lake...
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Volo to fund intersection improvementsMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Volo won't wait for the Illinois Department of Transportation to fix three dangerous intersections and will instead fund the work itself. Mayor Burnell Russell said Frid...
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Judge upholds Fox Lake man's 25-year prison termMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - A Fox Lake man lost his bid Friday to have a judge throw out the 25-year prison sentence he is serving for slitting the throat of his estranged wife's boyfriend nearly a...
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Baseball pioneer to get Barrington thank youMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - On opening day next month, Barrington Youth Baseball and Softball will present a special honor to the man who started the program more than 50 years ago. Before the seas...
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Gurnee barber remembered for care, adviceMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - To his customers, Ralph "Pete" Peterson wasn't just a barber -- he was a friend and confidant. "He would always say he saw his customers at the most important times in t...
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Man denies stealing and then burning truckMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - A Vernon Hills man on Thursday denied charges that he stole a former employer's tow truck and burned it in a Wisconsin field. David Duncan, 30, of 890 Westmoreland Drive...
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School contractor faces fire at hearingMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Aramark, the contractor that cleans and feeds dozens of suburban schools, was in the hot seat Thursday. The Illinois House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee h...
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Wally Phillips let listeners in, tooMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Sure, Chicagoans like to think they're tough. This, after all, is the city of the big shoulders, where the police officer is there not to create disorder, but to preserv...