Marengo
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14-year sentence stands for drunken driverApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A Bloomingdale truck driver who killed a Schaumburg teen eight years ago while drunk and high on marijuana failed Thursday to shorten his prison time. Ri...
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40 years after King's death: Progress, but not perfectApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Forty years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated on the balcony of his hotel room in Memphis. Forty years ago yesterday, the last full day of his life, Kin...
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Democrats back governor on health careApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Senate Democrats reaffirmed their political allegiance to Gov. Rod Blagojevich Thursday, approving his multimillion-dollar health care expansion plan. Th...
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Court rules family not liable for woman's AIDSApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A woman whose now-dead fiance infected her with AIDS cannot collect $2 million from his parents for possibly misleading her about their son's health, the ...
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Peace activists turn selves in at McHenry County jailApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Peace activists gathered outside the McHenry County courthouse Thursday to offer prayers and support for a pair of colleagues sentenced to a month in the county jail for...
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Motorola outlines costs of layoffsApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. said Thursday in a federal filing 2,600 workers were laid off between January and March, costing more than $100 million in severance and o...
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Concert to benefit St. Charles babyApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Fintan Schiltz, the St. Charles baby boy who received a new heart the day after Christmas, will be the beneficiary of a fundraising concert April 20 at the Arcada Theate...
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Witness admits memory lapsesApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - "Would you like to change your answer?" "Yes, sir." That was the exchange of the day Thursday between defense attorney Joseph Duffy and the government's star witness, St...
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Police beatApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Crystal Lake • The Crystal Lake police and fire/rescue departments located a homemade explosive device in the roadway of the 1100 block of Windridge Drive at 5:01 p.m. W...
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Briefs: About that Commodore 64Apr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - The West Dundee public works department will hold its first Electronics Recycling Day from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at its facility at 900 Angle Tarn. Residents can drop ...