Northbrook
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Ukulele fest comes to Des PlainesJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - This news release had me hooked with the promise of an event on the "Island of Des Plaines." Indeed, sounds of the islands are coming to the river town of Des Plaines. ...
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Brief: Playground crash, no injuriesJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - A woman who passed out behind the wheel crashed her SUV into a Bartlett school playground Tuesday, but no one was injured, police said. Police said no children were on t...
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Inline skating marathon ready to rollJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Organizers expect more than 300 skaters to compete at Saturday's Chicagoland Inline Marathon in Hoffman Estates. At best they were hoping for 1,000 skaters, but they're ...
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New foundation aims to help U-46 schoolsJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - A new nonprofit educational foundation aims to support Elgin Area School District U-46 in ways state and federal funding cannot. The U-46 Educational Foundation, two yea...
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Ex-Elgin cop guilty of beating handcuffed suspectJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - A former Elgin police officer was found guilty Thursday of attacking a handcuffed man suspected in a New Year's Day brawl in which the officer's father was severely beat...
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Prospect Heights' new city hall up and runningJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - The smell of newness wafts through the Prospect Heights City Hall as workers put the finishing touches on the new building. In a few weeks, the scent of glue and sawdus...
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Cops: Driver accused of murder trying to ram squad carJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Ed Diamond stayed put. Throughout the three days of testimony in the murder trial of the man behind the wheel of the U-Haul truck that killed his son Corey two years ag...
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Police: Man confessed to selling gunsJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - A Mount Prospect man has admitted to stealing 19 guns from a Des Plaines gun shop and then selling all but one to a Chicago street gang, police reports show. Mikolaj Lak...
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Safe Haven signs are going up in more locationsJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - The Mount Prospect Fire Department is displaying Safe Haven signs for those who feel they need to leave their babies because they can't take care of them. It's part of t...
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Des Plaines police arrest two men for attacking vehicle outside stationJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Des Plaines police on Saturday arrested two Chicago men who they say damaged a vehicle outside the police station and then led police on a short chase. Police said the t...