Northfield
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Dawn Patrol: Cage limited explosion’s harm; Phillips the ‘Idol’May 24, 2012 5:00 am - Pedestrian killed by train in Lombard: A pedestrian was struck and killed by a freight train at about 11 p.m. Wednesday on the Union Pacific West Line. The as-yet uniden...
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It’s not difficult to get a photo IDMay 24, 2012 5:00 am - How incredibly insulting it is to minorities to be told that they are incapable of accomplishing the same things as other people. Minorities have been told that they are...
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Chemical dispersed in explosion demands caution, professor saysMay 23, 2012 6:45 pm - The chemical that sent a dozen people to the hospital Tuesday following an explosion in an Arlington Heights factory demands caution when working with it, even in labora...
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Shackled pregnant women will share $4.1 million settlementMay 23, 2012 5:55 pm - A federal judge has given preliminary approval to the settlement of a class-action lawsuit brought by female detainees at Cook County jail who alleged they were shackled...
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Officials: Cage limited injuries from Arlington Hts. blastMay 23, 2012 2:51 pm - From the outside, the Arens Controls plant where a huge explosion Tuesday killed Neil Nicholson, 55, of Itasca looks undamaged. But given the way a testing machine was t...
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Boating safety class in Arlington HeightsMay 23, 2012 12:00 pm - U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 7-11 has one final boating safety class scheduled for this spring. The class is divided into two mandatory sessions running from 10 a...
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Township areas already ‘desirable’May 23, 2012 11:26 am - I’m all for saving money, but now I read that Cook County government wants to have unincorporated residents pay extra to make their communities “more desirable for munic...
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Voter fraud remains a problemMay 23, 2012 11:26 am - A recent letter writer trotted out some very old and very tired arguments against voter IDs. And, to top off the ridiculous contention of that letter’s author, he attemp...
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Abortion is taking of an innocent lifeMay 23, 2012 11:26 am - This is in response to Ginger Storniolo’s May 12 letter in Fence Post as to abortion being a private affair. In your argument supporting abortion and the decision being ...
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The man behind Bluff City's Avenue of FlagsMay 23, 2012 11:00 am - Every day at about 1 p.m., Marvin Schmidt gets into his red truck and drives to Bluff City Cemetery. He visits the graves of his wife and his grandson and makes a circui...