Northfield
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Teens go online to protest 'moment of silence' lawOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Although they attend high schools more than 30 miles apart, the same issue worries 16-year-olds Sara Tews of Villa Park and Albert Plawinski of Carpentersville -- and ab...
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Buffalo Grove restaurant to hold fundraiser for teenOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - A Buffalo Grove restaurateur is hosting a fundraiser next Thursday and Friday to help out the family of Wheeling High School student Jared Baim. Pete Panayiotou, who own...
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Des Plaines River projects finally get the go-aheadOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Flooding more than two decades ago killed seven and caused $35 million in damage along the Des Plaines River, spurring plans to make sure such devastation would never be...
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Soapbox: Slow it downOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - State transportation officials say a stretch of Route 83 through Prospect Heights has neither enough accidents nor driveways to merit lowering the speed limit from 40 mp...
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Special education teacher indictedOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - A Schaumburg junior high teacher has been indicted by a grand jury on charges he mistreated three special education students, prosecutors announced in court Friday. Patr...
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Elgin man gets 60 years for 'abomination' against childOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Calling an Elgin man's filmed sexual abuse of a 12-year-old girl an "abomination" and "pure horror," a prosecutor persuaded a federal judge today to give out the maximum...
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Prospect band looks for win in St. LouisOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - One week after winning the Governor's Trophy at the University of Illinois Marching Band Festival, the Prospect High School Marching Knights have stepped up the competit...
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Briefs: Abraxis approved to market 3 drugsOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Abraxis approved to market 3 drugs SCHAUMBURG -- Abraxis Pharmaceutical Products, the hospital-based business of Abraxis BioScience Inc. in Schaumburg, received U.S. Foo...
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Driver ticketed in crash that closed Des Plaines gymOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Raojibhai C. Patel, 60, of 601 Pennsylvania Court in Arlington Heights, has been charged with two traffic violations after his car crashed through a window Thursday at F...
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New Dist. 62 pact looks at flexible teaching timesOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Besides winning pay increases, Des Plaines teachers have a new contract that addresses the growing concerns of the profession, including flexible teaching times and clas...