Prospect Heights
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Suburbanites upset by AT&T's U-verseMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Some area suburbs are so upset with AT&T Inc.'s U-verse and its local access channel 99, that they've contacted state officials to see if violates state law. Their compl...
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47-year journey by rail comes to a closeMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Union Pacific engineer Eugene "Gene" Picchiotti of Palatine hired out on the Chicago & North Western Railway in 1961, just five years after the last runs of steam locomo...
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Cops say teen stole SUV, hit squad car, fledMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - A getaway attempt turned into a collision course in Mount Prospect, authorities said. Jose Segovia, 17, of 524 N. 6th Ave., Des Plaines, is facing charges of burglary an...
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Robotic suit could usher in super soldier eraMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Rex Jameson bikes and swims regularly, and plays tennis and skis when time allows. But the 5-foot-11, 180-pound software engineer is lucky if he presses 200 pounds -- th...
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Lawmakers' odds on adjournmentMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- With only days remaining in the General Assembly's scheduled spring session and last year's nightmare overtime budget sessions still a fresh memory, the D...
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O'Hare road work finishing earlyMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Drivers who reach the outskirts of O'Hare International Airport in good time only to be frustrated by construction traffic can take heart. Bridge and road repairs on I-1...
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Daily Herald honored for foreclosure seriesMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - A four-day series about foreclosures in the suburbs took top honors Saturday at the Illinois Woman's Press Association Mate E. Palmer contest. Daily Herald Business Writ...
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Bond set for man charged with selling drugsMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Bond was set at $100,000 Saturday for a Cook County man who allegedly provided cocaine to an undercover detective. Roberto Cazares, 24, of the 1500 block of Winslowe Dr...
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Driver Services improvements please residentsMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - It's 12:45 on a dreary Wednesday afternoon, and Isabella Siepierska paces in front of a glass door. Rows of bright fluorescent lights are burning overhead, and a woman w...
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Butterflies released in memory of babies lostMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - A butterfly release, in the serenity of the sun-splashed memory garden at Northwest Community Hospital, took on all the hopes and memories of nearly two dozen families g...