Prospect Heights
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Summer's bounty comes through big timeSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - This summer's abundant rain and soaring mercury translated into bulging food pantry shelves. Gardeners' generosity, it seems, grew as fast as most lawns. For the first t...
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Cook County commissioner pitches sales tax hikeSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Cook County Commissioner Joan Patricia Murphy proposed a sales hike Tuesday, saying the county has no other choice. Her plan would raise the county's sales tax to 2.75 ...
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Future's bright for North Chicago VA hospitalSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Enrico "Harry" Fontana returned from the Korean War in 1952 troubled by his thoughts and unable to sleep. People called his condition b...
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Briefs: Dist. 220 OKs budgetSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The Barrington Area Unit District 220 school board gave final approval Tuesday of this year's budget, marking the 11th straight year the district will operate in the bla...
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Factory Card & Party sold to AAH HoldingsSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Shoppers will still be able to find their Halloween costumes and greeting cards at Factory Card & Party Outlet despite Tuesday's announcement the company was acquired. T...
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Rating the Muvico theater experienceSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - No one remembers which movie Annie actually saw during her very first trip to a theater, bought out by Daddy Warbucks in the 1982 movie. With ushers lined up on either s...
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Briefs: Zurich targets businessesSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - SCHAUMBURG -- Zurich, one of the nation's largest commercial property-casualty insurance companies, is targeting the needs of technology customers by providing a range o...
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Suburbanites get in on the 'Halo' hypeSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Toby Dillman doesn't consider himself a sucker for marketing hype. But when it comes to the video game series "Halo," well, let's just say he's stocked up with all the g...
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Hoffman Estates residents blast state budget cutsSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The pleas came in the forms of letters from children and testimonies from mayors and school officials. They didn't care if Gov. Rod Blagojevich favored his political all...
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Trial focuses on where to draw line in sportsSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - In the midst of an intensely heated third period, authorities say, David Micek turned a Hoffman Estates floor hockey game into a jury question. Raising his stick above ...