Westmont
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I'll go ahead and say it: 'Christmas'Dec 23, 2007 10:00 pm - Warning: If you are politically correct, please skip this column. This is a story about Christmas. I figure it's OK for me to actually write that word Christmas since it...
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Hanover Park girl's recovery a 'Christmas miracle'Dec 23, 2007 10:00 pm - Denise and Brian Carr race over to investigate all the fuss. They find therapists hovering over 7-year-old Stephanie, who's sitting up on her own. The girl ca...
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Disabled boy's message: I'm the same on the insideDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - It was in kindergarten that Ben noticed other children treating him differently. They pointed at him in the hallway. Some laughed. His classmates shied away f...
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Teen held without bond in Glendale Hts. slayingDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Walking his dog in the early morning hours, Corey Dale Krueger was seen as an easy target by a local teen with gang ties, prosecutors claim. Isaias Beltran, 19, is accu...
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Deals, delays drive 11th-hour shoppersDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Carrying a handful of bags, Laurie Byrne victoriously strode through the streets of downtown Naperville Saturday morning. With five more bags already in the car, she had...
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Controversy over medical suit caps continuesDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - The debate regarding limits on medical malpractice awards is heating up again after a Cook County judge struck down a law capping certain damages for patients. At issue...
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What's on Fido's holiday wish list?Dec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Bright red suit. Flowing white beard. Impish smile. Jolly laugh. No wonder Rusty was creeped out. The miniature pinscher did a double take on his first encounter with St...
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High winds knock out power, damage trees in areaDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - High winds knocked out power and damaged tree limbs and branches in the Chicago area overnight. ComEd spokesman Joe Trost says 58,000 customers are still without power S...
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2007: A year of surprising twistsDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - In "The Wizard of Oz," farmhand Zeke, played by Bert Lahr, spots trouble on the horizon and shouts a warning. "It's a twister. It's a twister." Like a twister on an unev...
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Platterpus Records finds fondness for vinyl onlineDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - When a photographer and musician met five years ago, they didn't expect something as common as vinyl would lead them into a business partnership. Peter Kuehl, 40, of Sch...