Winfield
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Psychologist says priest is unable to control urgesMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - In their interview, the Rev. Fred Lenczycki told a clinical psychologist that he knew fondling boys was wrong, but that he couldn't help himself. The psychologist testif...
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Rail chief says takeover impact overstatedMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Any downside of Canadian National's proposed buyout of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern rail line has been overstated, the firm says, asserting the move would benefit the r...
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Longtime adviser loses student newspaper jobMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Naperville Central High School teacher Linda Kane was fired Monday from her longtime post as the school's student newspaper adviser. Kane will be allowed to finish the s...
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Teen gets probation for threat on MySpaceMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - A 15-year-old ex-student at East Aurora High School will serve a year on probation for posting Internet statements that referenced the shooting deaths at Northern Illino...
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Bank robber hits HinsdaleMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - A robber stole cash from a bank safe before it opened for business Monday, police said. Hinsdale police are searching for a man who stole from Harris Bank, 50 S. Lincoln...
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Wheaton to see Starbucks, doughnut shop on Roosevelt RoadMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Several discussions during Wheaton City Council meetings in the past six months have noted how difficult drawing new business to the eastern corridor of Roosevelt Road w...
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Five Bolingbrook men arrested in series of robberiesMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Five Bolingbrook men face charges in connection with a series of armed robberies last month in Bolingbrook and Romeoville, authorities said Monday. The men were arreste...
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Check out the gems in those rocksMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Bruce Norstrom hefted the large rock he had just been handed. His eyes lit up as he shook the rock and held it up to his ear. "That's the loose crystals inside," he said...
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Score disparity based on apples-to-apples comparisonMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - To compare passing rates on eighth-grade and 11th-grade high-stakes tests, the Daily Herald combined the statistics of nine suburban high school districts and their resp...
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Why so many 8th-graders make the grade but later failMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Suburban eighth-graders sail through state tests. But many of those same students struggle to make the grade once they reach high school. Most haven't lost real academic...