Cook County
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No more corporate sweetheart dealsOct 25, 2011 5:00 am - More than 20 years after receiving some $247 million in state and local tax incentives to stay in Illinois and develop a new business campus in Hoffman Estates, Sears wa...
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Job stimulus didn’t work the first timeOct 25, 2011 5:00 am - This is a response to Maria Brandstrader (Fence Post, Oct. 18). Why should the Republicans keep passing legislation to create jobs? Were you not present during the passi...
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St. Viator updates ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ to the 1960sOct 25, 2011 12:00 am - One of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays comes to life this month when St. Viator students star in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Though it was written in the late 1...
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Oakton mourns loss of lead diversity administratorOct 25, 2011 12:00 am - Gregory C. James, Oakton Community College’s assistant vice president for Student Affairs/Office of Access, Equity, and Diversity, died Thursday, Oct. 20 of complication...
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Barrington reopens argument on CN rail underpassOct 25, 2011 12:00 am - Barrington is touting new evidence in its long-running argument that Canadian National should pay a hefty portion of the cost to build a road underpass where Northwest H...
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Elgin rallies, gets Nick's Pizza to 'finish line'Oct 25, 2011 12:00 am - Wednesday's opening of Elgin's Super Walmart has been highly anticipated by many members of the community and by at least one local business owner, who has viewed it as ...
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Hoffman police will take your old drugsOct 25, 2011 12:00 am - The Hoffman Estates Police Department is partnering with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for a drug disposal take-back initiative. The initiative addresses a vi...
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Tednes, Harper advance to regional finalOct 25, 2011 12:00 am - Harper College women’s soccer coach Dwayne Cruz wanted his team to get out to a fast start in defense of its NJCAA Region IV tournament championship. And in Tuesday’s s...
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Des Plaines teen faces murder charge in gang shootingOct 25, 2011 12:00 am - A 16-year-old suspected gang member from Des Plaines is facing an adult charge of first-degree murder in the July shooting death of a rival gang member, Des Plaines poli...
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Police searching for suspects in Mount Prospect attackOct 25, 2011 12:00 am - Mount Prospect police are still searching for a group of suspects who beat up an intoxicated man Saturday behind a convenience store on the 1700 block of West Dempster R...