Cook County
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Date set for James Degorski's trial in Brown's Chicken caseSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - A second man is scheduled to stand trial for the Brown's Chicken slayings early next year. A Cook County judge set a Feb. 13 trial date for James Degorski, the 34-year-...
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Man with dangerous past escapes mental health centerSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - A man with a history of armed robbery and homicide has escaped from the Elgin Mental Health Center. Tobert Walls, 32, escaped from the center's forensic unit about 8 p.m...
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Four indicted in Antoine Walker robberySep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - A grand jury indicted four men in the armed robbery of Miami Heat forward Antoine Walker. Two of the men had been charged previously in the robbery of another NBA player...
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Political reporter to speak at breakfastSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - The Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce has announced that Mary Ann Ahern, a political national reporter for NBC 5 Chicago since 1989 and host of "City Desk" on Sundays,...
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What makes a building worth preserving?Sep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - The National Register of Historic Places includes 80,000 sites across the country. What is doesn't include is two Hoffman Estates structures whose fates have recently be...
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Stevenson High School notesSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Driving me crazy: Stevenson High School's driver education department, student assistance program, freshman mentor program and the Lincolnshire and Buffalo Grove police ...
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11-year-old Chicago girl drowns in McHenry poolSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - A final summer fling turned tragic Sunday afternoon after an 11-year-old Chicago girl drowned in the backyard swimming pool of a home in McHenry. Tyrianna Jordan, 11, ...
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Many small businesses don't have Web sitesSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - When Northfield-based Small Business Research Board surveyed about 550 small businesses, including some in the Chicago suburbs, the group was surprised to learn that abo...
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By the numbers: Deficient bridges in the areaSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Here's a look at the deficient bridges in the counties serviced by the Daily Herald. COOK • 180 of 1,581 bridges structurally deficient (11.4 percent) • 26 toll bridges....
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Will rate hikes leave ComEd asking, 'who turned out the lights?'Sep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Now that the summer news cycle has ended with such vital stories as a vanishing bank robber; a filthy-rich football player crashing his rich-man's ride into a pole and t...