Cook County Lifestyle
-
With help of charity, homeless family finds 'the road home'Dec 24, 2012 10:00 pm - Last year, as she and her six kids celebrated Christmas in the car where they had been living for weeks, “my daughter and my older son started to cry, and I cried,” the ...
-
Mt. Prospect farmers market a success in 2012Dec 24, 2012 1:20 pm - Members of the Mount Prospect Lions Club recently reported that the 2012 version of the annual farmers market in the downtown area raised $17,000. Half of that goes to t...
-
3,500 toys donated to children at Park Ridge hospitalDec 24, 2012 12:53 pm - A 29-year-old Niles woman is making Christmas dreams come true for patients and families at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Park Ridge this holiday season. Yianna Manok...
-
Can't get enough of the '69 CamaroDec 23, 2012 11:45 pm - Rich Gregory has a long history of enjoying the best four-wheeled machines Chevrolet offers, including his personal collection of Chevelles and Corvettes. But once the B...
-
Humanitarian Service Project strives to ease pain and suffering brought by povertyDec 23, 2012 5:03 am - The Carol Stream-based Humanitarian Service Project began in 1979 when Karole and Floyd Kettering decided to help needy area families with groceries and gifts for the Ch...
-
Annual Santa run nets donations for needyDec 23, 2012 4:34 am - After Halloween, it doesn’t take long for Sleepy Hollow and Gilberts residents to look forward to one of the longest standing traditions in Dundee Township: the annual S...
-
Community steps up to help family of late Palatine manDec 22, 2012 9:39 am - Despite being faced with his own struggles, Barry Keith “Brick” Walls never hesitated to help another in need. “Even when we didn’t have the money, he’d find a way,” dau...
-
National contest puts local band on House of Blues stageDec 21, 2012 5:00 am - The Lauren Wolf Band was winning the national Live Nation/Mamba Battle of the Bands contest when guitarist Patrick Dugan discovered something was wrong. "We thought we ...
-
Weathersfield offers family atmosphere near big-city amenitiesDec 21, 2012 4:36 am - In 1959 Alfred Campanelli began construction of Weathersfield, the first large-scale suburban-style development in Schaumburg — built in several phases. Expansion of res...
-
David Thoren is Dedicated to Excellence for Ten YearsDec 20, 2012 10:00 pm - David Thoren received the Dedicated to Excellence Award at the December 18 Des Plaines Park Board Meeting, from Paul Cathey, Superintendent of Parks and Planning. Thoren...