News
-
Fundraiser to benefit sick girlNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Nick's Pizza and Pub, 990 S. Randall Road in Elgin, will sponsor a fundraiser for Mikayla Lesko from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday. Mikayla is a third-grader at Good Shephe...
-
Palatine house fire under investigationNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Palatine fire officials say a house fire at 1216 E. Sayles Drive is under investigation. The fire, which occurred Saturday night, caused $200,000 damage and rendered the...
-
Doctor, wife fight to stay in America
Nov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Immigrants Pedro and Salvacion Servano have been model U.S. residents since arriving from the Philippines in the 1980s. Pedro Servano, 54, is a pro...
-
Deadliest storm in decade
Nov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Hundreds of thousands of survivors were stuck Saturday behind roads blocked by fallen trees, iron roofs and thick sludge as rescue workers fought to...
-
Who was Gen. Lafayette?
Nov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- "Lafayette, we are here." So said an aide to "Black Jack" Pershing when the American general and his troops reached France in 1917, joining the Allies' war ...
-
Dry hydrants not new to Roselle fire officialsNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Dry hydrants aren't a new fire-fighting tool, but they're all but unknown in the Roselle Fire Department, and Peter Mitchell's own system is particularly innovative. The...
-
Lake County dropout ratesNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - State figures show that high school dropout rates have dropped in many districts. (Shown in percentages.) District ...
-
DuPage County dropout ratesNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Dropout rates State figures show that high school dropout rates have dropped. (Shown in percentages.) District ...
-
Officials: 33 killed in mine explosion in eastern Ukraine, 70 still missing
Nov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - KIEV, Ukraine --A methane blast ripped through a coal mine in eastern Ukraine early Sunday, killing at least 33 miners and leaving about 70 others trapped, emergency off...
-
Come for the tickets, stay for breakfastNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - p class="News">Roughly 30 people were waiting at 7 a.m. Saturday when Kane County Cougars personnel opened the doors at Elfstrom Stadium in Geneva, even though breakfast...