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There aren't many places you can meet a Leonberger.
These huge dogs - like Minnah of Tower Lakes - were bred to look like lions, complete with manes. And they are one of the breeds showing off at the Chicagoland Family Pet Expo this weekend at Arlin...
Updated: Aug 06, 2010 at 03:33 PM
SPRINGFIELD - Stevan Kreger worked at a plastic-coloring plant for more than 30 years until his job was outsourced to China. Now, the 60-year-old South Elgin native has his sights set on a new job: lieutenant governor of the state of Illinois.
"I h...
Updated: Aug 06, 2010 at 03:44 PM
Why did a shooter pick Northern Illinois University for his deadly rampage in 2008?
It could be because he was angry at his surrogate university family, speculates a report released Thursday by NIU.
The reason behind the Feb. 14, 2008 tragedy, in wh...
Updated: Aug 06, 2010 at 03:43 PM
Employees rarely get to pick their next boss, but staff in Community Unit District 300 got the chance to at least influence that decision at a Wednesday forum.
Glenview-based Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates hosted a meeting with employees in the...
Updated: Aug 06, 2010 at 03:55 PM
The Des Plaines city council is moving ahead with plans to allow packaged beer and wine sales at gas stations, as long as the stations have convenience stores that already sell packaged food.
Des Plaines Mayor Marty Moylan cast the tiebreaking vote ...
Updated: Aug 06, 2010 at 03:52 PM
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bull; A man in a wheelchair exposed himself to a woman on the 300 block of South McLean Boulevard at about 10 a.m. Sunday, reports said. No arrests were made.
bull; Jose E. Machado-Aguilar, 27, of the 700 block of Jackson Avenue in C...
Updated: Aug 06, 2010 at 03:52 PM
Carpentersville residents still won't be allowed to keep a barnyard of animals in their backyards, but village trustees want to make room for a soft and fluffy creature that many people already keep as pets - rabbits.
Village trustees on Tuesday dir...
Updated: Aug 06, 2010 at 03:53 PM
Gary Swick wheels a cart down the empty halls of Dundee-Crown High School, collecting used bottles, discarded newspapers, crumpled love notes, aluminum cans - all the things the teenage boys and girls need to last from the 7:40 a.m. bell until dismi...
Updated: Aug 06, 2010 at 03:51 PM
It's not as many as McDonald's, but the number of meals the FISH Food Pantry in Carpentersville has served since it opened has to be in the tens or even the hundreds of thousands.
That was 40 years ago in June. Then, four volunteers gave the food to...
Updated: Aug 06, 2010 at 03:51 PM
By this time, no one can be too surprised to hear that another school district is facing painful staffing cuts in order to address a budget disaster. It's a theme that has been repeated in suburban school districts from Mundelein to Naperville, from...
Updated: Aug 06, 2010 at 03:52 PM