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A judge Monday sentenced a 29-year-old Crystal Lake man to seven years in prison after he admitted to causing a crash that killed four of his friends in September 2007.
Mohammed Jaffrie also will receive 13 months credit for time served on electroni...
Updated: Nov 29, 2011 at 11:14 AM
As a Harper College student in the 1970s, Nancy Castle was terrified of public speaking.
Then she took a required speech course, and there was a transformation.
She’s since earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Northern Illinois University and ...
Updated: Nov 28, 2011 at 11:45 AM
Imagine a world in which Republicans and Democrats work together for the common good, in which government programs actually serve people in need, in which neighbors help neighbors — or, for that matter, total strangers — in a time of crisis.
That wo...
Updated: Nov 24, 2011 at 07:42 AM
A drunken Harper College wrestler may have believed he was returning to a party when he allegedly entered the home of an off-duty police officer and was shot in the abdomen, according to two men who said they attended the party with him.
Kerin Rami...
Updated: Nov 26, 2011 at 09:54 AM
Sergio Gonzalez attended his first Latino Summit at Harper College in 2002, an experience he says transformed him from a high school freshman who wasn’t sold on the idea of college to an inspired 15-year-old who knew with certainty that higher educa...
Updated: Nov 25, 2011 at 10:03 AM
Lest anyone doubt there is a growing abundance of people in need, even in the relatively affluent suburbs, consider these statistic from Loaves & Fishes Community Pantry in Naperville:
It just completed its busiest week ever, serving 764 families, p...
Updated: Nov 25, 2011 at 10:03 AM
He sometimes forgets if he's already eaten lunch and he gets lost if he ventures a block from his home in Hoffman Estates, but tonight, 26-year-old Jack Donehey-Nykiel will finish an amazing lifetime journey that has spanned continents, fed his inte...
Updated: Nov 23, 2011 at 05:08 AM
Robert D. Zimmanck, whose 23 years on the Northwest Suburban High School District 214 board made him its longest-serving member ever and who was described as “passionate about education,” has died at the age of 84.
“You can’t imagine that the (Energ...
Updated: Nov 21, 2011 at 09:14 PM
Palatine’s current comprehensive plan dates back to 1990, when a population hovering around 36,000 people lived in a smaller physical footprint.
Since then, the number of residents has nearly doubled, boundaries have expanded after a series of land ...
Updated: Nov 21, 2011 at 10:49 PM
Mike Garoppolo and Rick Richardson are a little more reserved these days about their right to brag about one of the suburbs fiercest high school football rivalries.
Those rights went to Richardson this year after Prospect edged Rolling Meadows 18-13...
Updated: Nov 18, 2011 at 09:24 PM