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Lynn Buhrke of Palatine and her Golden retriever, Chewie, have been deployed to countless disaster areas, including the days immediately following the school massacre in Newtown, Conn.
On Thursday, they responded to a different calling.
They were a...
Updated: Aug 05, 2013 at 03:48 PM
Northbrook Community Synagogue will hold High Holiday services at 2548 Jasper Court (corner of Willow and Landwehr Rds.) in Northbrook. Rosh Hashanah services will begin the evening of Sept. 4, 2013 and continue through Sept. 5 and 6. Yom Kippur s...
Updated: Aug 07, 2013 at 12:29 PM
Rosemont-based Wintrust Financial Corp announced it will acquire Diamond Bancorp Inc., the parent company of Diamond Bank, FSB.
Terms of the acquisition were not announced.
With a history dating back to 1886, Diamond Bank operates four banking locat...
Updated: Aug 02, 2013 at 05:54 PM
Northbrook-based Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. auto and home insurer, said second-quarter profit climbed on investment gains and reduced costs tied to natural disasters.
Net income climbed 2.6 percent to $434 million, or 92 cents ...
Updated: Aug 02, 2013 at 11:34 AM
Leaders of the Illinois House and Senate sued Gov. Pat Quinn on Tuesday over what they called a “purely political and unconstitutional” move to block lawmaker paychecks because of inaction on the state’s nearly $100 billion pension crisis.
Less tha...
Updated: Jul 31, 2013 at 06:33 AM
St. Norbert School in Northbrook will get new playground equipment as one of two winners of a national “Write to Play” playground contest.
St. Norbert’s won a playground for children ages 5-12 years from Playworld Systems that will include a small c...
Updated: Jul 30, 2013 at 02:50 PM
The Chicago version of the Susan G. Komen 3-Day walk promises to be a bittersweet event this year.
The Susan G. Komen Foundation announced in June that it is canceling half of its 3-Day fundraising walks starting next year, including the one in Chic...
Updated: Jul 30, 2013 at 12:36 PM
With 59 years directing the Arlington Heights American Legion team and eight state championships, manager Lloyd Meyer has certainly seen his team enjoy some stellar days of baseball.
Sunday was another one.
On the brink of elimination from the Divis...
Updated: Jul 30, 2013 at 10:28 PM
With five college players in the starting lineup, Elk Grove used its experience to bounce Arlington 10-5 Saturday in the American Legion Division 1 championship bracket finals at Recreation Park in Arlington.
Elk Grove (29-5) is now just one win fro...
Updated: Jul 27, 2013 at 09:30 PM
With a short Cook County Legion tournament and the games now at 9 innings, Elk Grove coach Kevin Miller knows that he as to conserve his arms if the top-seeded Red Sox hope to advance to next week’s state tournament.
Miller got some early help from ...
Updated: Jul 28, 2013 at 10:30 PM