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Saturday’s girls bowling scoreboard

Saturday’s meets * Fenton invitational at Wood Dale Bowl team scores 1. Oswego 6,027, 2. Lockport 5,748, 3. Leyden 5,590, 4. St. Charles East 5,556, 5. Elk Grove 5,447, 6. Glenbard East 5,387, 7. Schaumburg 5,281, 8. Chicago Christian 5,168, 9. Resu...

Updated: Jan 15, 2012 at 01:02 AM

St. Charles East bowlers reaching new heights

St. Charles East’s girls bowling team has given its opposition a good waxing. A crowning achievement came on Dec. 17, when the Saints won the Blue, Black & Orange invitational that featured 10 girls teams and 10 boys teams firing away at Bowling Gr...

Updated: Jan 13, 2012 at 03:23 PM

In with the new and possibly Wood too for Cubs

Some of the more senior members of the Chicago Cubs were on hand Wednesday to launch the team's annual caravan and convention. You know, guys like Randy Wells ... and ... Darwin Barney ... and ... James Russell ... and ... Casey Coleman. “It's kin...

Updated: Jan 12, 2012 at 03:08 PM

Cubs land Maholm, offer 'substantial' raise to Wood

Many Cubs fans wanted some new-age thinking from their baseball management team, and they've got it with Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer. Take, for instance, Tuesday's signing of left-handed starting pitcher Paul Maholm to a free-agent contract. The 29...

Updated: Jan 11, 2012 at 04:31 PM

Park districts respond to fitness-related resolutions

Fitness instructor Lisa McDaniel said it happens every year at this time: hordes of people flock to gyms and fitness centers to get in shape. “It has to be the most common new year’s resolution there is,” said McDaniel, a Lombard resident who teache...

Updated: Jan 09, 2012 at 01:44 PM

Wood Dale man uses iPhone to meet underage girl for sex, officials say

A 23-year-old man with developmental issues faces felony sexual assault charges after police say he used an application on his iPhone to hook up repeatedly with an underage girl for sex. John R. Butzen, who lives with his parents in the 500 block of...

Updated: Jan 09, 2012 at 05:17 PM

Dawn Patrol: Dead body found, strike cancels classes

Wheaton man found dead The body of a 51-year-old Wheaton man was discovered dead in Chicago with facial trauma in the 4600 block of West Monroe, police said. The body was found by a woman at about 2 a.m. and was pronounced dead at the scene. An...

Updated: Jan 05, 2012 at 02:54 PM

IDOT official pleads guilty in Wood Dale DUI case

An Illinois Department of Transportation official who has represented the agency at safe-driving events pleaded guilty Wednesday to drunken driving. Carmen Iacullo, 58, of Chicago, will be fitted with a device that detects alcohol consumption. He al...

Updated: Jan 05, 2012 at 05:38 PM

DuPage County's Faces of 2011

The artist sits before her blank canvas, contemplating the first brush stroke of a portrait of DuPage County in 2011. Her brow is furrowed. Where to start? How to capture the true nature of our communities? How to share our courage and our sadness, ...

Updated: Dec 31, 2011 at 09:12 AM

Wood Dale VFW needs help to buy service dog for veteran

At $6,000 a pop, members of the Wood Dale VFW Men's Auxiliary Post 2149 are saving up for one pricey dog. But they insist the canine is worth every penny, since it will be trained by New York-based America's VetDogs. The group provides dogs that hel...

Updated: Dec 22, 2011 at 04:00 PM