Barbara Vitello
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Wheeling parolee charged with selling ecstasy to undercover officerNov 12, 2020 12:00 am - A Wheeling parolee with drug cases pending in Skokie and Rolling Meadows courthouses was ordered held without bail Thursday after, prosecutors say, he sold MDMA, also kn...
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Police: One killed in fire at Bensenville manufacturerNov 12, 2020 12:00 am - One person was killed in what authorities described as an explosion and fire they say destroyed one lab at a Bensenville manufacturer and damaged another, creating a "ha...
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Suburban natives add voices to Porchlight's now-virtual 'New Faces Sing Broadway'Nov 11, 2020 10:00 pm - Even during a global pandemic, art finds a way. Of this, musicians, dancers and theater artists are certain. “One of the things about artistic folk of all sorts, we are ...
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Oakbrook Terrace's Drury Lane earns 8 Jeff Awards during virtual ceremonyNov 09, 2020 12:00 am - In the wake of a season cut short by COVID-19, the faithful celebrated excellence in Chicago area equity theater Monday during the 52nd annual Joseph Jefferson Awards ce...
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Convicted killer from Des Plaines to stay in prison while bid for new trial is pendingNov 06, 2020 12:00 am - Ronald Kliner, the former Des Plaines man convicted of the 1988 murder-for-hire of a Palatine Township woman, will remain in prison while he waits for a judge to rule on...
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Steppenwolf debuts new digital play by award-winner James IjamesNov 05, 2020 10:42 am - Playwright James Ijames and director Whitney White were deep into rehearsals for Steppenwolf Theatre's local premiere of Ijames' "The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial...
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Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx wins second termNov 04, 2020 12:00 am - Democratic Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx has won a second term, fending off an election challenge from Republican Pat O'Brien. Claiming victory, Foxx spoke at a ...
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Spotlight: Stage Left Theatre revives award-winning 'The Project(s)' virtuallyNov 03, 2020 5:00 am - In their own words Stage Left Theatre revives the award-winning play "The Project(s)." An examination of the history of Chicago's Robert Taylor Homes, a public-hous...
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Democrat Ness has narrow lead in 66th House District raceNov 03, 2020 12:00 am - Early returns in the race for the 66th House District show Republican incumbent Allen Skillicorn trailing Democratic challenger Suzanne Ness with about 99% of precincts ...
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Foxx leading in Cook County state's attorney raceNov 03, 2020 12:00 am - In the fiercely contested race for Cook County State's Attorney, incumbent Kim Foxx, a Flossmoor Democrat, is leading her Republican challenger, former Cook County judge...