Barbara Vitello
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Thousands converge in Schaumburg to pack meals for malnourished kidsDec 08, 2018 12:00 am - The members of Cary Girl Scout Troop 787 worked like a well-oiled machine packing meals during a Feed My Starving Children volunteer event Saturday at the Schaumburg Con...
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Theater events: Cirque Dreams Holidaze dazzles, 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' perseveresDec 07, 2018 5:00 am - The Artistic Home presents “Miracle on 34th Street: A Radio Play” in a limited run beginning Saturday, Dec. 8, at 1376 W. Grand Ave., Chicago. The play is based on the ...
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Streamwood soccer coach charged with abusing adult female playersDec 07, 2018 12:00 am - A Streamwood soccer coach was ordered held on a total bail of $500,000 Friday on charges he sexually abused two adult female soccer players multiple times over the last ...
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Theater spotlight: Improv Playhouse remounts 'It's a Wonderful Life' radio playDec 05, 2018 5:00 am - Yuletide treat Just in time for the holidays, Libertyville's Improv Playhouse remounts its annual radio play version of "It's a Wonderful Life" starring David Brian Stu...
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Hanover Park man charged with cutting Verizon cableDec 05, 2018 12:00 am - A Hanover Park man who authorities say cut a fiber optic cable from a light pole on the grounds of a Verizon office in Schaumburg was charged with criminal damage to pro...
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25 years for Palatine man who abused two young girlsDec 03, 2018 12:00 am - A Palatine man who prosecutors said sexually assaulted two young girls during a five-year period was recently sentenced to 25 years in prison. Joseph Griffin, 20, recei...
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Former Wheeling man gets 13 years for sexually abusing young girlDec 03, 2018 12:00 am - A former Wheeling man was sentenced to 13 years in prison and ordered to register as a sex offender after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a girl beginning when ...
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Hanover Park man pleads guilty to attacking Elgin manDec 03, 2018 12:00 am - A Hanover Park man who smoked marijuana with an Elgin acquaintance and then demanded money and drugs from him at gunpoint pleaded guilty to aggravated battery with a dea...
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Lombard native finds success on Chicago stagesDec 02, 2018 6:30 am - Nicole Bloomsmith picked up the violin as a preteen and never put it down. "It felt like an extension of my arm," said the actress and musician who appears in Strawdog ...
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Timely treats: Holiday shows dominate suburban and city stagesDec 02, 2018 6:00 am - “A Christmas Carol,” “The Nutcracker” and “It's a Wonderful Life” typically dominate Chicago-area stages this time of year, but 2018 also heralds several new, more ecume...