Barbara Vitello
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Report: Suburban Cook County has more DUI cases than ChicagoOct 17, 2017 1:00 am - Suburban Cook County has more DUI cases than all of Chicago, with 901 to the city's 797 in 2016. Compared to Chicago, the suburbs also had more felony cases of burglary,...
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'Les Miserables' is back — and it's magnificentOct 17, 2017 1:00 am - “Les Miserables” — ★ ★ ★ ½ In 2010, 25 years after it debuted, a new “Les Miserables” emerged. Victor Hugo's melodramatic, 19th century French tale of redemption a...
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Mother on killing her disabled daughter: 'She stayed asleep'Oct 16, 2017 1:00 am - On the day she adopted her daughter Courtney, Bonnie Liltz made a promise. “I made a promise to the judge that I would be the best mom I could be,” Liltz said. “I made ...
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Willow Creek names two senior pastors to replace retiring HybelsOct 14, 2017 1:00 am - The beginning of the end of senior pastor Bill Hybels' tenure as the leader of the Willow Creek Community Church began with an announcement during a service Saturday eve...
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Oak Brook's First Folio unleashes daring 'Man-Beast'Oct 11, 2017 6:00 am - “The Man-Beast” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Three years ago, First Folio Theatre in Oak Brook produced the first in artistic associate Joseph Zettelmaier's horror trilogy. “The Gravedigge...
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Bail set for Buffalo Grove brothers accused of having $18,000 in drugsOct 11, 2017 1:00 am - Legal Affairs Writer bvitello@dailyherald.com Police recovered drugs with a street value of about $18,000 at the Buffalo Grove home of two brothers, who faces multiple d...
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4-year sentence stands for Schaumburg mom who killed disabled daughterOct 10, 2017 1:00 am - The Schaumburg mom convicted last year of involuntary manslaughter in the 2015 death of her severely disabled daughter was dealt another blow in her attempt to have her ...
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Theater events: Lake Zurich actor leads musical 'Carrie 2' at UnderscoreOct 09, 2017 11:00 pm - Domestic comedy An old Yiddish axiom warns: "Man plans, God laughs." Sean Grennan adapted the saying as the title of "Making God Laugh," his domestic dramedy chronicling...
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Angela Ingersoll's Judy Garland tribute puts star in PBS spotlightOct 06, 2017 6:00 am - About 18 months ago, singer/actress and lifelong Judy Garland fan Angela Ingersoll made a wish. Fearing for Garland's legacy, Ingersoll wished for the opportunity to exc...
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Metropolis makes confident, thoughtful journey 'Into the Woods'Oct 05, 2017 1:00 pm - “Into the Woods” - ★ ★ ★ The Metropolis Performing Arts Centre's revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's 1987 musical “Into the Woods” says something about the co...