Barbara Vitello
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Elgin man guilty of campaign sign theftOct 24, 2017 1:00 am - A Rolling Meadows jury found an Elgin man guilty of stealing campaign signs during last April's municipal election. Randall Hopp, a former Gail Borden Library trustee wh...
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Chicago-area theaters scare up Halloween treatsOct 21, 2017 7:00 am - Since the 2006 premiere of “The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story,” Halloween has been very good to First Folio Theatre. “The first time was a conscious decision...
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Hoffman Estates man pleads guilty to batteryOct 18, 2017 1:00 am - A 21-year-old Hoffman Estates man pleaded guilty to battery in exchange for probation. Jose Leon-Galvin was sentenced to 24 months' probation Tuesday and ordered to pay ...
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Elk Grove mom pleads not guilty in toddler's deathOct 18, 2017 1:00 am - Joy Ramos, the Elk Grove Village woman charged with striking and killing her 3-year-old son, entered a not-guilty plea Wednesday. Ramos, through her attorney Emmanuel A...
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Theater events: BoHo Theatre closes out season with 'Marie Christine'Oct 17, 2017 6:00 am - Voodoo woman's tale BoHo Theatre concludes its season with "Marie Christine," Michael John LaChiusa's "Medea" musical partly inspired by the life of Marie Laveau, a...
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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...