Barbara Vitello
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Judge to leave Hastert case unless attorneys bring him backJun 09, 2015 1:00 am - Attorneys involved in the case against former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert have until Thursday to decide whether they want to keep Judge Thomas M. Durkin on the cas...
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Wheeling man who was shot pleads guilty to weapons chargeJun 08, 2015 1:00 am - A Wheeling teenager found in a parked car with a gunshot wound to his groin has pleaded guilty to felony weapon possession. In exchange for his guilty plea to the class...
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Theater events: Light Opera Works revives 'The Fantasticks'Jun 05, 2015 6:00 am - 'The Fantasticks' Light Opera Works stages "The Fantasticks," Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt's legendary chamber musical about two fathers' attempts to play Cupid for...
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Palatine man found not guilty in 'sucker punch' deathJun 05, 2015 1:00 am - All or nothing. That was the strategy attorneys adopted for their defense of 36-year-old Michael Platt, acquitted late Friday of murder in the one-punch death of Ryan Fl...
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Defendant says he punched Palatine man in self defenseJun 04, 2015 1:00 am - The man charged with throwing the punch that claimed the life of Ryan Flannigan in Palatine last year testified Thursday that he struck Flannigan in self-defense. Testif...
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Doctor in one-punch death trial: Victim 'unconscious before he hit ground'Jun 03, 2015 1:00 am - The neurosurgeon who treated Ryan Flannigan, felled by what authorities called a "sucker punch" outside a bar last year, testified Wednesday that the Palatine man likely...
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Prosecutor: 'Sucker punch' led to man's death in PalatineJun 02, 2015 1:00 am - Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Mike Gerber minced no words describing to jurors what authorities believe happened to Ryan Flannigan when an altercation outside a...
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Trial to begin in one-punch death outside Palatine barJun 01, 2015 5:30 am - Nearly a year after Palatine resident Ryan Flannigan died from injuries he suffered when he was punched outside a suburban bar, the trial of the man police say threw the...
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Rosemont woman's insanity defense prevails in screwdriver attackJun 01, 2015 1:00 am - A Rosemont woman who police say attacked two small children with a screwdriver in a Hoffman Estates home was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Jessica M. Zander, ...
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Leno, 'Stomp,' Cetera to grace Paramount stage during 2015-2016 seasonMay 31, 2015 11:00 pm - Aurora's historic Paramount Theatre on Monday announced it will welcome Jay Leno, The Duke Ellington Orchestra, The Second City, "Stomp," comedian Frank Caliendo and sin...