Barbara Vitello
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Charges dropped against fourth defendant in 2011 Arlington Heights murderJan 05, 2015 12:01 am - Editors note: This article reflects a correction as to Armon Braden's plea. He pleaded guilty to murder in November. Cook County prosecutors on Monday dismissed cha...
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Judge denies change of venue motion in Palatine murder caseJan 05, 2015 12:01 am - A Cook County judge on Monday denied a request to change the location of the trial of Michael Platt, the Palatine man charged with first-degree murder in the death last ...
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Theater news: Lifeline hosts Fillet of SoloJan 02, 2015 5:00 am - Fillet of Solo Performers Stephen Bastion of Gurnee and Tekki Lomnicki of Elmhurst are among those featured during Lifeline Theatre's 18th annual Fillet of Solo Fes...
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World premiere musicals highlight suburban theater scene in 2015Jan 01, 2015 6:30 am - Editor's note: Rhett Guter will choreograph Drury Lane Theatre's production of "West Side Story." The 2015 Chicago-area theater forecast calls for world-premiere mu...
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Northwest suburban Cook County court cases of 2014Dec 28, 2014 12:01 am - A Hoffman Estates family devastated by an early-morning attack in April 2009 waited five years for justice. They got it in 2014 in the form of three life sentences for 2...
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Theater events: Sasheer Zamata plays Zanies RosemontDec 26, 2014 8:00 am - Exit 2014 laughing “Saturday Night Live” featured player Sasheer Zamata headlines Zanies Rosemont on New Year's Eve. Known for her impressions of Michelle Obama and...
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Some suburban theaters soar, but others take a final bowDec 26, 2014 4:30 am - During a year in which Paramount Theatre in Aurora's profile continued to soar in its first Jeff Award eligible season and Writers Theatre in Glencoe broke ground on wha...
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Hoffman Estates teen pleads guilty to damaging mailboxesDec 20, 2014 12:01 am - A Hoffman Estates teen who police say smashed dozens of Schaumburg mailboxes last September pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charges on Thursday, according to court rec...
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Theater events: Light Opera Works updates 'Widow'Dec 19, 2014 6:00 am - LOW's ‘Merry Widow' Stacey Tappan stars as Hanna Glawari in Light Opera Works' production of the Franz Lehar opera “The Merry Widow.” Reprising the role she played ...
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Bold, engaging 'Airline Highway' a show worth seeingDec 19, 2014 5:00 am - If there is an heir apparent to the late Lanford Wilson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who chronicled society's fringe dwellers in such plays as “Balm in Gilead”...