Barbara Vitello
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Brilliantly executed '39 Steps' worth a climbJul 14, 2012 11:00 pm - The farcical whodunit “The 39 Steps” accomplishes something not many theatrical productions would even attempt. It adapts for the stage the groundbreaking cinematic devi...
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Theater events: Buffalo Theatre ends 25th season with 'Drawer Boy'Jul 13, 2012 5:00 am - 'Drawer Boy' at BTE Buffalo Theatre Ensemble concludes its 25th anniversary season with Michael Healey's “The Drawer Boy.” Set in 1972 on a farm in rural Canada, th...
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Prison for man who sold ecstasy pills in SchaumburgJul 12, 2012 1:22 pm - A 30-year-old Lincolnwood man pleaded guilty Thursday to selling ecstasy pills near Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg. In exchange for Scott Soloman’s guilty plea to the clas...
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Cook County courts to allow second hearing for some who can’t make bailJul 12, 2012 9:45 am - Saying too many people arrested for nonviolent crimes are jailed because they can’t post bail, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced new procedures to g...
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Rosemont man’s drug-related statements disallowed at child battery trialJul 11, 2012 3:53 pm - Jurors won’t hear statements a Rosemont man allegedly made to police about using drugs on the day in November 2010 when police say he scalded his stepson by holding the ...
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Charges dropped against Des Plaines manJul 11, 2012 3:00 pm - Cook County prosecutors on Thursday dismissed drug-related charges against a 35-year-old man Des Plaines patrol officers encountered naked and covered in what appeared t...
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‘Selfless’ Cook County assistant public defender diesJul 10, 2012 11:46 am - A tireless advocate for indigent clients who colleagues affectionately dubbed “bulldog,” Cook County Assistant Public Defender Kathy Ward died Monday after a long illnes...
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Rolling Meadows judge retires, but not for longJul 10, 2012 8:00 am - Cook County Judge James Etchingham retired Monday after nearly 18 years on the bench. Today he goes back to work, practicing law with his brother Joseph Etchingham in th...
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Bartlett man charged with selling counterfeit DVDsJul 07, 2012 11:00 am - Cook County Judge Jill Cerone Marisie set bail at $25,000 for a Bartlett man Friday after authorities said they recovered about 90,000 counterfeit DVDs from his home on ...
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Local theater: Summer Theater Festival returns to St. CharlesJul 06, 2012 5:00 pm - St. Charles theater fest St. Charles' second annual Summer Theater Festival features Fox Valley Repertory's Collider New Play Project, which partners playwrights wi...