Barbara Vitello
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Steel Beam brings back musical take on 'A Christmas Carol'Nov 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Steel Beam's "Carol" Steel Beam Theatre reprises a musical version of "A Christmas Carol" by composer Alan Menken ("The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast"). Elizabe...
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Former swim instructor guilty of molesting girlNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - A jury found former swim instructor Kevin Skowron guilty of predatory criminal sexual assault Wednesday in Rolling Meadows. Their four-hour deliberation followed a thre...
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Chief judge of Cook County Circuit Court to be honored todayNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - "Don't resolve your dispute in the street, bring it to court." Judge Timothy C. Evans has spent the better part of his professional career championing that point of view...
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Child, defendant both testify in sex-abuse caseNov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Prosecutors claim Kevin Skowron sexually assaulted a 4-year-old child last year at the Palatine YMCA "for the excitement and the possibility of getting caught." Skowron...
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Maine Twp. mom pleads guilty to killing 5-year-old daughterNov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - A Maine Twp woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to the March 2007 beating death of her 5-year-old daughter. Mila Petrov's plea came about one month after prosecutors agreed to...
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Maday charged with carjacking while a fugitiveNov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Robert Maday, the subject of a 26-hour September manhunt after he overpowered two state's attorney guards, was officially charged Tuesday on counts related to one of the...
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Trial under way for man accused of assaulting child at YMCANov 16, 2009 10:00 pm - A brisk jury selection Monday and concise opening statements marked the first day of the trial of former swim instructor Kevin Skowron, charged with assaulting a 4-year-...
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Woman charged after stabbing at Elgin partyNov 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Friday, Nov. 13 wasn't just unlucky for guests at an Elgin party, it was violent, authorities say, when a 19-year-old woman stabbed two partygoers in the 700 block of Pe...
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Widow fears husband's killer will escape from mental health centerNov 15, 2009 10:00 pm - In the 15 months since her husband's killer was found not guilty by reason of insanity, Barbara McNally has feared two things: That James Masino would escape from the El...
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Schaumburg couple accused of abusing childNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - Bond was set at $150,000 each for a married couple from Schaumburg charged with unlawful restraint and aggravated battery of a child in their care. Najeh Shukri and Mar...