Jamie Sotonoff
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Gen X outspends younger buyers onlineDec 31, 2010 10:00 pm - In the last week, 65-year-old Joe Cesario of Arlington Heights downloaded the movie “Wall Street” onto his home computer. He's also downloaded thousands of songs onto hi...
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2010: The year the suburbs shinedDec 29, 2010 10:00 pm - Across the big and small screens, the suburbs shined in 2010. Throughout the year, suburban natives became hotshots in the entertainment world — earning prestigious awar...
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The warm weather will be great – until the potholes show upDec 28, 2010 10:00 pm - When temperatures rise above 40 degrees today, and past 50 degrees Friday, it'll be great to shed our hats and gloves and drive with our car windows open a crack. What w...
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Suburbs will honor fallen Chicago firefightersDec 21, 2010 10:00 pm - A large contingent of suburban firefighters will attend the funerals of the two Chicago firefighters killed in Wednesday morning's fire on the South Side. Even though th...
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Children's hospital to open in Hoffman EstatesDec 19, 2010 10:00 pm - Suburban parents with sick children know how exhausting it can be to drive to Chicago children's hospitals for specialized pediatric medical services. Soon, that commute...
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Elk Grove mom's 'little project' saves thousands in HaitiDec 18, 2010 10:00 pm - Lisa Ballantine repeatedly describes herself as “just a mom,” but she also provides clean drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people in Third World countries and ...
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Hoffman Estates man gets prison for child pornDec 14, 2010 10:00 pm - A Hoffman Estates man who had one of the largest and most violent collections of child pornography the Chicago FBI office has ever seen was sentenced to 27 years in fede...
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Census shows suburban incomes take a hitDec 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Suburban households saw their incomes drop sharply in the past decade, as poverty rose across the area, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. DuPage ...
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Wheeling teen gets 3 more years in jailDec 12, 2010 10:00 pm - A Wheeling teenager was sentenced Monday to another three years in the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice for the criminal sexual assault of a 4-year-old last April...
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Prospect Heights Christmas murder trial beginsDec 12, 2010 10:00 pm - The murder trial began Monday for a 62-year-old man who prosecutors say shot and killed a 23-year-old Prospect Heights man on Christmas morning 1994 and then fled to Mex...