Articles filed under Communities
-
Lake County briefs: County strategic planAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Transportation, criminal justice, water and economic development are the four initiatives Lake County officials will address in its short-term strategic plan. The plan, ...
-
Comedy workshop reaches out to adultsAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - An improvisational comedy club in Schaumburg hopes to reach out to a new, more adult audience than it's had the past year and a half. When the Chicago Comedy Company ope...
-
'Case closed' on budget deal?Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Cut out of last week's budget deal, Gov. Rod Blagojevich reasserted his relevance Tuesday, swapping fatter paychecks for lawmakers for a half-billion-doll...
-
Kids can explore area creeks with the forest preserveAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Join Kane County Forest Preserve District naturalists for an exploration of Ferson Creek at LeRoy Oakes in St. Charles and Tyler Creek in Elgin. Participants will disco...
-
W. Dundee plans overhaul of critical intersectionAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - A driver on a side street pulls up to a busy regional road. The driver checks two lanes of oncoming traffic to the left; two lanes to the right. Both sides look clear --...
-
DuPage joins BP pollutant protestsAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - DuPage County leaders joined a growing protest against plans by oil giant BP to increase the pollutants it discharges into Lake Michigan. The company and Indiana Departm...
-
Role players key in Arlington's rollAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Tim Churchill and Matt Serna were willing to do whatever was necessary to get Arlington back to the American Legion baseball regional tournament. Churchill has been plun...
-
St. Charles woman wants to sell property; but panel says whoaAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Until recently, Ann Shirley Bowie had planned to sell her house and an adjoining lot for enough to pay off two mortgages and retire to Ohio with money in the bank. But ...
-
Cook County briefs: Wheeling OKs townhousesAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Wheeling officials Monday approved final plans for the Willow Place townhouse complex. Lexington Homes is planning 58 units north and south of Willow Road at Foster Aven...
-
Judge quashes Lombardo's clown actAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Joseph "The Clown" Lombardo took to the stand in his own defense Tuesday and quickly tried to live up to his wisecracking reputation before being authoritatively shut do...