Americans in for flood of emotions
Psychologists and grief counselors are urging Americans to brace for a roller coaster of emotions in the weeks, months or even years ahead--and to be realistic that there is no...
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ELDERLY FILL ADOPTION GAP, BUT TREND SETS OFF DEBATE
The lines on Leguaster Williamson's face soften like smoothed-out linen when she talks about becoming a new mother again at the age of 80. "That special bond can happen so...
WHITE TAKES AIM AT DEADLY DRIVERS
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White will seek to revoke the driver's licenses of 193 people who have been convicted of reckless homicide but whose state driving records remained clean...
POLICE SAVE TOT TIED TO CAR SEAT
The heat and a squirmy toddler complicated 84-year-old foster mother Willie Haywood's trip to the store for bananas Tuesday. Rather than lug the 22-month-old boy into a Chicago Heights supermarket,...
ROBBINS FEARS CASH DRAIN IF INCINERATOR SHUTS DOWN
The Robbins incinerator's days seem to be numbered, say spokesmen for its owners and managers, but village leaders hope the controversial project can be rescued. Foster Wheeler Corp., the incinerator's...
MICHIGAN MAN TO TESTIFY AGAINST BROTHER
Roderick Harris, a Michigan man accused of helping his brother escape from jail, has agreed to plead guilty to a lesser charge in exchange for future testimony about his brother's...
3 MORE PLEAD GUILTY TO FRAUD IN LAND DEAL
Less than a week after developer Michael Halikias made a surprise guilty plea amid an 11-week federal fraud trial, the three remaining defendants entered their own guilty pleas Friday in...
HALIKIAS’ PLEA BARGAIN DELAYS ASSOCIATES’ TRIAL
The federal trial of three suburban businessmen accused of fraudulent land deals with developer Michael Halikias will not resume until Monday. The delay was announced after attorneys met in a...
HOUSE FUELING DRIVE TO KEEP TRAINS CHUGGING ALONG
The search for solutions to chronic freight train delays in Blue Island and other communities is gathering steam, with a state House committee advancing a bill that imposes a 10-minute...
SUBURB VOTERS FIND IT’S EASY VOTING GREEN
For years, Illinois has languished in 48th place, ahead of only Connecticut and Rhode Island, in the amount of per-capita public open land. But after Lake, Kane and Will County...