Brown’s secret haunted women
In the early 1990s, Anne Lockett, Eileen Bakalla and the crowd at Jake's Pizza in Hoffman Estates were struggling with teenage dramas--uneven romances, minor drug use, the fallout from broken...
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Scope of Brown’s secret told
The two women who held the secret of the Brown's Chicken massacre for nine years never spoke to each other about the crime, according to prosecutors. In fact, Anne Lockett...
Guard injures Brown’s suspect
A Cook County Jail guard was suspended with pay and faces possible criminal charges for allegedly punching and breaking a cheekbone of one of the suspects charged in the Brown's...
Test success can come cheap
Kenilworth's Joseph Sears School has a rich history and a reputation for excellence: 93 percent of its students passed state achievement tests this year. Taxpayers spend a hefty $10,676 per...
Native American group sues Huntley schools over mascot
A group of Native American lawyers filed a federal lawsuit Friday asking that Huntley School District 158 be ordered to stop using its Redskins mascot. The suit by the Illinois...
Testing equipment in short supply
With the anthrax scare growing, fire departments, hazardous materials teams and environmental health officials around the country are racing to buy thousands of test kits that can quickly detect anthrax,...
Testing equipment in short supply
With the anthrax scare growing, fire departments, hazardous materials teams and environmental health officials around the country are racing to buy thousands of test kits that can quickly detect anthrax,...
Fear of flying cripples carriers
Never before has fear of flying had such dire economic consequences. A week after hijackers pulled off the deadliest terror attack ever, the nation's airlines careened toward financial disaster as...
Lines grow, but jets half full
Airline traffic continued to increase Saturday, but many flights flew at far below capacity, an indication that other carriers soon will follow the lead of Continental Airlines, which Saturday announced...
Stricter security slowing rebound for air travel
More passenger jets filled the nation's skies Friday, but hourslong waits in ticket counter lines and a gantlet of new, vastly stricter security measures underscored that America's commercial air travel...