RIVERA LOVED KIDS, FAMILY SAYS
The family of Juan Rivera, the man police say killed Waukegan baby-sitter Holly Staker, says there is at least one good reason to believe that Rivera is innocent. Around the...
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DEAD HORSES NOT TEMPEL`S
Tempel Farms was besieged by phone calls Monday after news reports of the death of three Lipizzaner stallions following a weekend performance at Western Illinois University in Macomb. But officials...
VFW POST WOULD LIKE TO BE NAMED AFTER A VET
The Veterans of Foreign Wars is looking for a local hero. Post 7879 is being reactivated, and the members would like to honor someone by naming the post after a...
ISRAELI YOUTHS DELIVER THEIR SCOUTING REPORT
Being a Scout in Israel is not quite the same as being one in the United States. Yes, Israeli Scouts wear khaki uniforms with neck scarves. They learn outdoor skills....
WAR LEAVES ITS STAIN ON SERBIAN, CROATIAN FESTIVALS
While fighting continued Sunday in the streets of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on the streets of Chicago, the city of immigrants, Croatians and Serbians held peaceful events but testified to the level...
LAKE FOREST ACTS TO PUT MUTE ON OFFENSIVE LYRICS
In Washington state, a law passed over the summer makes it illegal to sell sexually explicit music to minors. In Omaha, owners of music stores that sold to minors the...
LAKE BLUFF`S PARADE TESTS THE CROWD WITH CHEROKEE CHEATING-SCANDAL SKIT
Independence Day celebrations generally dwell within the confines of cookouts, fireworks and red-white-and-blue imagery. But in Lake Bluff this weekend, the parade once again broke the confines of tradition, going...
PROFITABLE SHRIMP FARM COULD PRODUCE GIANT ILLS FOR ENVIRONMENT
This south Texas town amounts to little more than a thin line of about 500 dwellings, among them-trailers, Connie`s Paradise Bait Stand and a place proudly labeled the home of...