FOR SHARP SHOPPERS, DAY AFTER IS A PARTY
"This is my Christmas for myself," said Jan Harris, clutching two large shopping bags and admitting she had just indulged in two hours of buying things for herself. And she...
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ROSE BLOOMS FOR WILDCATS
Last summer, when the record heat scorched Chicagoland, Larry Lilja, Northwestern's strength and conditioning coach, placed a sign bearing the words "Rose Bowl" atop "Mt. Trashmore" in south Evanston. Saturday,...
SEASON’S 1ST SNOWFALL LEAVES IMPRINT
The Chicago area's first substantial snowfall of the season dumped just enough powder Saturday to down power lines, bend fenders and scrub 150 flights out of O'Hare International Airport. Meanwhile,...
GRAINGER AND TOWN MAY END LONG FIGHT
The Lake County Forest Preserve District Board has voted to allow Mettawa to annex 257 acres of county property, a move that would effectively end a 5-year battle between the...
20,000 WORSHIPERS CELEBRATE CHURCH’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY
It began 20 years ago with a handful of high school students meeting in a Palatine movie theater and reached a celebratory apex Saturday night with some 20,000 worshipers packing...
SELF-DEFENSE IS CITED IN 2 SLAYINGS
Two women, suspected of killing male acquaintances in separate incidents, were released by Chicago police after the Cook County state's attorney's office declined to press charges, authorities said Saturday. Police...
ELECTRIC MONITORING ENDED FOR MAN IN CHILD PORN CASE
A federal judge on Friday ended the electronic monitoring of Craig Zucker, the Gurnee man accused of distributing computer-generated child pornography, after his lawyer said his wife closed her home...
COPS REOPEN 15-YEAR-OLD MURDER CASE
For 15 years, the slayings of Bruce and Darlene Rouse have been one of Lake County's most vexing mysteries. Now, authorities have reopened their long-dormant investigation into who stabbed and...
HEARING SET IN MOLESTATION CASE
The Lake County public defender's office was appointed Wednesday to represent a Wisconsin man accused of molesting a Libertyville toddler over the weekend. Lake County Judge James Booras also scheduled...
HEAT WAVE DEATH TOLL SOARS
Cook County morgue workers have handled airline crashes and large apartment fires, but nothing, they say, compared to the weekend's unprecedented heat-related death toll. That grim tally reached 54 Saturday...