A 10-year-old girl was hospitalized today after she was struck by a car while riding a bicycle in Lake Villa.
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Advocates ask for probe in McHenry traffic stops
Immigrant advocates asked the federal government today to investigate findings that some McHenry County Sheriff’s deputies misclassified Hispanic drivers as white and under-reported the number of Hispanics they were stopping.
Church volunteer charged with stealing $32K
An Elmhurst man stole more than $32,000 from a church where he was a volunteer, according to a criminal indictment announced Wednesday in DuPage County.
Man charged with stealing $67K from Boys Club
An accountant was indicted today on charges that he stole nearly $67,000 from the Libertyville Boys Club — allegations that one club official called an upsetting betrayal.
Wounded vet to get new home in Hillside
An Army veteran who lost his legs in a roadside bombing hopes to walk into his new donated home in July. It includes the feature he wanted most of all – an attached garage.
Ernie Banks to receive prestigious civil rights award
Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Ernie Banks will be honored with a prestigious Beacon of Life Award on May 14, the weekend of the Civil Rights Game between the Phillies and Braves in Atlanta.
Cops: NW Side raids yield 3,000 pounds of pot
Four men face felony drug-trafficking charges after authorities seized about 3,000 pounds of marijuana from their Northwest Side homes.
Caregiver charged in neglect death of woman, 75
A 59-year-old Joliet woman accused of causing the death of a 75-year-old woman in her care was arrested and charged with criminal neglect/abuse of an elderly person.
Report: Loafing truckers cost city $18M a year
Nearly $18 million could be saved by getting rid of 200 City of Chicago truck drivers who spend parts of their work day loafing or even sleeping, according to a report by Inspector General Joseph Ferguson.
Demolition of last Cabrini high-rise ‘a sad sight’
There was a time when a visitor couldn’t just nonchalantly walk into the Cabrini-Green housing development. Anyone who wanted to pay a call to the high-rise public housing building had to get past “security.”