Illinois Prep Summaries (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:55:05 GMT
Boys Basketball
Aqua makes waves as world's best (Chicago Sun-Times)
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:01:13 GMT
David Roeder: The lady trumped The Donald. Jeanne Gang, founder of Studio Gang Architects, designed a residential building called the Aqua at 225 N. Columbus. Aqua was named Tuesday as the 2009 Skyscraper of the Year, an annual award issued by Emporis, a company that sells data about tall buildings. With it comes a Top 10 list of the new buildings Emporis judges best in a calendar year.
Calling plan doesn't go the distance (SouthtownStar)
Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:02:28 GMT
Dear Fixer: In December 2008, my in-laws moved in with us. I called AT&T and added their All Distance plan to my existing phone service. They were very nice and said it would be taken care of. However, when the bill came, I saw that I was getting All Distance but I also was being charged for each long-distance call. This is a problem because where we live out in Kendall County, even the next ...
Vet ensures soldiers are remembered (SouthtownStar)
Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:03:13 GMT
Rich McConnell remembers returning home after two years in Korea with the U.S. Army in the midst of the Vietnam War. "People had signs calling us baby killers and they spit on us when we came home," said McConnell, of Tinley Park. "We didn't want anything like that to happen ever again, so we take care of our boys," said McConnell, who also works to ensure that area solders in combat zones are ...
Community Sports Calendar (SouthtownStar)
Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:02:52 GMT
BASEBALL Chicago Heights: The Olympia Terrace Youth Association will have registration from 7 to 9 p.m. March 2 and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 6 at Greenbriar School, 101 W. Greenbriar Ave. For information, visit www.otya.org Hickory Hills: Hickory Hills Youth Baseball will hold registration, for boys ages 4 to 18, from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Hickory Hills Community ...
Plea bargain caps bi-state robber's prison sentence (Post-Tribune)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:02:07 GMT
VALPARAISO -- What was one stop on an alleged armed robbery spree across Northwest Indiana and northeast Illinois will cost a Schererville man up to eight years in prison. Lewis Gibert III, 46, pleaded guilty Friday to the May 2009 holdup of Payday America at 2180 U.S. 30 in Valparaiso. As part of his plea bargain, Gibert's sentence will be capped at eight years when it's argued May 14, although ...
Vets in Southland frustrated over VA claim delays (SouthtownStar)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:02:07 GMT
Many veterans are not only faced with dealing with the after-effects of war, but also burdened with dealing with an overwhelmed Department of Veterans Affairs . Guys such as Jim Bandy are looking for disability compensation for medical conditions stemming from their time in service.
Tinley Park infant in critical condition (SouthtownStar)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:02:06 GMT
An infant is on life support, hanging on to his life, and authorities said his father is to blame. Jason Schuit, 30, 7311 Sandalwood Drive , Tinley Park, was charged Thursday with aggravated battery to a child after shaking his 2 1 / 2 -month-old son Dec. 19, Tinley Park police said in a news release. The infant, now 5 months old, is in critical condition at Hope Children's Hospital in Oak Lawn ...
'Prime suspect' in Darien murders arrested in Florida (Chicago Tribune)
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:47:23 GMT
The bodies of Jeffery, Lori and Michael Kramer are removed from their house on Kilkenny Drive in Darien late Tuesday afternoon. (Scott Strazzante/Tribune) | More PHOTOS About 36 hours after police received a 911 call from a woman in the closet of a Darien home where three people were being shot to death, the man authorities are calling a "prime suspect" in the homicides was asleep in a gray van ...
Suspect in Darien murders in custody (ABC 7 Chicago)
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:18:46 GMT
A man suspected in the shooting deaths of three members of a southwest suburban family was arrested Thursday.
