Guest commentary: Leon McNair a giver of good through game of golf
A few golf lessons, and I was hooked at age 10. The game consumed me, and the motivation to continually improve meant long sessions at the driving range. One evening...
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Fox Valley Park District: Reasons (and places) to love snow, ice, cold
Local TV news anchors are aghast, reporting on the recent cold snap as if it were a wild freak of nature that's descended upon us without warning. Pardon me, but...
Blackberry Express: All aboard for Yuletide cheer
Imagine looking through the wide eyes of a child. Remember that age, when everything seemed so sensational and spectacular? We're older now, but the sight of holiday lights still has...
John Carter, star of Mars and movie screens, was born in Chicago
As John Carter rides into movie theaters Friday aboard what Disney hopes will be a blockbuster, generations of ageless 10-year-olds, including me, will follow, wide-eyed and grateful. Fans have waited...
Evanston fails to report 1,500 building permits to Cook County
More than 1,500 building permits weren't reported to Cook County over a three-year period, leaving Evanston officials trying to figure out how much tax revenue was lost as a result....
Highland Park decision to skip Arizona basketball tournament becomes political football
From Sarah Palin to Rush Limbaugh to Whoopi Goldberg, national attention focused on the decision to keep the Highland Park High School girls basketball team out of an Arizona tournament...
Profile of suspect in fatal shootings of wife, baby son, 2 nieces
Anastasia Pierce said her phone began ringing early Wednesday with the stunning news. Her ex-fiance, she was told, was being held as a suspect in the shooting deaths of his...
H1N1 vaccine demand peters out
People waited in line for hours last fall for the H1N1 vaccine as officials warned about the spreading pandemic. But, due to less demand than expected and production delays, local...
Prostitution is shadowy backdrop to Schaumburg hotel slaying
In Room 331, the party was just cooling down. Joshua Sims, his cousin and a girlfriend were preparing to head home to Minneapolis later that day after having spent a...
Animal activists target big breeders and puppy mills
Carla Kibler said she wishes she had investigated before falling in love with Beefcake, an English bulldog puppy she bought from a Naperville pet store in December. Her 10-year-old triplets...