Airman volunteered for 2nd tour in Iraq
A couple of months after returning from his first tour in Iraq, Air Force Staff Sgt. Dustin W. Peters was doing one of the things he loved best: four-wheeling with...
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Man sought hit, police say
Questioned by police for three days, a former boyfriend of a Glenview woman found slain along with her mother in her home Monday was charged Thursday with solicitation to commit...
Black church holds on in Glencoe
Charles Conrad has attended St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in Glencoe for the last seven years, but he is still taken aback when people express surprise on learning where...
Re-emergence of deadly tree disease has Evanston upset
Despite efforts to slow the march of Dutch elm disease through Evanston's tree-lined streets, city officials knew they were steadily losing the battle. Evanston had 22,000 elms when the disease...
Roadside bombing victim had dreams of becoming cartoonist
Spec. Philip G. Rogers joined the Army right out of high school five years ago for the same reason countless others did: to pay for college. Rogers, an Army cook...
Teacher pact talks fall short of deal
After a negotiating session that lasted until 6 a.m. Wednesday but failed to reach an agreement, teachers in Gurnee-based Woodland School District 50 resumed their strike as parents rallied to...
U.S. won’t use sand for beach
Sand eroding from Illinois Beach State Park will not be replaced this year because an environmental group is worried about the quality of replacement sand dredged from near Waukegan Harbor,...
In a flash, museum amasses meteorites
In 18 harried days since a meteor broke up over Park Forest, the Field Museum has led a consortium scrambling to compete with private collectors, rival institutions and sellers on...
Decatur family gets grim news
The news Vicky Langley and John Gifford of Decatur dreaded hearing was delivered by a chaplain and four Marines in dress uniforms. The somber group knocked on Langley's door at...
Students jam Loop streets in protest
Trying to shake a spreading image that they're not active enough, students across the nation gathered, marched and chanted their contempt for the Iraq war Saturday. The national student anti-war...