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1996 > December > 20
- STATE AUDIT SAYS AGENCY MISHANDLED ABUSE CASES
- WHEN TV NEWS DOES WEATHER, IT TAKES IDIOTIC TO NEW LEVEL
- FIELDS SIGNS WITH ROCKFORD
- JET SKIERS PUT ON NOTICE
- A 38-year-old local woman told police that…
- ZO’S STORY: AN ENIGMA FOR BEARS
- Philip Morris goes Portuguese: Philip Morris Cos….
- POLICE TO SEEK RADIO SPECIALIST
- `AUNT HOLLY’ ADDS TO OPERA HOUSE CHRISTMAS CHEER
- BlackstreetAnother Level (Interscope) (star) (star) 1/2Although Teddy…
- “Another birthday.”–Frank Sinatra, who has suffered recent…
- Home decorations, a blanket and other items…
- FAVORITE BRANDS HANKERS FOR MORE CANDY
- SCRAWL MAKES ITS MEANING PLAIN
- U.S. WIDENS PROBE TO INCLUDE CLINTON FUND
- PRINCE SAYS HIS BABY BORN WITH A PROBLEM
- DRIVER IN FATAL ACCIDENT GETS PROBATION
- COMBATING RACISM
- GLENBROOK S. AND LEONARD WHIP EVANSTON
- HOPES GONE
- ASTRONOMER CARL SAGAN DIES AT 62
- NEW COACH, SAME RESULT FOR BLUES
- TUBA PLAYERS BLOW IN, OUT OF TOWN
- DANIEL GRIFFIN, SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
- RED CROSS LOOKED THE OTHER WAY
- Bradley J. Tuman, 17, of 227 S….
- Wayne Battersby, 52, of 20128 Frankfort Square…
- GEORGE W. FYLER, 90; ELECTRICAL ENGINEER WHO HELD 87 PATENTS
- Police said they charged a 19-year-old Lake…
- ELK GROVE COMPLEX FACES HUD COMPLAINT
- NEXT MOVE?
- HIGH-TECH LEARNING
- PSSST, WATCH OUT FOR UNCLE BILLY!
- U.S. TO CHALLENGE PROPOSITION 209
- NATIONAL ENDOWMENTS PROVIDE $1.4 MILLION
- STERR NOTCHES 400TH CAREER WIN
- DEAN FOODS’ PLATE HAS A FORTIFIED PROFIT REPORT
- POLICE COMMISSION SWORN INTO OFFICE
- NILES TEACHERS APPROVE PACT; BOARD VOTE SET FOR JANUARY
- FOWLER NAMED NEW CHIEF EXEC AT IMC GLOBAL
- S&L TRIALS
- BOYS TAKE THIRD STRAIGHT
- In Tuesday’s KidNews section, a student acrobat…
- A STEELY YEAR AT INLAND, BUT CEO STAYS SANGUINE
- A 25-year-old local man told police his…
- 2 COMPANIES RESOLVE ISSUE OVER PROPOSED PIPELINE
- NEEDY FAMILIES IN FORD HEIGHTS
- Bruce R. Zelm, 38, of 850 Wellington…
- A 60-year-old local man told police Wednesday…
- BANK LOAN TO PAY FOR AMBULANCES
- SUNDAY’S FORECAST COULD HARDLY BE BETTER
- MINUSCULE MATE POSES A BIG PROBLEM
- ADULT ENTERTAINMENT
- SCHOOLKIDS GET SENSE OF RUGGED PAST FROM `FUR TRADER’
- Give me an M: Massachusetts and Montana…
- COLLEGE SEEKS 5.56% INCREASE IN TAX LEVY
- `ONE FINE DAY’ ELAPSES AS ONE CONTRIVED MOVIE
- HISTORIANS REPORT BANKING IRREGULARITIES
- 2ND-GRADERS ARRESTED IN ATTACK ON GIRL
- PREMIER TO VISIT MOSCOW NEXT WEEK
- 4 INDICTED IN ALLEGED JOHNSBURG DRUG BUY
- FAMILY VALUES, BROADWAY BOUND
- PARTNERSHIP ALLOWS AMERITECH TO OFFER CUSTOMERS MANPOWER FOR FULLER SERVICE
- A local woman returning home with her…
- NORTHERN’S WARMTH BEACON FOR COLEMAN
- AGREEMENT EXTINGUISHES FEUD OVER FIRE PROTECTION
- CITY’S LEND-A-BIKE PROGRAM IS A REAL STEAL
- THE LEGENDARY MAGIC SLIM STANDS TALL ON THE CHICAGO BLUES SCENE
- COMEDY TRIO CAN’T RESCUE `AMERICANS’
- LAST FARM IN TOWN WILL MAKE WAY FOR DEVELOPMENT
- TIE SCHOOL FUNDING TO PERFORMANCE
- MORE CHANGES? HOW ABOUT A FRIENDLIER–AND GREENER–COMISKEY?
- IDEA OF MALE ROLE MODEL UNDER FIRE
- HORNETS’ NEW `HARD-BALL IMAGE’ IS NOT MUCH HELP IN LOSS TO THE BULLS
- ALLOWANCES ARE SOUGHT FOR INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
- STAINLESS STEEL STARS AS A KITCHEN SINK
- WAUBONSIE VALLEY FINALLY FINDS RIGHT COMBINATION
- Police said they charged an 18-year-old Addison…
- OVERHAUL OF STATE SCHOOLS IS ESTIMATED AT $13 BILLION
- RADIOACTIVE WASTE DUMP SEARCH IS ON
- SHOOTER GETS 25 YEARS FOR PARALYZING TEEN
- PERU’S VIP CAPTIVES SWEAT IT OUT
- STATE OF MEIGS
- MICHAEL D. WILLIAMSON
- On Dec. 20, 1803, the flag of…
- MERC’S NEW LEADER SAYS HE WILL FOCUS ON CHANGE
- KERR’S FEAT CALLS FOR BLOCK PARTY
- JOHNSON CLOSE TO 4-YEAR DEAL WITH VIKINGS
- An employee of Wal-Mart, 900 S. Illinois…
- SERBIA NOT PROMISING TO HEED INVESTIGATORS
- Paul R. Nitz, 38, of 408 W….
- HERE’S WHERE TO LOOK FOR GOOD DINING CHRISTMAS EVE AND DAY
- GLENDALE HEIGHTS LOSING DAY-CARE CENTER
- WOUNDED COP GLIMPSES THE FUTURE
- GEORGE’S ATOMIC DODGE
- MORTGAGE RATES HEAD UP
- “IT’S A WONDERFUL/HORRIBLE LIFE”
- SENSE OF REALITY
- CONTRACT APPROVED FOR COP, FIRE EXAMS
- `I was in the General Assembly. Once…
- THORNTON 55, THORNRIDGE 39
- WATER STATION TO GET NEW PRESSURE VALVES
- POLL SAYS ANOTHER BERNARDIN IS PREFERRED
- OY! TO THE
- STUDENTS MAKE SPECIAL DELIVERIES
- IF YOU’RE looking for ways to pick…
- Zbigniew Kretowicz, 33, of 642 St. Johns…
- SANTA CLAUS COMES TO TOWN A BIT EARLY
- A HOLIDAY NEWSLETTERWORTH REMEMBERING
- TRUSTEES BURY FUNERAL HOME’S SIGN REQUEST
- EX-POLICE CHIEF’S WIFE FOUND DEAD
- “What are they, the Ebenezer Scrooges of…
- LIGHTS ON TO REMEMBER ON ROADS
- SCOFIELD GIVES US A `CRUCIBLE’ FOR OUR TIME
- BASKETS BRIM WITH SPIRIT OF GIVING
- Look on-line: Looking for a new apartment?…
- SCHAWK TO SELL ITS PLASTICS GROUP
- SAFE OR SORRY?
- Richardson Electronics Ltd. reported earnings for the…
- BRIGHT DIM SUM
- THE WORM’S WAYS
- ISRAEL WARMS TO PALESTINIAN STATE
- MAN GETS 60 YEARS FOR ’88 SLAYING
- CITY HALL LEAVES JOB BANK TO LIBRARY
- NEW CHARGES SAY TODDLER FRAMED IN ’71 DEATH OF INFANT BROTHER
- FANCY NANCY
- MAVS’ DUMAS CLEARED OF MISDEMEANOR
- ROMEOVILLE SEEKS INDIAN-RUN CASINO
- GONZALEZ BACK WITH THE ASTROS
- SPRINGFIELD’S GROSS INTRUSION
- FRIENDS OF HOMELESS TO RALLY FOR BENEFITS
- JOLIET MAN GUILTY OF TAKING WEDDING RING
- PAYING A VISIT TO MEL REYNOLDS– BOTH OF THEM
- FOR MICHAEL W. SMITH, `EMMANUEL’ TOUR IS REALLY A RESPITE
- `CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A SENSELESS ACT’
- OLD MAN WINTER ARRIVES EARLY IN MIDSEASON FORM
- BULLS FIGHT FLU, FATIGUE BUT OUTHUSTLE HORNETS
- A Belvidere man was arrested Wednesday and…
- NEED A PET? TAKE A WALK
- NBC SHUTTLES NEW SHOWS INTO THURSDAY LINEUP
- The rear window of a car parked…
- Anthony Brunory, 33, of 1019 S. Finley…
- A police officer went for an unexpected…
- ROCKETS’ 2ND STRAIGHT LOSS PUZZLING, COSTLY
- BRITAIN’S CONSERVATIVES MAY EXIT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER
- HIGH COURT WILL REVIEW DEATH ROW CASE
- Michael Russo, 47, of 4150 Woodland St.,…
- SHEAHAN PICKS A NEW DIRECTOR FOR COUNTY JAIL
- THUMBS UP, DOWN FOR TV RATINGS
- Technology Solutions Co. said its fiscal second-quarter…
- GAGE PARK’S MCDONALD OPENS SOME EYES
- Police are investigating a theft from a…
- A Roselle couple told police that their…
- POYER’S HERO DIVES HEADLONG INTO FIRST-CLASS MYSTERY
- A local woman reportedly escaped being robbed…
- John Rusiniak, 17, of 10624 Willow Ave.,…
- LAWYER’S GOSSIPY WIFE MAY GET HIM IN TROUBLE
- DURING DEEP FREEZES, CITY OFFERS HOT LINE TO HELP RENTERS WITH HEATING PROBLEMS
- Fed revision for banks: The Federal Reserve…
- EX-MR. BASKETBALL MAKES HIS PAST WORK FOR HIS FUTURE
- IMAGINE A 6-YEAR-OLD ADAM LESLIE AS A RASPY-VOICED STANDUP
- 3 ARE INDICTED IN BURGLARIES OF STRIP MALLS
- CBOT TOLD TO ADD GRAIN STORAGE
- FORT PANEL RELUCTANTLY OKS DUMPS’ REPAIR
- PILLOW OF YOUR DREAMS: Sleeping on a…
- 2 MEN KILLED IN CRASH AFTER ROBBERY, CAR CHASE
- NEW ARENA OR ELSE, WHALERS TELL STATE
- CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS BURY DIFFERENCES
- NO KIND WORDS FROM AMONTE FOR HIS FORMER COACH KEENAN
- AUSTIN DISTRICT COP PROBE SET TO EXPLODE
- Whitney HoustonThe Preacher’s Wife (Arista) (star) (star)…
- ROCKETS STUMBLE TO SECOND STRAIGHT DEFEAT
- SEEDS FOR CHANGE, IMPROVEMENT IN ’97
- A white 1994 Jeep Cherokee was reported…
- POWLUS LIKELY TO GIVE ND ONE MORE SEASON
- VOTERS MAY OUST APPOINTED SUPERVISOR IN HOMER BEFORE APPEALS COURT CAN ACT
- Steel expansion considered: U.S. Steel and its…
- STAR OF `CHICAGO HOPE’ DISPLAYS HEALTHY TALENT ON BOTH SIDES OF CAMERA
- A janitor who left work shortly after…
- A compact disc player was reportedly stolen…
- OAKTON COLLEGE OKS REDUCED TAX LEVY
- Police charged a 29-year-old Wonder Lake man…
- PREMIER CHOOSES MEDICAL SUPPLIER
- CORNERBACK CIRCLES IN ON FORMER TEAMMATES
- ARCHITECTS ACQUIRED FOR NEW CITY FACILITY
- SOME THINGS LOOK BETTER FROM A DISTANCE
- TOLL AUTHORITY OKS BUDGET OF $425 MILLION
- OLD STANDBY, TIES SEE FRESH BURST OF POPULARITY
- CLOSE TO NATURE
- Douglas Prindle, 20, of 15201 S. Laramie…
- APRIL VOTE SLATED ON PLAN TO RAISE SCHOOL FUND RATE
- COLUMBIA STUDENT INDICTED IN KIDNAPPING
- ONE FINE MOVIE
- WIFE-BEATING A WAY OF LIFE IN S. KOREA
- Big loss at NCR: NCR Corp. reported…
- Vandals reportedly damaged the lock Wednesday on…
- SPY VS. SPY, DUMB AND DUMBER
- RESIDENTS SHARE IDEALS FOR COLLEGE PRESIDENT
- RABBI GERALD SCHUSTER, WEISS MEMORIAL CHAPLAIN
- ‘KITS SQUEAK BY GLENBROOK SOUTH
- BHUTTO’S HUSBAND CHARGED IN MURDER
- U.S. STUDY: TEENS MORE TOLERANT OF MARIJUANA
- BIG 2ND HALF PROPELS NO. 17 SANDBURG OVER JOLIET
- 7 AUSTIN COPS INDICTED
- Black box for racers: Aircraft-type “black box”…
- `HANSEL AND GRETEL’ SPICED WITH CAJUN FLAVOR
- KWANZAA FEELS THE SPIRIT
- RETIRED COUNTY AUDITOR ISN’T GIVING UP POLITICS
- `BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD’ POKE FUN AT EVERYTHING BUT THEMSELVES, HEH-HEH
- CAKE AND COOKIE UNIT SALE CANCELED
- CAMBY BLACKMAIL SUSPECT CHARGED
- RULING TO FORCE DIVORCE SUSPENDED
- GLORIES FROM `GOLDEN AGE’
- PACKERS’ FAVRE MAY DOOM DIVISION FOES FOR DECADE
- 2 DES PLAINES MASSAGE LICENSES LOST
- Mary E. Mandziara, 40, of 930 Lake…
- CHIPMUNK MEMORIES
- AT PROVISO WEST, BOYS FEELING ‘NICE’
- JUST A MATTER OF TIME VALUE
- “A Christmas Story”: Can you bear one…
- A 23-year-old woman and a friend escaped…
- Reba McEntireWhat If It’s You (MCA) (star)…
- PASTOR HONORED FOR VOLUNTEER WORK
- “HOFFMAN PLAGUE” NOT FATAL; GIRLS SQUEAK BY LAKE PARK 34-33
- APTAKISIC EARNS HIGH MARKS FOR SCHOOL PROGRAM
- BAXTER ACQUISITION IS APPROVED
- BULLS GET PHYSICAL AND VOCAL
- ROUND ABOUT
- ON A DARK NEBRASKA HIGHWAY, POTENTIAL NUCLEAR SCARE UNFOLDS
- Tracy A. Gaudreau, 25, of 185 N….
- Q. It would seem from my reading…
- A black gas grill with a 5-gallon…
- BROAD SCRIPT HAUNTS PLODDING `MISSISSIPPI’
- DEEP FREEZE HAS GRIP ON DEEP SOUTH
- MCKINLEY LEGACY LIVING ON IN LIVES
- `SCREAM’ SPOOFS SLASHER FILMS TOO PREDICTABLY
- PARK IS VICTIM OF OWN SUCCESS
- ICE DISPENSER’S CONVENIENCE CARRIES A PRICE
- ESCAPE ROUTE
- A REFRESHING DOSE OF REALITY IN THE UN
- EVEN SHORT-HANDED, SANDBURG’S GIRLS ROUT JOLIET
- VILLAGE SET TO SELL IMPROVED PROPERTY
- MAN DREW FAKE GUN, POLICE SAY
- AX MAY TAKE BIG NFL TOLL
- WITH M CAFE, ART MUSEUM FEEDS BODY, TOO
- A 69-year-old resident of the 2400 block…
- FIRED POSTAL CLERK SURRENDERS IN FATAL AMBUSH OF SUPERVISOR
- ‘TIS THE SEASON; NCHS GIVES ONE AWAY, 50-46
- 2 MEN CHARGED WITH BEATING PASSENGER AFTER OFFERING RIDE
- MUSIC FOR UNDERDOGS
- MYSTERIOUS `BUMPS’ FOUND ON SUN BACK EINSTEIN’S RELATIVITY THEORY
- PROVISO WEST’S FIELD AGAIN HEADS TOURNAMENT LIST
- Nashville Mandolin EnsembleGifts (Columbia)(star) (star) (star) (star)Various…
- COMMUNITY HELPS FOOD PANTRY BOUNCE BACK IN THE NICK OF TIME
- NEW YORK IS TALK OF THE `TOWN’
- Two women were arrested last week after…
- Q. I am a college student, and…
- Lucia Alverez, 56, and her daughter, Petra…
- COMICS GENDER GAP
- “IT’S A WONDERFUL/HORRIBLE LIFE”
- HAVE A BLUE CHRISTMAS
- ACCUSED SPY BEMOANED SLIM PICKINGS, U.S. SAYS
- SLOWER U.S. VEHICLE SALES EXPECTED
- GARTH BROOKS PLAYS AN INTIMATE SHOW FOR VH1 SERIES
- POLICE PROBE COLLISION THAT KILLED DRIVER
- A Chicago man told police that someone…
- COUNTRY MUSICIANS LEND SKILLS AND HANDS TO HELP KIDS
- `MISS MARGARIDA’S WAY’ A CHALLENGE FOR AUDIENCES
- POLICE MUST KNOCK BEFORE THEY RAID HOUSE, COURT RULES
- WELCOME TO THE DOWNSIDE OF EUPHORIA
- Four 8-inch-high sign letters reportedly were removed…
- FINAL EXAM
- SMU WOMEN’S SOCCER GETS ST. CHARLES BOOST
- TODD TERRY IS STILL BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE
- NEW RESTRICTIONS ON PRIVATE SCHOOLS
- SCHOOL BOARD OKS TAX INCREASE OF 20%
- SHORTENED SITE FOR CONDOS NEEDS FURTHER REVIEW
- George Clinton: Hear him, watch him, let…
- CHEMICAL LEAK CLOSES IRVING PARK ROAD PLANT
- “IT’S A WONDERFUL/HORRIBLE LIFE”
- ‘TIS OPEN SEASON ON SANTA CLAUS IN THE SUBURBS
- HOLIDAY HOOPLA
- SINGLES SCENE FOR CHRISTIANS IMPROVES WITH HOLIDAY SEASON
- About 16 feet of chain-link fencing that…
- Police investigated a theft Wednesday at the…
- ASSEMBLY CLEARS BILL TO TIGHTEN ALREADY STRICT IMMIGRATION LAW
- FORTSON, CINCINNATI HANDLE EASTERN MICH.
- JOSEPH H. BOYER
- GRAVEL PIT PROPOSAL IS REJECTED BY BOARD
- ROBERT LOUIS EISBRENNER
- KEENAN CANNED BY BLUES AS HULL `WINS’ FAMILY FEUD
- LATEST `DR. MOREAU’ A SCI-FI CHILLER
- WENN STAFF IS IN FOR A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS
- The most common cause of hearing loss…
- CLOSE CALL IN VOTE FOR TOP TEAM
- GIVE KIDS THE GIFT OF `FATHER TIME’
- SCHOOL OFFICIAL’S HOME BOMBED
- PRICE FOR PUBLISHING FIRM DISCLOSED
- UNR DIVESTS 2ND-TO-LAST UNIT, SEEKS CEO, PREPARES TO MOVE
- ART INSTITUTE’S `TELLING IMAGES’ OFFERS KIDS A HEAD START
- MCDOUGAL NOW IN L.A. JAIL, FACING THEFT CHARGES
- Employees at Churchill School, 240 Geneva Rd.,…
- COUNTY APPROVES SWITCH TO ELECTRIC WIRE IN CONDUIT
- ETHICS PANEL WAS MISLED, GINGRICH ALLY CONCEDES
- Forestine Westbrook, 55, of 13932 Tinley Ave.,…
- Copyright pact: Artists and performers like Madonna…
- Police arrested Brian Cleave, 27, and Andrea…
- BULLS 93, HORNETS 72
- IOWA STATE’S DAVIS GOING PRO
- Various ArtistsSuccour (Flydaddy)(star) (star) (star) 1/2This 35-song,…
- SUTTON DESERVES HALL OF FAME STATUS
- HOSPITAL WORKERS ACCEPT BUYOUTS
- FAMILY TO REMEMBER DALEY’S DEATH IN ’76
- Police on Wednesday took custody of a…
- PUBLISHING MIRACLE
- REPAIR ZONE
- AUBURN 63, DEPAUL 60
- SEASONAL RITUAL THAT HAS A TWIST
- William A. Kotz, 38, of 1230 Wood…
- PUBLIC HEARING IS SET ON PLANNED INCENTIVE FOR MUFFLER SHOP
- ROUND LAKE BEACH MAN CONVICTED IN SEX ASSAULT
- JOBLESS CLAIMS HIT 5-MONTH PEAK
- CHINA BLACKLISTS HOLLYWOOD NAMES IN TIBET FILM DISPUTE
- MAUREEN ROSE CAMPBELL
- EU CLEARS MOBILE PHONE CONSORTIUM
- GOLDEN GLOBES PUTS `PATIENT’ ON FAST TRACK
- SEEKING SUPER BOWL, SIMPSON SIGNS DEAL
- About $800 was stolen Tuesday from a…
- GOOD MORNING,
- An employee of J.C. Penney, 175 Yorktown…
- `MOJO’S’ DIRECTOR GIVES THE PLAY THE RIGHT ACCENTS
- CONGREGATIONS REFLECT CHANGES
- Police investigated a theft Wednesday from the…
- Police said $3,097 reportedly was stolen from…
- ROOM TO ROAM
- LABORERS UNION RE-ELECTS COIA
- 3 `NOT GUILTY’ PLEAS IN ADM CASE
- GIRLBAR A COMFORTABLE SPOT IN THE CENTER OF THINGS
- A collection of 36 goose decoys were…
- CRUISE LINE FACES POLLUTION CHARGES
- MAN LIKELY TO SERVE 5 YEARS FOR SEX ASSAULT
- NO CENSORS, PLEASE–WE’RE AMERICAN
- EDGAR, DALEY HOT WORDS LEAVE MEIGS DEAL ON ICE
- SCHOOLS WANT BLACK ENGLISH AS 2ND LANGUAGE
- FOREST DISTRICT, MARINE RESERVES TEAM UP ON TOY DRIVE
- Thompson’s ‘Ain’t the Beer Cold’ clearly the best of this top-10 list