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  • At Triple-A Iowa Stewart contemplating future

    Ian Stewart has been focusing on "trying to put some good games together" at Triple-A. (Allison Rhoades/Memphis Redbirds) DES MOINES, Iowa -- It's warm and sunny at Principal Park as the Iowa Cubs wrap up batting practice. Ian Stewart was getting a rare start at third base in place of Josh Vitters, who reinjured his left quad the day before. But this is not where Stewart expected ...

  • Fremont Library lines up summer activities

    Fremont Public Library District's youth services librarian Connie Purcell estimates 1,000 local children will sign up for the library's summer reading club, "Have Book, Will ...

  • Park Ridge Youth Campus transformation moves ahead

    The plan to transform what used to be the Park Ridge Youth Campus into a park is forging ahead after voters gave the Park District the green light last month. Permission for the district to issue $13.2 million in bonds for the project was granted in the April 9 election. It will cost $6.4 million to buy the property, and the rest will be for redeveloping it, said Park Ridge Park District ...

  • Buffalo Grove to offer meters for underground sprinklers

    Lake County homeowners with underground sprinkler systems in the village of Buffalo Grove will soon have the option of using separate irrigation meters to gauge outdoor water usage. "The irrigation meter is just another option to give customers the ability to control utility costs beyond the benefits already in place with the summer sewer credit program," Buffalo Grove Finance ...

  • Fake prom crash brings home lesson of drinking and driving

    Lake Zurich High School senior Erika Smolyar, 18, plays the role of a teen killed in a deadly car crash during "Operation Prom Night," a simulated accident intended to deter teens from driving under the ...


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Movie Review

The Haunted Strangler [DVD]

The Haunted Strangler [DVD]

By the late 1950s, Boris Karloff, one of the great icons of the horror cinema, was falling on hard times. Part of the problem was that the genre with which he was so completely associated was fast becoming a joke, plagued by artless, quickie B-movie garbage and goofy parod ... ...

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  • State grant to help upgrade Willow Stream Park in Buffalo Grove

    With a newly awarded state grant of $400,000, Willow Stream Park in Buffalo Grove will undergo construction next spring for a new playground, a performance stage, pathways and landscaping. Gov. Pat Quinn announced May 11 the Buffalo Grove Park District was among 45 park and recreation agencies receiving a portion of $15 million in grants from the Illinois Open Space Lands Acquisition ...

  • SW Side School Dedicates Sculpture To Crew Of Columbia Space Shuttle

    CHICAGO (CBS) — A statue was unveiled at a southwest side elementary school, in honor of the space crew killed in a space shuttle disaster ten years ago, reports WBBM’s Craig Dellimore. The Columbia Explorers Academy on South Kedzie was built to honor the astronauts of the ill-fated space shuttle Columbia. To commemorate the 10th anniversary of that tragedy, Alderman Edward Burke ...

  • Bears Terminate Contract Of Andre Fluellen

    (CBS) The Bears terminated the contract of vested veteran Andre Fluellen Monday. The 6-2, 302-pound defensive tackle never played a game for the Bears after signing with the team earlier this offseason. Fluellen has played in 56 games over five seasons with Detroit (2008-12) and Miami (2012), recording 52 tackles, 2.5 sacks and one forced fumble. The move makes room for the addition of another ...

  • Blackhawks’ Lines Shaken Up With Stalberg’s Return

    (CBS) Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville confirmed that winger Viktor Stalberg will return to the lineup tonight for Game 3 of the Western Conference Semifinals in ...

  • Prosecutors McHenry Man Threatened To Kill U.S. Diplomats

    CHICAGO (CBS) — Federal prosecutors say a McHenry man was so angry about his wife’s failure to get a visa, that he threatened the lives of American diplomats, reports WBBM’s Regine ...

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