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There's nothing like a little good, old-fashioned fun. And it's not all that hard to find in Chicago, where minigolf is a worshipped art form and the Super Dawg reigns supreme.
Libertyville sues over unfinished grocery
Libertyville has officially tired of having a steel skeleton of a building on its southern gateway on Milwaukee Avenue.
ISSA/INTERCLEAN show cancelled in Macau
Show organizers Amsterdam RAI , AFIDAMP and ISSA have cancelled the ISSA/INTERCLEAN China show , which was to take place in November in Macau.
Estimate: Evanston population up 2.2 percent
The condominium boom in downtown Evanston may seem to suggest an explosive growth in the city's population.
Schaumburg police trade in their shotguns
Schaumburg police will benefit from a trade-in deal to replace their squad car shotguns with rifles.
Pool cleaner by day, a farce producer at night
At age 19, Niles North graduate Clayton Fox has cast a ballot in only one presidential primary.
Townships: Necessary, or are they irrelevant?
For years, Roosevelt University professor David Hamilton has been arguing that we'd be better off without township government.
Townships: Necessary or irrelevant?
For years, Roosevelt University professor David Hamilton has been arguing that we'd be better off without township government.
Chicago man convicted of hate crime for threatening Jewish teens
A Chicago man was found guilty in Cook County Circuit Court this week of a hate crime and assault after he threatened three Jewish teenagers with a gun and called them anti-Semitic slurs during a confrontation ...
Audience gives its take on 'The Lion in Winter'
Stage bytes: 'The Lion in Winter' July 3, 2008 Political manipulation, infidelity, sibling rivalry and poor parenting aren't just contemporary problems, according to "The Lion in Winter" at Writers' Theatre.
These items are from Niles Police Department incident reports. The Niles Journal publishes this police blotter every Wednesday.
Updated 6/24: Parents to protest time changes
Some District 65 parents upset over school time changes this fall plan to withhold student registration fees in "peaceful protest" of their lack of a voice in the decision.
Way Better than Countdown w/Olbermann: Berkowitz w/13th CD Dem Candidate Harper, Cable and Streaming
Watch 13th CD Dem. Nominee Scott Harper on your Computer Although not yet posted on our Youtube page [it will be added this evening], this week's suburban edition of "Public Affairs," featuring 13th Cong.
RC2 buys children's book publisher
RC2 has signed a definitive purchase agreement this week to acquire the Children's Publishing Division of privately held Publications International Ltd.
RC2 wants book unit to offset toy woes
RC2 Corp., the Oak Brook maker of Learning Curve infant and preschool products, agreed to buy the Lincolnwood-based children's publishing division of privately-held Publications International Ltd.
'Relatively' has its seasonal pleasures
Three antagonistic sisters return for a summer visit to their mysterious family homestead in Union Pier, Mich., with their weird men in tow.
Weekend Violence UPDATE: Arrest Made in Murdrer of Logan Square Artist
Kirk Tobolski, 24, has been charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing of Brendan Scanlon , a well-known local graffiti artist in the Logan Square neighborhood early Saturday.
Pretty Good Dance Moves preview
Despite having zero experience, longtime friends Aaron Allietta and Jimmy Giannopoulos launched Pretty Good Dance Moves with the idea of crafting digital music.
Updated 6/15: Teen charged in fatal stabbing
A teenager has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a Des Plaines man found just blocks from his northwest suburban home Saturday.