Jun 13, 2008 | Mt. Vernon Register-News
Family, friends staging benefit for Lampke
By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com MT. VERNON - Co-workers of a local woman are banding together for a benefit in her name as she battles a rapidly progressive cancer.
Updated 5/15: Doctor pleads not guilty to overprescribing pain killers
A former physician, who lives in Highland Park, pleaded not guilty Thursday to over-prescribing pain killers to three patients who subsequently died from overdoses. via Antioch Review
Rain-soaked fields keeping farmers from preparations
“When you get 3 to 4 inches of rain in a day, it will wash away part of the fertilizer.”
By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com MT. VERNON - If the rainfall doesn't stop in the area, farmers will have a problem on their hands. via Mt. Vernon Register-News
Teens held in Mundelein bomb threats to school
“There is a damn bomb in the building. It is in one of the lockers. And will blow up. Be ready for flames ...”
By Nicholas P. Alajakis and Kendrick Marshall nalajakis@scn1.com kmarshall@scn1.com Two Mundelein teens are in custody after e-mailing bomb threats to their school. via News Sun