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Libertyville agrees to move dispatch service to Vernon Hills

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:50:19 +0000

Libertyville police and fire calls will be answered by dispatchers in Vernon Hills beginning this summer. After years of study, village officials in a cost-saving move have agreed to consolidate services at a joint center operated by the Vernon Hills police department and Countryside Fire Protection District. This is not something we did lightly, Libertyville Mayor Terry Weppler said.

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Ravinia schedule high on marquee names

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 06:21:00 +0000

Ravinia again promises more than enough music and dance to keep the box office busy throughout the summer.

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Resurgent Santorum presses duel with Romney

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:59:04 +0000

WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney split six states and dueled in an almost impossibly close race in Ohio on a Super Tuesday that stretched from one end of the country to the other in the most turbulent Republican presidential race in a generation.A resurgent Santorum broke through in primaries in Oklahoma and Tennessee and in the North Dakota caucuses, raising fresh doubts about Romney’s ability to corral the votes of conservatives in some of the most Republican states in the country. Romney had a home-state win in Massachusetts to go with victories in Vermont and in Virginia, where neither Santorum nor Newt Gingrich qualified for the ballot. He also led in early Idaho caucus returns and — most important — padded his lead for delegates to the Republican National Convention.On the busiest night of the campaign season, Ohio was the marquee matchup, a second industrial state showdown in as many weeks between Romney and Santorum. It drew the most campaigning and television advertisements of all 10 Super Tuesday contests and for good reason — no Republican has ever won the White House without carrying the state in the fall.After trailing for much of the night, Romney forged ahead in a count that stretched toward midnight. With votes tallied in 91 percent of the state’s precincts, he led by about 5,000 votes out of 1.1 million cast.Gingrich had a victory in his column — his first win in more than six weeks. The former House speaker triumphed at home in Georgia, but a barrage of attack ads by a super PAC supporting Romney helped hold him below 50 percent and forced him to share the delegates.Texas Rep. Ron Paul pinned his hopes on Idaho and Alaska as he scratched for his first victory of the campaign season.Whatever the outcome in Ohio, Romney was on track to pad his lead in the hunt for delegates to the Republican National Convention. Not surprisingly, given his mixed night, he focused on the delegate chase.”This is a process of gathering enough delegates to become the nominee, and I think we’re on track to have that happen,” he told reporters as he arrived home in Massachusetts to vote in the primary.Later, he told supporters, “I’m going to get this nomination.”Yet Santorum’s multiple victories, coupled with Gingrich’s win, provided fresh evidence that Romney’s conservative rivals retain the ability to outpoll him in certain parts of the country despite his huge organizational and financial advantages.Santorum waited until Oklahoma and Tennessee fell into his column before speaking to cheering supporters in Ohio. “This was a big night tonight,” he said. “We have won in the West, the Midwest and the South, and we’re ready to win across this country.”In all, there were primaries in Virginia, Vermont, Ohio, Massachusetts, Georgia, Tennessee and Oklahoma. Caucuses in North Dakota, Idaho and Alaska rounded out the calendar. Some 419 delegates were at stake in the 10 states.Romney picked up at least 129 delegates during the evening, Santorum 47, Gingrich 42 and Paul at least 10.That gave the former Massachusetts governor 332, more than all his rivals combined, a total that included endorsements from members of the Republican National Committee who automatically attend the convention and can support any candidate they choose. Santorum had 139 delegates, Gingrich 75 and Paul 35. It takes 1,144 delegates to win the nomination at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., this summer. Ohio Republicans were a party divided, based not only on the popular vote but also interviews with voters as they left their polling places. Santorum outpolled Romney among Ohioans with incomes under $100,000, while Romney won among those with six-figure incomes and up. Romney won among working women; Santorum among women who do not. Santorum won among self-described conservatives, while Romney outpointed his rival among those who said they are moderate or liberal.

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Did Burr Oak scandal or slur sideline detective?

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:03:00 +0000

Burr Oak scandal leads to contested workers’ compensation claim In the days following the discovery of a grisly grave-reselling scandal at Burr Oak Cemetery in the summer of 2009, Cook County sheriff’s Detective Robert Carroll walked into his sergeant’s office and handed over his gun and badge.

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Grant Park festival readies salute to chorus

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0000

This summer will mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Grant Park Chorus.

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Hannibal Buress sees glow of TV on the horizon

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:06:00 +0000

New shows for Fox, Cartoon Network could be next step for star stand-up Back in the summer, when we last left Hannibal Buress, he had sold out 16 shows at Zanies Comedy Club in Old Town. A son of the West Side, a veteran of Chicago’s stand-up circuit, he had also just left his job as a staff writer on NBC’s “30 Rock,” the kind of job most young comedians would cling to until his or her fingernails were split and bloodied. Make no mistake: He wasn’t much of a household name; in fact, though Buress has lived in New York since 2008, The New York Times has only recently seemed to notice him. Buress, though, arguably the most buzzed-about young comic today, had bet on his ability to write a TV show for himself, and by October, he was working on two shows. First up, a live series for the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim; he’ll act on it and write some of it. The other show, however — that’ll be a showcase.

Thursday Afternoon Diversion: Around America in Five Minutes

Will Guzzardi — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:00:00 +0000

Brian DeFrees brings us a time-lapse video of his two month road trip across the United States this summer. If you must see our fair city, start at 4:32, but the whole video is pretty fun, and worth the watching time. [ more › ]

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Hall of Sveum: Cubs Name Their Next Manager

Rickhouse — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:30:00 +0000

Sveum is widely respected within baseball, although his stint as the Red Sox’s third-base coach seems somewhat controversial . But he was there when the team won the World Series in 2004, so he’s undoubtedly familiar with the methods of Cubs’ prez Theo Epstein et al. [ more › ]

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Mosop blazes new trail in Chicago Marathon

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 03:48:45 +0000

Kenyan Moses Mosop, who missed more than a month of training this summer because of the nagging injury, rose to the occasion to capture the Bank of America Chicago in impressive fashion Sunday.

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Prayer garden dedicated to Mount Prospect student

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:09:00 +0000

Teachers, students and family gathered under rainy skies Tuesday at St. Emily Elementary School in Mount Prospect to dedicate a memorial prayer garden to Molly Kohl, a 10-year-old student who died of leukemia over the summer. Molly was heading into the sixth grade at St. Emily when she died July 25, nearly 18 months after being diagnosed.