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‘Fear rippled through the community’: 50 years later, Columbo murders still haunt Elk Grove

‘Fear rippled through the community’: 50 years later, Columbo murders still haunt Elk Grove

On May 7, 1976, Elk Grove Village police Detective Raymond J. Rose stepped into a Brantwood Avenue home and encountered one of the most shocking crimes in suburban Cook County history. Frank Columbo, 52, his wife Mary, 50, and their 13-year-old son, Michael, were dead. Each had been shot, bludgeoned and stabbed. “It was so horrific and out of the ordinary,” Rose said.

 
Why some lawmakers defected from the party line in megaproject bill affecting Bears stadium

Why some lawmakers defected from the party line in megaproject bill affecting Bears stadium

“Rosemont on steroids” or “billionaire boys club” are among the reasons Democrats and Republicans cited for their votes on the Bears stadium-linked megaproject bill.

 
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Prosecutors: Defendant in Arlington Heights stabbing smoked marijuana before attack

Prosecutors: Defendant in Arlington Heights stabbing smoked marijuana before attack

More details emerge in the case of an early morning stabbing April 30 in Arlington Heights.

 
Schaumburg police: Woman dead, man in custody after well-being check

Schaumburg police: Woman dead, man in custody after well-being check

Schaumburg police say they found a woman dead and took a man into custody following a well-being check late Thursday.

 
United Airlines slims flights at O’Hare this summer following FAA ruling

United Airlines slims flights at O’Hare this summer following FAA ruling

United Airlines will cut its flight schedule at O’Hare International Airport by about 130 daily departures this June in response to a Federal Aviation Administration mandate, officials announced.

 
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Oui, oui: Bigger Lisle French Market opens at new downtown location

Oui, oui: Bigger Lisle French Market opens at new downtown location

A bigger and buzzier French market opens for the season in downtown Lisle Saturday morning, allowing visitors to wander around the outdoor stalls — a la francaise — with a coffee and pastry in hand.

 
Fire leaves Bartlett home uninhabitable

Fire leaves Bartlett home uninhabitable

Authorities are investigating the cause of that left a Bartlett home uninhabitable Saturday morning.

 
Historic 8-sided barn taken down piece by piece, rebuilt at Richardson Adventure Farm to be event venue

Historic 8-sided barn taken down piece by piece, rebuilt at Richardson Adventure Farm to be event venue

A rare, eight-sided barn that stood on the south end of Spring Grove for well over a century is getting raised again. The circa-1876 barn stood on the Hatch-Kattner farm for nearly 150 years, but was “on its last legs” when the farmland went up for sale three years ago, said George Richardson, of Richardson Adventure Farm. Taken apart piece by piece and stored until it could be rebuilt, it’s now being put back together with hopes for it to survive another 150 years.

 
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O’Donnell: ‘Ted Lasso’ and Paul McCartney come together in Brendan Hunt’s one-man show

O’Donnell: ‘Ted Lasso’ and Paul McCartney come together in Brendan Hunt’s one-man show

AND IN THE END, all sports are loaded with assorted degrees of live theater. Legitimate plays — from “Hamlet” and its groundlings forward — demand the three sequenced sta...

 
Another Wrigley ‘W’: Brown’s improvement plan helps send Cubs to 10th straight home win

Another Wrigley ‘W’: Brown’s improvement plan helps send Cubs to 10th straight home win

Cubs pitcher Ben Brown came up with a self-improvement plan when last season ended. Now he hasn’t allowed an earned run in 14 innings and combined with Shota Imanaga for a 2-0 shutout over Arizona on Saturday.

 

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