Homes for the holidays

Daily Herald - Sat Nov 28

Tickets: $25 at various merchants, St. Joseph parish office or at each home the day of the event.

Shoppers out in force for Black Friday bargains

Naperville Sun - Fri Nov 27

For some, the antidote for a turkey-induced coma is Black Friday, that annual rite of passage that heralds the official start of the holiday shopping season.

Dad left message telling of his distress

WGN-TV Chicago - Fri Nov 27

Thomas Mangiantini left a "somewhat distraught" note that offers a clue to why he fatally shot his wife and two sons before killing himself in their Addison home, police said Thursday.

The golden loophole

Suburban Chicago News - Fri Nov 27

Marlon Mathre weighs gold jewelry he purchased from several customers in a single day at his Fox Valley Coins shop in Naperville earlier this month.

Muslim center to have final once-over

Suburban Chicago News - Fri Nov 27

The proposed Irshad Learning Center has one more qualifying round to go -- probably.

Among suburban residents, more go hungry

Daily Herald - Fri Nov 27

Walmart has donated a refrigerated truck to the Northern Illinois Food Bank so the charity can offer perishable foods to local pantries, soup kitchens and more.

Woman gets prison in credit card scheme

Suburban Chicago News - Wed Nov 25

A woman with ties to Naperville and Schaumburg has been sentenced to 21 2 years in prison for her role in a fraud scheme last spring in Naperville.

Two charged with attempted murder

301 Moved Permanently - Wed Nov 25

Aaron Carrola, 17, and Jose Carrola, 40, both of the 0-99 block of Bluff Street, Aurora, were charged with two counts of felony aggravated battery and one count of attempted first-degree murder following a stabbing incident Sunday, the Kane County State's Attorney's Office said.

4 dead in apparent Addison murder-suicide

Daily Herald - Wed Nov 25

Four people were fatally shot Wednesday morning at an Addison home in what authorities say was an apparent murder-suicide. The victims -- a mother, father and two male children -- were found after police responded to a call at 6:30 a.m. In a news release, police said residents near the 200 block of South Wisconsin Avenue "should not be alarmed" and ...

At turkey boot camp, no need for a scrub brush

Thehour.com - Wed Nov 25

NAPERVILLE, ILL.By EMILY FREDRIXAssociated PressWorkers at Butterball's turkey-tips hot line are used to oddball situations:* The woman who cleaned out her turkey with a scrub brush and asked if that was OK to do.