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![Despite receiving a natural life prison term, Paul Modrowski is free again after a judge ruled the defendant had been too harshly sentenced in a grisly crime that garnered widespread headlines. Despite receiving a natural life prison term, Paul Modrowski is free again after a judge ruled the defendant had been too harshly sentenced in a grisly crime that garnered widespread headlines.](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ctc-modrowski-1jpg-CT0135788518.jpg?w=135)
After 30 years, man freed in Barrington murder-dismemberment case
Despite receiving a natural life prison term, Paul Modrowski is free again after a judge...
![Thousands played, grilled food and watched live music at Paulus Park on the shores of Lake Zurich last Thursday in the eponymous northwest suburb, while boaters zipped through the placid lake waters. The activities were part of the village’s annual Fourth of July celebration. The beach party, as it known, began in the morning July 4 and went on well into the evening — as long folks clad in red, white and blue snacked on grilled treats, lounged on blankets, kicked soccer balls around, drank icy beverages, read books, listened to music, and entertained with family and friends. The day […] Thousands played, grilled food and watched live music at Paulus Park on the shores of Lake Zurich last Thursday in the eponymous northwest suburb, while boaters zipped through the placid lake waters. The activities were part of the village’s annual Fourth of July celebration. The beach party, as it known, began in the morning July 4 and went on well into the evening — as long folks clad in red, white and blue snacked on grilled treats, lounged on blankets, kicked soccer balls around, drank icy beverages, read books, listened to music, and entertained with family and friends. The day […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/DSC_0306.jpg?w=132)
Fourth of July in Lake Zurich, Barrington included a beach party, live concerts, a fitness run and, of course, fireworks
Thousands played, grilled food and watched live music at Paulus Park on the shores of...
![The Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois recognized state Rep. Mary Beth Canty, D-Arlington Heights, for a bipartisan measure she spearheaded, officials announced in a news release, that was signed into law and went into effect earlier this year. According to the release, the law was designed to improve health and survivor benefits for first responders – law enforcement, correctional and probation officers, as well as firefighters – injured or killed in the line of duty. “The risks taken and sacrifices made by first responders and other public safety employees to keep our community safe deserve to be met by more […] The Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois recognized state Rep. Mary Beth Canty, D-Arlington Heights, for a bipartisan measure she spearheaded, officials announced in a news release, that was signed into law and went into effect earlier this year. According to the release, the law was designed to improve health and survivor benefits for first responders – law enforcement, correctional and probation officers, as well as firefighters – injured or killed in the line of duty. “The risks taken and sacrifices made by first responders and other public safety employees to keep our community safe deserve to be met by more […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/05/23/5KRL7VQ4J5HM7NBG2AR3AREUEM.jpg?w=135)
Canty lauded by firefighter org for bill that expands some benefits for first responders
The Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois recognized state Rep. Mary Beth Canty, D-Arlington Heights, for...
![Fireworks explode near the Baha'i House of Worship July 3, 2022, in Wilmette. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) Fireworks explode near the Baha'i House of Worship July 3, 2022, in Wilmette. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/CT-ct-fireworks-070322-06.jpg?w=132)
Lake County fireworks
The Fourth of July always seems to arrive before we know it, the height of...
![Workers at a Wheeling animal shelter said several cats and dogs there helped to save their own lives – jumping to higher ground – after a burst pipe overnight Tuesday caused flooding in the building, eventually leading to a full evacuation. Workers and volunteers at Heartland Animal Shelter in Wheeling spent all day Wednesday dealing with the damage caused by the flooding. “We had to evacuate the animals as quickly as possible. Quite frankly, my fear was that some had drowned. We had small kittens in bottom cages. I don’t know how they survived but they did,” shelter Executive Director […] Workers at a Wheeling animal shelter said several cats and dogs there helped to save their own lives – jumping to higher ground – after a burst pipe overnight Tuesday caused flooding in the building, eventually leading to a full evacuation. Workers and volunteers at Heartland Animal Shelter in Wheeling spent all day Wednesday dealing with the damage caused by the flooding. “We had to evacuate the animals as quickly as possible. Quite frankly, my fear was that some had drowned. We had small kittens in bottom cages. I don’t know how they survived but they did,” shelter Executive Director […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Flooding_animal-cages.jpg?w=66)
At least 100 dogs, cats inside Wheeling animal shelter when facility flooded: ‘I don’t know how they survived but they did’
Workers at a Wheeling animal shelter said several cats and dogs there helped to save...
![Youth Services Fashion Show in Wilmette features local design talent Youth Services Fashion Show in Wilmette features local design talent](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/PPN-YouthServicesFashion-4.jpg?w=140)
Youth Services Fashion Show in Wilmette features local design talent
The annual Youth Services Fashion Show returned for a second year on June 20 featuring...
![Barrington resident Susan McConnell worked on a project for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services for more than 10 years, recruiting foster families to adopt children. “I saw that there was a huge gap between the kids who needed a family and families who wanted to adopt,” she recalled. “They just didn’t know about each other.” McConnell, who has four children – three of whom are adopted – decided that, because her last child was heading to college, it was a good time for her to help address the gap she observed by starting a nonprofit. She founded […] Barrington resident Susan McConnell worked on a project for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services for more than 10 years, recruiting foster families to adopt children. “I saw that there was a huge gap between the kids who needed a family and families who wanted to adopt,” she recalled. “They just didn’t know about each other.” McConnell, who has four children – three of whom are adopted – decided that, because her last child was heading to college, it was a good time for her to help address the gap she observed by starting a nonprofit. She founded […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Susan-McConnell-at-Be-Mine-Gala-2024.jpg?w=59)
Barrington resident marks 10 years of nonprofit started to “work in the gaps” of foster care, adoption
Barrington resident Susan McConnell worked on a project for the Illinois Department of Children and...
![The Buffalo Grove farmers market opened on Father’s Day at Mike Rylko Park, with several new vendors rounding out the 36 participating this year. June 16, Additionally, about a dozen volunteers help to operate the market, including market manager Paulette Greenberg. “This is big, yes, not all of them are here every week,” Greenberg said of the season’s market size for 2024. “We have a big group this year.” The Buffalo Grove farmers market has a wide midway and will be open Sundays from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. through mid-October – except Labor Day weekend. “You can have breakfast […] The Buffalo Grove farmers market opened on Father’s Day at Mike Rylko Park, with several new vendors rounding out the 36 participating this year. June 16, Additionally, about a dozen volunteers help to operate the market, including market manager Paulette Greenberg. “This is big, yes, not all of them are here every week,” Greenberg said of the season’s market size for 2024. “We have a big group this year.” The Buffalo Grove farmers market has a wide midway and will be open Sundays from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. through mid-October – except Labor Day weekend. “You can have breakfast […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/PPN-FarmersBuffaloGrove2024-7.jpg?w=140)
Buffalo Grove farmers market opens with six new vendors and return of some familiar sellers, products
The Buffalo Grove farmers market opened on Father’s Day at Mike Rylko Park, with several...
![Molly Pinta was in middle school when she founded the gay pride parade in Buffalo Grove – the village’s first. Now a young adult and heading off to college in the fall, she is passing the reins of the ever-growing, perennial parade on to her parents. On June 2, 2019, shortly before the first parade rolled, Pinta, who was 13 at the time, stood on a Buffalo Grove road that morning as a rising seventh-grader, posing with her parents Bob and Carolyn Pinta for a family portrait. Since then, the “Buffalo Grove Pride Parade” has been a milestone for the […] Molly Pinta was in middle school when she founded the gay pride parade in Buffalo Grove – the village’s first. Now a young adult and heading off to college in the fall, she is passing the reins of the ever-growing, perennial parade on to her parents. On June 2, 2019, shortly before the first parade rolled, Pinta, who was 13 at the time, stood on a Buffalo Grove road that morning as a rising seventh-grader, posing with her parents Bob and Carolyn Pinta for a family portrait. Since then, the “Buffalo Grove Pride Parade” has been a milestone for the […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2022/06/06/2KMG63IBZFAE3GA6AT5LK7ACVA.jpg?w=135)
Gay pride parade rolls in Buffalo Grove, its young founder headed to college and passing torch
Molly Pinta was in middle school when she founded the gay pride parade in Buffalo...
![Smoke still rises from the aftermath of a home explosion along 23000 block of North Overhill Drive in unincorporated Lake Zurich on June 5, 2024. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune) Smoke still rises from the aftermath of a home explosion along 23000 block of North Overhill Drive in unincorporated Lake Zurich on June 5, 2024. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/PPN-L-lzc-house-fire-explosion003_194468894.jpg?w=117)
Body of elderly man pulled from Lake Zurich home following explosion
A man's body was pulled from a Lake Zurich home that exploded and erupted in...