People gather on a porch outside the Bolingbrook home of Pfc. Michael Pearson Friday. Pearson was among the 13 people killed in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas Thursday. (Liz Wilkinson Allen / Staff photographer)
Update, more details: Michael Pearson, the 21-year-old Bolingbrook man who
died in the Fort Hood massacre Thursday, was remembered as "the angel
of the family," a good student and a virtuoso musician who relished
time with family and friends.
CenterStage We reward big mouths
Finish that drink/brunch/show/yoga class and leave a review at Centerstage Chicago. Each week's most brilliant and helpful review wins a killer prize (think gift certificates to great places).
A suburban police patrol car recently hosted a large and perhaps inadvertently adventurous Felis Catus under its hood. “It's like nothing I've heard,” police Cmdr. Steve Husak said Friday of the incident.
'D' Bulls top LeBron
Would you believe the Bulls won for a second straight game because of their -- ahem -- defense? Believe it.
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Walking off the field one final time
Larry McKeon circled his players, tapping their helmets and gathering himself for one final postgame speech. This was the program he built from the ground up, in his own image.
Plainfield parents see daughter soar on world charts
Kosovo pop star Genta Ismajli has amassed more than 25 million views on You Tube, has more than 26,000 fans on her Facebook page and has performed 300-plus concerts around the globe. The 25-year-old recently visited her family in Plainfield before meeting with New York producers.
Wedding trends spotlighted at JCC show
Fall weddings are popular these days, as are the colors brown and pink and food stations at the reception. These and other wedding trends will be spotlighted from noon to 4 p.m. Nov. 22 at a bridal show at the Joliet Junior College.
Jay-Z, Alicia Keys perform at World Series Game 1
The New York Yankees have been blasting Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind”
during their playoff run. Now, the team is having the rap king perform
the song live to kick off Game 1 of the World Series. Jay-Z and fellow New Yorker Alicia Keys are set to perform the hit on
Wednesday, as the Yankees take on defending World Series champs, the
Philadelphia Phillies.
