Inverness News

One Palatine couple's $25,000 pool deck came in a tad over budget. Jim Yadgir and Susan Bland didn't account for the $5,000 fine they'd be forced to pay for bypassing the village's permit process, not to mention the public scolding they'd be getting.

Nicole Copland helps organize a clothing table at her family's garage sale in the Mill Creek's annual garage sale in Geneva last week.

Prosecutors dismissed charges against the wife of the former chairman of the Cook County Republican Party after he failed to appear as a witness in her domestic battery case.

The family of a 19-year-old Inverness woman killed in a two-vehicle crash last May in East Dundee is being sued by the other driver.

No calls, no stops, no speeders, no lost dogs to recover. Inverness police Chief Bob Haas didn't even encounter a pedestrian on his first official patrol since the department officially began operations at noon Thursday.

From assembling furniture to familiarizing themselves with the most hidden of cul-de-sacs, the members of the brand-new Inverness Police Department are ready to go, Chief Robert Haas Jr.

CRYSTAL LAKE – A Cook County jury awarded $13.7 million to the family of a 22-year-old Crystal Lake man who died in an August 2004 accident.

Here is a local sampling of job clubs, networking groups and other programs for the unemployed: Suburban resources Community Career Center: 1871 Gowdey Road, Suite 210, Naperville; 961-5665. www.communitycareercenter.org St.

When the Barrington Police Department's service to Inverness ends May 1, six veteran officers - including Chief Jeff Lawler - will end their careers the same day.

April 4-5: St. Emily Catholic Church, 1400 E. Central Road, Mount Prospect. April 18-19: St.

While the incumbent Palatine Township highway commissioner stressed efficient maintenance of the township's roads, his challenger questioned the expense of the work.

Boris and Natasha would be happy. ComEd officials said a squirrel died Friday morning after it entered a manned, outdoor substation and came into contact with a grid that controlled power for 12,000 customers, ComEd spokeswoman Alicia Zatkowski said.

A Cook County judge today refused an emergency request from Eni Skoien to block her estranged husband from taking their three children out-of-state on vacation.

Holy Family Catholic Parish in Inverness raised more than $10,000 from Sunday's raffle of a guitar autographed by the Jonas Brothers.

The Belgard Chicago Flower & Garden Show returns for its 15th annual outing with the theme of "Our World in Bloom" at Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave., Chicago.

Several Republican candidates are distancing themselves from Palatine Township Republican Committeeman Gary Skoien following a domestic dispute at his home early Sunday.

The Garden Club of Inverness hosts Pat Hollingsworth of RLS Landscape and Nursery in Elburn for a lecture on creating outdoor gardens into "floral rooms." The meeting is at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb.

The Palatine Village Council has pushed back the vote on the proposed changes for the Maison Du Comte subdivision near Harper College to April 20.

Volunteering is a family affair for Carol Brandt and her loved ones. Her husband, Jim, won the Palatine Township 2004 Service Award for Outstanding Individual Volunteer of the Year.

Maison Du Comte bills itself as a private, gated community in Palatine. That's true - in the technical sense, at least.