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Waubonsee student excels at SkillsUSA National Competition
Submitted by Pamela Schlosberg
Jul 10, 2014 12:05 PM - Jose Martinez-Joya, a student at Waubonsee Community College and a member of the SkillsUSA Illinois delegation, was a gold medal winner at the recent 50th annual National Leadership and Skills Conference sponsored by SkillsUSA in Kansas City, Mo.
Get your recipes ready: Enter the 2014 Cook of the Week Challenge now
By Deborah Pankey
Jul 8, 2014 11:10 AM - The Daily Herald is opening up the entry window for the annual Cook of the Week Challenge. Now in its fourth year, the elmination-style contest seeks 16 home cooks to participate in this year's secret-ingredient cooking challenges. After two rounds of match-ups, four finalists will compete in a live cook-off Oct. 29 in Schaumburg.
Gurnee considering options to reinvigorate Old Grand Avenue
By Bob Susnjara
Jul 3, 2014 9:50 AM - Gurnee's elected officials once again are contemplating how best to reinvigorate the village's original section along Old Grand Avenue. "I've always seen that corridor as a bustling little downtown for us," Trustee Greg Garner said.
Illinois among 32 states still short on jobs
Associated Press
Jul 3, 2014 9:40 AM - Five years after the Great Recession officially ended, most states still haven't regained all the jobs they lost, even though the nation as a whole has.In May, the overall economy finally recovered all 9 million jobs that vanished in the worst downturn since the 1930s. Another 288,000 jobs were added in June. But Illinois is still down 184,000 jobs from pre-recession levels.
Email prompts Quinn to withhold $20 million in funding for COD
By Robert Sanchez
Jul 3, 2014 8:54 AM - The College of DuPage won't receive a $20 million state construction grant now that Gov. Pat Quinn has seen an email detailing President Robert Breuder's strategy to secure the long-promised funding for the Glen Ellyn school. "The tactics used by the president in his email" convinced the governor not to release the $20 million the school hoped to use for a Teaching and Learning Center, a Quinn spokesman said Wednesday.
Local clergy hand out condoms at Aurora Hobby Lobby store
By Jessica Cilella
Jul 3, 2014 8:16 AM - A group of local clergy and representatives from Planned Parenthood handed out condoms Wednesday at a Hobby Lobby store in Aurora in response to this week's Supreme Court ruling that the company is exempt from a federal birth control mandate due to religious beliefs. "You can make the religious freedom argument, you can make the argument about contraception, but ultimately, for me, this is about power," said Rev. Mark Winters of the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Naperville. "Jesus had a lot of issue with powerful people using power over the powerless."
Elgin boy takes first steps after sinkhole accident
By Elena Ferrarin
Jul 3, 2014 5:28 AM - The day after a horrifying sinkhole accident in which her son was severely injured brought some intense emotions, an Elgin mom said. Benjamin Hernandez, 15, took a few steps from his bed to a chair Wednesday morning in the pediatric intensive care unit of Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, San Juanita Pineda said. "He's not ready to be sitting up, so he's back to the stretch (position) until he gets a result on the spinal (test) again," she said.
No Carmelo Anthony? Bulls have options
By Mike McGraw
Jul 3, 2014 4:55 AM - The Bulls are in a holding pattern with top free-agent target Carmelo Anthony, who met with Houston and Dallas on Wednesday. While they wait for a decision, this is a good time to consider what the Bulls will do if Anthony doesn't sign on. The alternate plan is not as predictable, but a few steps, including clearing cap space and signing Nikola Mirotic, seem likely.
Mercury torch Sky 87-69
Associated Press
Jul 2, 2014 11:41 PM - Candice Dupree had 26 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Phoenix Mercury to their sixth straight win, 87-69 over the Sky on Wednesday night.
Plea deal reached for Gurnee church vandal
By Lee Filas
Jul 2, 2014 11:28 PM - A Gurnee woman who was captured on video vandalizing several places of worship in Lake County pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of criminal damage to property Wednesday. Meghan Heinze, 22, was sentenced to two years of probation, 150 hours of community service, and she was ordered to remain in psychological treatment while on probation. Attorneys said she was misdiagnosed with a psychological ailment, which led to the vandalism spree and has been properly treated with medication.

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