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Schaumburg Flyers host skills campOct 31, 2021 4:28 pm - Neighbor sports Baseball, softball Skills camps: The Schaumburg Flyers will host instructional skills camps at Alexian Field this summer for youngsters ages 8 to 15. Sc...
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SCARCE founder teaches the importance of recyclingMay 01, 2012 5:21 pm - Editor’s note: The following article originally was published on July 18, 2007 when the Daily Herald named Kay McKeen one of DuPage County’s 10 Most Influential Environm...
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Left Lane Drivers group sends messageOct 31, 2021 4:13 pm - In my last column, I wrote about a new grassroots group, Left Lane Drivers of America. Their mission is to kindly and gently let slow drivers know that the left lane is ...
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Quiet but fierce Douglas Mains’ low-key perseverance helped save Danada from developersJun 05, 2013 8:22 pm - Ÿ Editor’s Note: The following article originally ran on June 20, 2007, as part of the Daily Herald’s series about the 10 most influential environmentalists in DuPage C...
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What it was like to be a Brown's jurorOct 31, 2021 4:11 pm - Serving as a juror on one of the most highly publicized cases in the Chicago area isn't as glamorous as it may sound. Justice comes before comfort. Twelve panelists tapp...
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Juror who voted to spare Luna's life 'at peace' with her decisionOct 31, 2021 4:11 pm - The lone juror whose vote spared Juan Luna's life in the Brown's Chicken trial last week is praying for the families of seven people slain in a Palatine restaurant 14 ye...
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Families' reactions reflect split views of justiceOct 31, 2021 4:11 pm - Some had hoped desperately for this. Others had wished publicly for Juan Luna's death, their eyes watering over when jurors said no. But the grief-stricken families of t...
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Palatine residents split over Luna's sentenceOct 31, 2021 4:11 pm - Just like the victims' families and just like the jurors who ultimately decided the fate of Juan Luna, people living in Palatine are divided when it comes to whether the...
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Trial 'took a toll on us all'Oct 31, 2021 4:11 pm - For five weeks, they've sat in the same chairs and listened to tearful testimony and gruesome details of the bloody case. They couldn't sleep. They couldn't see their fa...
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Thoughtfulness saved life of man who didn't think of othersOct 31, 2021 4:11 pm - It's not so easy to snuff out a life -- when you think about it. After thinking about it for two hours in a room by themselves, a jury of 12 people from different walks ...