DailyHerald.com > Cook County News Copyright 2013 Daily Herald, Paddock Publications, Inc. http://www.dailyherald.com/news/county/cook/ en-us Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:03:09 -0500 Water district projects to create 2,000 jobs http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130211/news/702119767/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130211/news/702119767/ Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:58:25 -0500 A $250 million low-interest loan will allow the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to improve public health, clean up area rivers and upgrade the region's water infrastructure. Gov. Pat Quinn says the projects financed through the Illinois Clean Water Initiative will create 2,000 construction-related jobs and support an additional 8,000 jobs. Harper's partnership with high schools netting positive results http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130211/news/702119772/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130211/news/702119772/ Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:25:44 -0500 In fall 2010, Harper College and its feeder high school districts formed an unprecedented partnership to shrink student success gaps and better prepare students for career and college readiness. More than halfway through the four-year pilot program, leaders believe they're onto something. "We think we have a model worth emulating," Harper President Ken Ender said of the Northwest Educational... Early voting in primary election continues through Feb. 23 http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130211/news/702119783/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130211/news/702119783/ Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:44:02 -0500 Early voting for the Feb. 26 primary election began Monday and continues through Saturday, Feb. 23. In the Northwest suburbs, a Republican primary will take place in Palatine Township for the offices of supervisor, trustee, clerk and highway commissioner. In Elgin, a nonpartisan primary will whittle down a field of nine people running for a single 2-year council seat. Dawn Patrol: 1 hurt in N. Aurora crash; Mt. Prospect ex-trustee was 104 http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130211/news/702119944/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130211/news/702119944/ Mon, 11 Feb 2013 05:44:21 -0500 One hurt in North Aurora crash; former Mount Prospect Trustee Theodore J. Wattenberg dies at 104; dance competition in Batavia; Hawks win again; images from the Grammy awards. Melrose Park man charged in murder for hire plot http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130209/news/702099867/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130209/news/702099867/ Sat, 9 Feb 2013 18:09:17 -0500 A 28-year-old Melrose Park man already in jail on a sex charge that involves an 11-year-old girl is now accused of plotting to murder the girl and her family, the Cook County Sheriff's Office announced Saturday. Brian Thurman was charged with three counts of murder for hire and three counts of solicitation of murder for hire, felonies that land him in prison for up to 30 years if he is found...