All Stories from September 28, 2011 (Change date)
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Wheaton Kiwanis pitching $1.9M 'sensory' playgroundSep 28, 2011 12:00 am - As a developmental therapist, Cindy Keck understands what noisy playgrounds can do to children with certain sensory disabilities. The experience can be a nightmare for b...
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Man gets 12 years in teen’s scrap yard killingSep 28, 2011 12:00 am - MILWAUKEE — A judge has sentenced a man to 12 years in prison for fatally shooting a teenage boy who broke into a Milwaukee scrap yard with his friends. Fifty-four-year-...
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Williams’ production, pay raise not adding upSep 28, 2011 12:00 am - CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Panthers’ running back DeAngelo Williams hasn’t put up the numbers befitting a player making $8.6 million a year. Carolina gave Williams a huge five-ye...
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Cooney, Prospect wrap up MSL Cup appearanceSep 28, 2011 12:00 am - Bill Cooney can’t stop scoring, Prospect’s boys soccer team can’t stop winning — and now the Knights can count on an appearance in the MSL Cup next month. On Wednesday ...
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Children's story springs to life as Skippyjon Jones musical in NapervilleSep 28, 2011 12:00 am - Skippyjon Jones loves to pretend. Sure, he may have been a kitten when his mom sent him to his room. But in his mind's eye, he's a Chihuahua and sometimes he's in Mexic...
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Hoffman Estates to demolish old police station to make way for Audi dealershipSep 28, 2011 12:00 am - The village of Hoffman Estates is moving forward with demolition of its former police station after village trustees approved a deal last Monday to sell the property to ...
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Chicago man gets life for Lansing motel murderSep 28, 2011 12:00 am - A Chicago man already serving a 105-year prison sentence for a Minooka carjacking also has received a life sentence for killing a man during a Lansing motel robbery. Coo...
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Antioch abuse suspect now charged with possessing child pornSep 28, 2011 12:00 am - Two days after posting bail on charges that he sexually assaulted a 10-year-old family acquaintance, a 44-year-old Antioch man has been charged with possession of child ...
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Two toddlers killed in house fire identifiedSep 28, 2011 12:00 am - Two children are dead following a house fire in South suburban Hickory Hills. Hickory Hills police Sgt. Ervin Weesit says the boys were found in a second-floor bedroom. ...
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Wis. court upholds records lawsuit dismissalSep 28, 2011 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — A state appeals court has affirmed a judge’s decision to toss out a Madison newspaper’s lawsuit claiming former Gov. Jim Doyle’s office improperly delaye...