All Stories from January 8, 2012 (Change date)
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Jesse Jackson attends ANC's 100th anniversaryJan 08, 2012 11:00 pm - BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa — The Rev. Jesse Jackson says apartheid isn't over. The Chicago civil rights leader was among the tens of thousands attendees of the 100th an...
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Arlington Hts. agencies get little federal fundingJan 08, 2012 11:00 pm - Mike Sidor called it “gut wrenching,” and Arlington Heights Village President Arlene Mulder said it’s always difficult for new trustees when service agencies ask for a s...
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Rivers Casino buoys state tax take — but for how long?Jan 08, 2012 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Even though it wasn't even open for half the year, a strong 2011 from the Rivers Casino in Des Plaines was enough to raise the state's casino revenue for t...
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Wis. DNR: 15 dams in line for grantsJan 08, 2012 11:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — The state Department of Natural Resources says 15 publicly owned dams around Wisconsin are in line for $3.5 million in grants to cover repairs, removal o...
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Hawks looking ahead, not back, after rough weekJan 08, 2012 11:00 pm - It’s a new week for the Blackhawks, and it can’t get get any worse than the last one when they dropped from first place in the Western Conference to fifth thanks to a fo...
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Controversial educator hired as Prairie Crossing interim principalJan 08, 2012 11:00 pm - Gail Worrell — once embroiled in a controversy at Elgin Area School District U-46 — started Monday as interim principal at Prairie Crossing Charter School in Grayslake. ...
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Testimony begins in Naperville Smart Meter referendum caseJan 08, 2012 11:00 pm - After nearly six hours of testimony from eight witnesses Monday, the Naperville Electoral Board is expected to decide today whether to allow an advisory referendum quest...
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35-year-old charged with dealing Ecstasy, cocaineJan 08, 2012 11:00 pm - A 35-year-old Elgin woman has been charged with dealing cocaine and Ecstasy after police searched her home over the weekend on the city’s northwest side. Natacha Acevedo...
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Carol Stream restauranteur on par with dreamJan 08, 2012 11:00 pm - Glen Ellyn resident Chad Johnson opened Checker Barbeque in Carol Stream just months after fulfilling another dream — becoming a golf pro. Johnson spent the last five ye...
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Fire damages mobile home in Elk Grove TownshipJan 08, 2012 11:00 pm - Elk Grove Township firefighters are still trying to determine the cause of a fire sparked in a manufactured mobile home Sunday night. Fire Capt. Tom Zaremba said firefi...