All Stories from March 19, 2013 (Change date)
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District 211 board hopefuls differ on six-figure pensionsMar 19, 2013 8:30 am - A recent report by Daily Herald Tax Watchdog Columnist Jake Griffin that 42 percent of Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 retirees — the most in the suburbs — ...
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Workers who are blind to staff Ill. call centerMar 19, 2013 8:26 am - An Illinois government agency’s call center is now being staffed by people who are blind or visually impaired. The state Department of Financial and Professional Regulat...
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Park Ridge receives distinction for preservationMar 19, 2013 8:26 am - Pasrk Ridge has received federal recognition for its efforts toward historic preservation. The city has been accepted to the Certified Local Government program. It’s ad...
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Green blossoms quickly in Stevenson’s whirlwind finaleMar 19, 2013 8:22 am - Consider Cameron Green a ripe varsity basketball player after a whirlwind final month of the season for the Stevenson sophomore that saw him go from suiting up for his f...
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Ind. doctor’s 2011 disappearance now a cold caseMar 19, 2013 8:21 am - MUNSTER, Ind. — The 2011 disappearance of a northwestern Indiana doctor who’s presumed dead has become a cold case police actively investigate only when they get tips. S...
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Cook County sheriff says jail nearly fullMar 19, 2013 8:20 am - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says the Cook County jail is nearly full and he’s worried about what the busy summer months will bring for the Chicago facility. Dart tells ...
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Parents, son fined for party that led to Wisc. crashMar 19, 2013 8:18 am - WAUKESHA, Wis. — A Waukesha County couple and their teenage son have agreed to pay reduced fines for hosting a drinking party that led to a crash that killed three young...
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Dillinger car going on display at Indy airportMar 19, 2013 8:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS — John Dillinger's getaway car will be on display at the Indianapolis International Airport for the next two years. The 1933 Essex Terraplane was used by th...
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Couple wants shelter for hospice petsMar 19, 2013 8:00 am - PENFIELD — Scott Stewart has witnessed the anxiety hospice patients suffer when they don't know what's going to become of their beloved pets. Unfortunately, he said, too...
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Judge upholds firing of Drew Peterson's sonMar 19, 2013 8:00 am - A judge has upheld the firing of Drew Peterson's son as a police officer. DuPage County Judge Terence Sheen ruled Monday that Oak Brook fire and police commissioners act...