All Stories from May 14, 2013 (Change date)
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Lawmakers allow DuPage board to pare back governmentMay 14, 2013 6:51 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn will soon get to decide whether DuPage County officials will be allowed to eliminate as many as 13 local governments in an effort to save mo...
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Des Plaines police chief opposes medical marijuana billMay 14, 2013 6:48 pm - Chiefs of police in three suburban communities — Des Plaines, Park Ridge and Niles — issued a statement voicing concerns about a medical marijuana bill approved in the I...
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Voluntary school merger bill goes to QuinnMay 14, 2013 6:32 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Legislation that would help Illinois public school districts merge to save money is headed for Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk. The measure comes out of Lt. Gov. She...
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Schaumburg has new Dial-A-Ride providerMay 14, 2013 6:30 pm - MV Transportation Inc. will be the new service provider for Schaumburg’s Dial-A-Ride Transportation (DART) service beginning Saturday, June 1. DART is a door-to-door tr...
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Prosecutors: Woman beat elderly mom to death, left body in closetMay 14, 2013 6:29 pm - Cook County prosecutors say a Chicago woman beat her elderly mother to death hours after celebrating the victim’s 82nd birthday over the Mother’s Day weekend. Janette Gl...
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Renovations begin Thursday at Hanover Park libraryMay 14, 2013 6:21 pm - If everything goes as planned, Hanover Park residents will have a bigger, updated library branch by November. A groundbreaking will take place at 5:30 p.m. Thursday for...
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Arlington Heights BP station opensMay 14, 2013 6:19 pm - The new BP gas station, automated car wash and convenience store at the corner of Algonquin and Arlington Heights roads is now open. The car wash is open from 6 a.m. to ...
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Report card: Great Lakes still have big problemsMay 14, 2013 6:06 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — A decades-old effort to nurse the battered Great Lakes to health has made progress toward reducing toxic pollution and slamming the door on invasi...
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Boy’s body pulled from Des Plaines RiverMay 14, 2013 6:03 pm - Police in the Western suburbs say they’ve found a young boy’s body in the Des Plaines River. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said the boy was found in the water near McCorm...
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State officials: Lowering DUI limit worth a lookMay 14, 2013 6:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Secretary of State Jesse White said the idea of reducing Illinois' drunk-driving threshold from a .08 to a .05 blood alcohol content deserves “further stud...