All Stories from July 17, 2014 (Change date)
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Wheaton orchestrates 15th annual band festivalJul 17, 2014 5:01 am - When conductor Colin Holman first dabbled in music as a young student in England, he never would have guessed he eventually would be the primary organizer for a festival...
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Grayslake police to cover Hainesville 6 more yearsJul 17, 2014 5:00 am - Grayslake trustees have approved their end of a deal to provide police coverage for a neighboring town until August 2021. Village board members Tuesday night voted in fa...
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Dawn Patrol: Escapee charged; Mt. Prospect OKs center expansionJul 17, 2014 5:00 am - lfilas@dailyherald.com Escapee from mental health center caught An escapee from the Elgin Mental Health Center who ran from guards transporting him to a court date ...
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Development efforts continue at Rosemont intersectionJul 17, 2014 5:00 am - Some economic development efforts are underway while others have stalled near a key intersection in Rosemont. The village board established its seventh tax increment fin...
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Traveling tombstones target drug abuse in suburbsJul 17, 2014 5:00 am - 100 tombstones fill Wauconda Fire Department yard
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Kids in Harper class cook for homeless familiesJul 17, 2014 5:00 am - Clad in a blue apron, Mati Ciprian hunched over a hot stove. Her blue eyes narrowed on the boiling pot. This penne pasta had to be “al dente.” The student in a Harper C...
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Visually splendid 'Planes' sequel takes dramatic diveJul 17, 2014 5:00 am - At an auto-bar, an unhappy car laments how a hybrid stole his lady friend. "I never heard him coming!" he says sadly. Prepare for a bumper crop of punny business. The se...
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Secondhand smoke as harmful to pets as peopleJul 17, 2014 4:30 am - LOS ANGELES - Ten years ago, Shirley Worthington rushed Tigger to the vet when the dog's mouth started bleeding. When she was told he had cancer, she knew to blame her h...
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'Boyhood' a different kind of cinematic epicJul 17, 2014 4:00 am - If you approach Richard Linklater's bold cinematic experiment "Boyhood" with the proper frame of mind, you will walk out of the theater having experienced an epic journe...
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How Elgin cabbie helped capture mental health center escapeeJul 17, 2014 1:01 am - Cabdriver Aaron Dunbar had a split-second to make a decision: Call the cops to report a suspected fugitive hailing his cab or do something more dramatic. He chose the la...