All Stories from October 31, 2014 (Change date)
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Best and worst on Fox Valley report cardsOct 31, 2014 5:30 am - A majority of Fox Valley high schools saw an increase in their ACT composite scores, according to 2014 Illinois Report Card data released today. Only 10 of 23 high schoo...
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Personal attention improving Tri-Cities school scoresOct 31, 2014 5:30 am - Kaneland McDole Elementary School in Montgomery is celebrating today as the 2014 school report cards are released. The student body showed significant improvement, y...
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Riopell: Voters flood polls before TuesdayOct 31, 2014 5:30 am - Cook County Clerk David Orr on Thursday reported what everyone thought would come true but now is: More people have voted before Election Day than did four years ago as ...
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Stevenson High again earns top marks on report cardsOct 31, 2014 5:30 am - Stevenson High School's latest scores on the ACT college entrance exam and the Prairie State Achievement Exam were among the best in Lake County, newly released data sho...
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Northwest suburban schools grow more in math than readingOct 31, 2014 5:30 am - Two plus two is the same in every language. There's no trick answer, there's no need for context or comprehension to find the answer. For those reasons and a few others...
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Top-tier apartments proposed for unfinished Libertyville buildingOct 31, 2014 5:30 am - Further review will be needed, but Libertyville officials favorably regard a plan to finish the long-vacant upper floors of a prominent downtown building with high-end a...
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Marriott Theatre delivers beautifully traditional 'King and I'Oct 31, 2014 5:30 am - "The King and I" has its detractors. The Broadway musical is banned in Thailand, which has strict laws about defaming the royal family. And in the years since the musica...
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Big-name managers don't always work out for CubsOct 31, 2014 5:18 am - So we are thisclose to Joe Maddon coming to town to manage on the North Side, and my friends are all excited. My Fox Sports producer in Los Angeles, Chicago native Jonas...
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Vote for hope, not for QuinnOct 31, 2014 5:01 am - Please, please, please do not return the well-meaning but totally inadequate Pat Quinn to the office of governor of our state. A vote for him is a vote for Michael Madig...
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Dawn Patrol: Cold Halloween weather coming; Neuqua Valley to reopenOct 31, 2014 5:01 am - Bundle up - there's scary Halloween weather ahead It's not too late to add a coat to your Halloween costume. The forecast could be more trick than treat for those c...