All Stories from March 14, 2016 (Change date)
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DuPage County's biggest local races, ballot questionsMar 14, 2016 5:30 am - DuPage County voters in Tuesday's primary will pick their party's nominees for several seats on the county and forest preserve boards. Meanwhile, voters in Roselle Eleme...
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Illinois' Senate primaries crucial to each sideMar 14, 2016 5:30 am - Joining presidential candidates at the top of Tuesday's ballots is a statewide primary battle for the U.S. Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama. Republican Se...
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Pyke: Readers say 'no' to tolls on Elgin-O'Hare ExpresswayMar 14, 2016 5:30 am - Avowed toll boycotters scored a lopsided 51-2 victory over toll users, if you count the spontaneous emails that poured into my inbox after last week's column about the E...
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Races to watch Tuesday in Kane CountyMar 14, 2016 5:30 am - With many of the most heated rivalries in Kane County politics occurring within the two major parties instead of between them, much of the drama in this season's batch o...
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Races to watch Tuesday in Lake CountyMar 14, 2016 5:30 am - The names of the candidates at the top of Tuesday's primary ballot are well known to voters by now. But beyond those running for U.S. president, congress or senate are s...
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Paintless pickup grabs attentionMar 14, 2016 5:00 am - Having an all-steel 1932 Ford three-window coupe is cool. Having one that is rust-free - very cool. Having one that was built in California during the 1950s as a hot rod...
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Ten stories you may have missed this weekendMar 14, 2016 5:00 am - 1. Volunteers have worked together to make a house accessible for a Lake County woman who was paralyzed last summer in a pedestrian shelter collapse at O'Hare Internatio...
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Dawn Patrol: Elk Grove High teacher dies; flights canceled at MidwayMar 14, 2016 5:00 am - Beloved Elk Grove High School teacher dies of cancer Alexa Rodheim-Cutler, a young, beloved teacher and coach at Elk Grove High School, died Friday after fighting b...
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Nearing 70, Sally Field plays a woman still coming of ageMar 14, 2016 5:00 am - NEW YORK - It sounds like a misprint, but it's not: Sally Field has headlined just one movie in the last two decades. The reasons why are many. Hollywood doesn't exactly...
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Beyond scales, fitness and body fat key for healthMar 14, 2016 4:58 am - The bathroom scale may show a good number, but how much of that weight is fat, not muscle? New studies are adding to the evidence that the scale doesn't always tell the...