All Stories from June 13, 2019 (Change date)
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Outdated conventions mar inventive comic twist on 'Shaft'Jun 13, 2019 6:00 am - "Shaft" - ★ ★ ½ Tim Story's "Shaft" promises to be an inventive comic twist on the iconic private detective, but the movie's arresting premise turns out to be far bette...
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Dist. 15 leader attends his last meetingJun 13, 2019 5:33 am - Palatine Township Elementary District 15 board members said farewell to retiring Superintendent Scott Thompson at his final meeting Wednesday night. Thompson 62, joined ...
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Constable: Flag Day has rules, which we have the freedom to ignoreJun 13, 2019 5:32 am - You might not have spectacular plans for Friday's Flag Day, but it is not a holiday to be ignored in our neck of the woods. One of the first proponents of Flag Day was ...
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Elgin backtracks on RVs to consider compromiseJun 13, 2019 5:30 am - The Elgin City Council decided on Wednesday to consider a compromise regarding a pilot program that would allow motorized RVs to park only temporarily on residential dri...
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Threatened by Trump, Mexico is trying to reinforce southern border. Wide gaps remain.Jun 13, 2019 1:00 am - TAPACHULA, Mexico - The border guards here had 41 days left to stop the migration flowing in from Guatemala. It was a deadline that had descended from Washington, a larg...
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Carpentersville man guilty of 2005 sex assault of childJun 13, 2019 1:00 am - A 37-year-old Carpentersville man was convicted this week of sexually assaulting a child in 2005. Kane County Judge D.J. Tegeler convicted Jesus Bermudez of predatory c...
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What a 12-year-old can hearJun 13, 2019 1:00 am - It was recently reported that the owner of Indiana's Fair Oaks Farm and veterinarian Mike McCloskey failed to hear the pain-filled cries of his farm's newborn calves or ...
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Schaumburg man pleads guilty in stock fraud schemeJun 13, 2019 1:00 am - A 67-year-old Schaumburg man pleaded guilty in federal court to manipulating the stock price of a Hoffman Estates-based nutrition company he used to run. Andrew J. Kanda...
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Warrant: St. Charles-area man questioned 'quality' of heroin before fatal overdoseJun 13, 2019 1:00 am - A St. Charles Township man who died of an overdose April 4 questioned the “quality” of heroin before buying three bags of it from his dealer, according to a search warra...
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No cellphones in classrooms, new Chromebooks among changes at U-46 schools this fallJun 13, 2019 1:00 am - A new policy banning cellphone use in middle and high school classrooms, new Chromebooks for students in fifth through eighth grades, and a bigger staff to improve schoo...