Arlington Heights
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U-46 bus union says step raises not an issueFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Pay raises for experience make a significant difference in Elgin Area School District U-46 teacher salaries. It's a different story for district bus drivers, mechanics a...
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Cook commissioners OK bigger staffs, deny mammogram fundingFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - On a day when a block of Cook County commissioners cried out for tax increases to pay for health care, most of the same commissioners chose to raise their own office sta...
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Buffalo Grove won't bus students to state tourneyFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Buffalo Grove High School students will have to find their own ride to Illinois State University to watch the girls basketball team in the state finals this weekend. Unl...
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Jurors say all decisions made swiftlyFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Jurors who sentenced Eric Hanson to die for murdering four family members said the prosecution's case was too strong for his defense to overcome. "This wasn't a lack-of-...
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Stroger: Compromise tax cut won't workFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - A proffered compromise to raise the Cook County sales tax by three-quarters of a percent and garner about $300 million to eliminate a budget shortfall won't cut it, coun...
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Kimball Hill leaving Florida, laying off 75Feb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Kimball Hill Inc. confirmed Wednesday it intends to leave the Florida housing market and cut 75 jobs across the country, including some at its Rolling Meadows headquarte...
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Wayne Elementary students get an enlightening experienceFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Paula Valleskey got a workout in the middle of her work day Wednesday. The Wayne Elementary fifth-grade teacher, clad in a blue pinstriped suit, hopped on an "energy bik...
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Local author says humor is key to good healthFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Arlington Heights resident and author Pamela Aye Simon will be signing copies of her book at the Barnes & Noble on West Rand Road in Arlington Heights on March 8. Simon'...
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Changes coming to Palatine street where school worker killedFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - A safer Smith Street crossing is in the works near Palatine's Sundling Junior High. Palatine Elementary District 15 officials are working with the village and park distr...
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Media violence is not the real issueFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - I was thoroughly disappointed when I read Dr. Charles Nozicka's letter in the Sunday Herald. Creating such nonsensical furor over video games and violent media only dis...