Arlington Heights
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Elgin man gets 50 years in murder of Streamwood teenJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - An Elgin man received a 50-year prison sentence Wednesday for shooting and killing Streamwood teen Anthony Brown. Daniel Vargas, 21, was convicted of first-degree murder...
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S. Elgin High's new principal a teamwork fanJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - South Elgin High School's newly named principal aims to incorporate athletic lessons into her academic leadership role. Melanie Meidel, a longtime coach and athletic dir...
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Can Kimball Hill save itself?Jan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Developer Kimball Hill Inc. has survived housing recessions during its nearly seven decades of home building since World War II, but today the developer of Rolling Meado...
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Des Plaines beauty supply store robbedJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - A retail theft at the Sally Beauty Supply in Des Plaines turned into an armed robbery Wednesday evening, police said. Two people at the store at 1531 Lee St. were attemp...
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At times, even conflict can't save a tedious but important storyJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - It was kind of fun to write about the transit controversy for a while. It's not fun anymore. Gov. Rod Blagojevich and the Illinois legislature are nothing if not good fo...
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Lawmaker wants 'reasonable' toll enforcementJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Calling the tollway's violation enforcement system unfair, a suburban lawmaker is pushing for reform of the agency's practices in going after alleged toll cheats. "I do...
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Cook County state's attorney hopefuls fire awayJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - With less than three weeks until the primary, the six Democratic Cook County State's Attorney candidates struggled mightily to distinguish themselves from one another We...
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The town that Kimball Hill builtJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Marti and Bill Roberts got a good tip in 1958. A new builder was throwing up homes in somewhere called Rolling Meadows, which back then was just one continuous farm. The...
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Young hands test the waters at showJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - In the middle of the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont sits one of the biggest draws of this weekend's Chicagoland Outdoors Show: a 40-foot tank, stocked ...
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Why stop with seniors, Governor?Jan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - I'm sure our governor feels that his latest end-run around the legislature by "improving" the transportation bill was a 10 strike. Who wants to oppose a free ride for ou...