Aurora
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Too much money in the bureaucracyOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald is to be commended for its excellent series on school finances. Chapter four of the series reports the percentage of actual funding expended on instruct...
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Suspicious package stops trains through NapervilleOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - The west side of Naperville's 5th Avenue train station has been evacuated, trains on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad have been stopped in both directions, and ...
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Aurora mother slain in her apartmentOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Police are hunting the killer of a 25-year-old Aurora mother found stabbed to death early Tuesday in her apartment. Rescuers discovered Brenetta Beck at 6:35 a.m. in her...
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Company's chair hockey game benefited Easter SealsOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Sitting in a chair isn't always as easy as it sounds. Twelve teams of local office workers found that out when they spent a recent night playing hockey from their offi...
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Briefs: Staph bug hits District 300Oct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Community Unit District 300 on Tuesday reported a case of a drug-resistant staph infection that has afflicted students at several suburban schools. A student at Dundee H...
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Briefs: Leaf pickup guidelinesOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - St. Charles officials are reminding residents of rules relating to the city's annual leaf collection program, which began earlier this month. Residents are prohibited fr...
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Grade schools improve, high schools tumble in latest test scoresOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - In a year of heightened expectations on state tests, 900 Illinois schools landed failing grades, results released today show -- including more high schools than ever in ...
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State, U.S. candidate filingsOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Here is the complete list of statewide and legislative candidates for the Feb. 5 Illinois primary as of 5 p.m. Wednesday. Filing for the primary will close Nov. 5. An as...
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Success story: St. Charles 11th grade mathOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - 11th grade math Town: St. Charles Success story: The percentage of St. Charles East and North high school juniors who met or exceeded math standards on the Prairie State...
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U-46 middle schoolers see gains, but district lagsOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Hundreds more students at Elgin Area School District U-46's eight middle schools met state reading and math standards last school year. Middle school scores inched up st...