Aurora
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Casinos want their smokesSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A statewide smoking ban has yet to snuff a single cigarette and already repeal efforts are afoot at the Capitol. The gambling industry is actively lobbyin...
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West Dundee's Heritage Fest expects 7,000 over three daysSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Civil War reenacting runs in Naperville native Bill Birzetis' family. His father portrayed a colonel in the Union Army, with a blue jacket and an eagle on either shoulde...
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Supporters lining up in race for 14th DistrictSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - The first day to file an election petition is still more than a month away, but one candidate in the crowded 14th Congressional District race already is touting his endo...
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Higher water rates may be on horizonSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Carpentersville residents might want to reconsider those long morning showers if the village board approves a 9 percent increase in water and sewer rates. Trustees will ...
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Grandson of Gandhi speaks to local high schoolersSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - As talk of the Sept. 11 attacks and troop levels in Iraq continue, area high school students got a different world view Friday -- one of peace. Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson...
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West Aurora 9, Glenbard East 6Sep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - There's nothing quite like your first win. Just ask West Aurora football coach Buck Drach, who earned his first DuPage Valley Conference victory in Friday's tightly-cont...
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Soapbox: Nice touchSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - If you've been stuck lately, as many of us have, in traffic near Naperville-Wheaton and Warrenville roads, you've had plenty of time to study the "Thank you" signs poste...
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Briefs: West Nile case reportedSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - A 41-year-old Hampshire woman became the third Kane County resident this year diagnosed with the West Nile virus, the Kane County Health Department announced Friday. The...
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Montini 55, Aurora Central 20Sep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - John Borsellino is small in stature, but Aurora Central Catholic discovered the Montini senior has the heart of a champion. In Suburban Catholic Conference football acti...
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A little time, little accord for transit fundingSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Pace and CTA riders caught a break Friday, but serious transit problems still loom in the near future as the governor and lawmakers seem worlds apart on a solution. Tran...