Batavia
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Power outages create demand on merchantsAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - After storms cut power, uprooted trees and flooded streets, some local businesses Friday found gold at the end of the rainbow. But it was a frustrating way to earn a li...
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Police beatAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Batavia •Irving Robles, 18, of 1003 Lorlyn Circle, Apt. 1E, was charged with aggravated DUI, DUI, no insurance, improper lane usage and no valid driver's license after a...
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We're witnessing Golden Era of Tri-Cities footballAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Talk about big shoes to fill. That's your Will Perdue, size-24 shoes to use a basketball reference, which is perhaps fitting for a town with a basketball tradition like ...
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Update: 4 counties declared disaster areasAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Emergency state resources are now available to suburbs in Cook, Lake, Kane and McHenry counties to help repair damage caused by mass flooding and violent storms that pum...
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Ratay will return to coach HE girls basketballAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Alicia Ratay, who earlier in the year resigned as the Hoffman Estates varsity girls basketball coach to pursue a career in the WNBA, is now expected back to lead the Haw...
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Navigating ins, outs of flood insuranceAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Standing in front of a waterline in your basement, flood damage may seem like an insurmountable problem. But Federal Emergency Management Agency officials say those who ...
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Is transit system running on empty?Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Two transit officials - one the former state treasurer - are challenging the purported size of Metra's budget shortfall as the agency pushes for a quarter-cent sales tax...
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RTA: Cuts, fare hikes imminentAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Metra, Pace and CTA officials drew a budget line in the sand Thursday. After pressing for nearly a year for tax hikes to fill a collective $240 million budget hole, tra...
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Governor declares 4-county disaster areaAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich today declared Cook, Lake, Kane and McHenry counties to be state disaster areas. The governor toured the floodwaters of the Des Plaines Riv...
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Projects facing the ax in state budgetAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Millions of dollars for everything from a Sicilian delegation's suburban visit to new police cars were stricken from the state budget Thursday by Gov. Rod...