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Elgin police seek to boost officers' participation in mental health programsMar 15, 2019 1:00 am - Elgin police officials are seeking to boost participation in programs that encourage officers to be proactive about mental health. More than a dozen officers are part of...
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Aurora man says he was not 'mentally competent' to admit guilt in attempted murder, DUIMar 15, 2019 1:00 am - A man sentenced to 12 years in prison for attempted murder in Aurora, felony DUI and leading police on a car chase wants a judge to vacate his guilty plea, arguing his l...
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5½ years prison for 2017 Aurora pool hall robbery; 2nd suspect soughtMar 15, 2019 1:00 am - A 42-year-old man has been sentenced to 5½ years in prison after admitting to robbing an Aurora pool hall in December 2017. Rolando Fonseca, formerly of the 100 block of...
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Baldfaced hornet nest: Nature's architectural marvelMar 14, 2019 11:00 pm - It wasn't the Great Pyramid of Giza, but the nest outside my office window was an architectural wonder. I marveled at this structure from its incipient stages last July...
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Master Gardeners to talk about bees, pollinators at Northwest Suburban Woman's Club meeting March 21Mar 14, 2019 11:00 pm - Bees and other native pollinators will be the topic at the next Northwest Suburban Woman's Club meeting. The University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners will be o...
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Crespo Backs Measure to Reduce Workplace HarassmentMar 14, 2019 11:00 pm - State Rep. Fred Crespo, D-Hoffman Estates, is supporting legislation to crack down on workplace harassment by creating a task force to establish best practices and model...
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Opioid death toll rises in suburbs, but nonprofit warns 'urgency has died'Mar 14, 2019 5:30 am - Opioid overdose deaths reached record highs last year in DuPage, Lake and Will counties, sparking new calls for action by advocates working to combat the epidemic. DuPag...
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Officials hope decrease in opioid deaths continues in McHenry, suburban CookMar 14, 2019 5:30 am - It's a result McHenry County officials hope will continue: fewer opioid overdose deaths in 2018 than 2017, the first such decrease in four years. The county recorded 44 ...
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Kane County SWAT team may get new armored vehicleMar 14, 2019 1:00 am - When a Kane County SWAT team armored vehicle rolled up to the Henry Pratt Co. shooting site in Aurora last month, it almost hurt, rather than helped, the situation becau...
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United Way of Elgin merging with Metro Chicago agencyMar 14, 2019 1:00 am - After 18 years at the helm of United Way of Elgin, Lynne Bosley will be retiring after an upcoming merger with United Way of Metro Chicago, which she hailed as a positiv...