Elgin
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Newly passed legislation makes bicycling a little easierOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Cyclists will be able to ride (and breathe) a little easier starting Jan. 1 (2008), when a recently passed Illinois state bill takes effect. Senate Bill 80 requires tha...
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Schools show off new field houseOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - It had been seven years since Kathleen Glockner, a former substitute teacher, paid a visit to Jacobs High School in Algonquin. During her 15 years at the school, Glockn...
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Trustees OK new athletic complexOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - There will be a new place in the Barrington area for residents to work on their jump shots and penalty kicks. Lake Barrington village trustees recently gave approval for...
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Police say they've found body belonging to severed feetOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Cook County sheriff's police say they've recovered the body of a man whose severed feet were found earlier this weekend in a south suburban Chicago roadway. The unident...
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Hersey fourth at PumpkinOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - For the second time in three years, the Hersey girls volleyball team reached the final four in the Maine West Pumpkin Tournament. The Huskies' first loss in the prestig...
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Stack, White co-championsOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Who won? The answer to that riddle is: what comes first, the lean or the chip? Wheeling senior Amber Stack and Prospect sophomore Annette White dueled it out over the fi...
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Winters (16th), Ellett (21st) close out state experienceOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Neither got the Top 10 finish they wanted, but they didn't come home totally unhappy. St. Edward senior Brad Winters shot a 76 on Saturday, just as he did Friday, to fin...
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Elgin woman credits keeping busy for her 100 yearsOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - At 100 years old -- 90 spent in the Fox Valley area -- Goldie Weisenbarn remembers a time when problems like traffic congestion and suburban sprawl were unheard of. The ...
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Larkin comes alive in 2nd halfOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - The Larkin football team spent Saturday afternoon breaking records and breaking Elgin hearts. Trailing the cross-town rival Maroons 21-14 at the half, the Royals explode...
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Elgin historian -- and a really good guy -- gone too soonOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - The night before he died, George Albee had prepared a wonderful meal of pork tenderloin with asparagus for his wife, Joye, and oldest daughter, Jennifer Bero, Bero said....