Elgin
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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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Relax Ravinia-style at Harvest Bible outdoor concertAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Harvest Bible Chapel is offering some end-of-summer family fun this Saturday with a Ravinia-style outdoor concert at its Elgin campus. But instead of the Ravinia-style p...
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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...
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By next summer, Bartlett will be a little quieterAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - The piercing whistles of the 4:26 a.m. train greet Bartlett's tired and weary every weekday like clockwork. Sometime next year, the horns will be hushed. That's because ...
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Police beatAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Hoffman Estates •Golf clubs were stolen between Aug. 18 and Aug. 20 out of a garage on the 1600 block of Castaway Court. The golf clubs were valued at $1,400. •A bicycle...
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Arellano did plenty that was wrongAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Elvira Arellano was finally arrested, and to show how far we have gotten away from laws in this country, she and her friends claim she has done nothing wrong. She used ...
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Police department seeks approval of peer agencyAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - A team of assessors from the Fairfax, Va.-based Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, or CALEA, arrived in Hanover Park earlier this week to take a t...