Green Oaks
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Tollway reform measures gain initial supportMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Commuters would be notified once they've accumulated three toll violations under legislation approved Wednesday by an Illinois House committee. The propo...
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New era brings new balance to two sides of paper's missionMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - In the inner world of a daily newspaper, the "tell the truth" side of the mission and the "make money" side persist in something of a state of uneasy symbiosis. Each sid...
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Polly Hirt's athletic career follows familiar, successful arcMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - About the time she started realizing she wasn't going to soar any higher, and that she was scraping the ceiling of her gymnastics potential, Polly Hirt began to plummet....
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Briefs: Quiet zones are backMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Two corridors along the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway are back to being quiet zones effective immediately. Engineers no longer will blow their horns at most crossing ...
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ComEd to raise electric bills in JuneMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - You can expect to pay more for electricity starting in June. About 3.4 million residential customers of ComEd will pay 2.5 percent more, or about $2 more a month based o...
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Leaders sample drinks before voting on themMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers cracked down on alcoholic energy drinks Wednesday even as some cracked open a few. An Illinois Senate committee voted 8-2 to require st...
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Hainesville debates rules to quell trustee conflictsMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Months of infighting has led Hainesville officials to consider making changes that would more firmly establish the power structure in the small village. This week, Mayor...
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Statue to honor Ernie Banks at WrigleyMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Lou Cella has been called up again by the Chicago Cubs. Not to grab a bat, but to do what he does best -- sculpt. Cella was commissioned to create a statue to honor lege...
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No teachers, no problem in AntiochMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - While Hillcrest Elementary School teachers hit the books Wednesday, second-graders took over their teaching duties. The Antioch elementary school launched The Show Must...
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Shots fired, fighting after rap eventMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - At least four gunshots were fired in the air during a series of fights that occurred as patrons exited a Round Lake bar early Monday, police said. Round Lake Police Chie...