Inverness
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One Dist. 25 hopeful dissents on year-round schoolsMar 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Candidates for the District 25 school board race met at Thomas Middle School on Tuesday for one of the most civil candidate forums of the election season. Most of the t...
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Fire at Round Lake Beach Burger KingMar 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Firefighters are still investigating the cause of fire at Burger King on Rollins Road in Round Lake Beach. Officials reported numerous witnesses called in seeing flames...
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Barrington woman charged after SUV plows into neighbor's houseMar 31, 2009 11:00 pm - A Barrington woman has been charged with drunken driving after her SUV plowed through the garage and into the home of her neighbor. Elaine Enger, 55, of the 100 block of...
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Engineer blamed for 2007 Amtrak crashMar 31, 2009 11:00 pm - The collision of an Amtrak train and a freight train in 2007 that injured 71 is being blamed on the passenger train's engineer. The National Transportation Safety Board ...
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Harper forgoes tuition hike for next yearMar 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Consider it a message of encouragement. Harper College trustees, citing the deepening recession, have unanimously voted to freeze in-district tuition for the 2009-10 sch...
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Millions in local tax dollars going to pay lobbyistsMar 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Government officials from 47 entities taxing the West and Northwest suburbs spent nearly $2.5 million last year on outside lobbyists to influence state policy and spendi...
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SUV plows into Elgin house after driving through Ryerson ParkMar 31, 2009 11:00 pm - A 72-year-old Dundee Township man crashed his sports utility vehicle into a home on the 300 block of Ryerson Avenue in Elgin Tuesday morning, after jumping a curb, knock...
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Neale's contract hot topic at last U-46 forumMar 31, 2009 11:00 pm - A question about former Elgin Area School District U-46 Superintendent Connie Neale's infamous contract drew sharp breaths from audience members at Tuesday night's Leagu...
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Cook County briefsMar 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Three Golden Apple finalists: Three teachers from the Northwest Cook County suburbs are among the 30 Chicago area finalists for the 2009 Golden Apple Awards for Excellen...
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Group: Diversification of suburban school districts not always apparentMar 31, 2009 11:00 pm - The influx of black, Hispanic and Asian students into suburban school districts during the past 15 years has not necessarily integrated individual school buildings, acco...