Island Lake
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Casinos want their smokesSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A statewide smoking ban has yet to snuff a single cigarette and already repeal efforts are afoot at the Capitol. The gambling industry is actively lobbyin...
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West Dundee's Heritage Fest expects 7,000 over three daysSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Civil War reenacting runs in Naperville native Bill Birzetis' family. His father portrayed a colonel in the Union Army, with a blue jacket and an eagle on either shoulde...
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Family files suit over beanbag deathSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - The family of a man killed when shot by a McHenry County sheriff's deputy using a weapon designed only to stun is suing the sheriff's department and nine of its officers...
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A little time, little accord for transit fundingSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Pace and CTA riders caught a break Friday, but serious transit problems still loom in the near future as the governor and lawmakers seem worlds apart on a solution. Tran...
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5 men arrested after pot findsSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - The marijuana-growing industry in Lake County took a hard hit this week when police found and destroyed two large fields of the illegal herb. By Friday, five men were in...
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Rabies shots might cost more for non-neutered petsSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Lake County pet owners who don't have their pets spayed or neutered may pay double for rabies shots. The Lake County board of health is considering revising its animal/r...
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Woodland finds most parents live in districtSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - To ensure tax dollars are spent to educate only children who belong in the school system, Woodland Elementary District 50 officials asked parents to prove their residenc...
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Two held in forest preserve attackSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - A pair of Rolling Meadows teenagers who authorities say staged a violent attack on revelers in a Cook County forest preserve were ordered held on $75,000 bond Friday. Al...
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St. Charles N. 21, Thornton Fractional N. 13Sep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - It could have been a completely different outcome for St. Charles North if it hadn't caught a break with under a minute to go at halftime. That turned out to be one of t...
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Huntley crash claims fourth victimSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - The phone calls have been pouring in day after day to Augustine Onwualu's home from family back in Nigeria. Two brothers, 22 cousins and dozens of other family members h...