Mount Prospect
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Sentenced to life for gruesome Barrington killing, he’s now free at 49. Here’s whyJul 11, 2024 3:49 pm - Less than three decades after he was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for a grisly suburban murder, Paul Modrowski quietly left the Stateville Correctional Center a free man last week. The release of the 49-year-old convicted of murdering a man found decapitated in Barrington, and the reasons for it, raise complicated questions about equal justice, rehabilitation, disability bias and survivors’ rights.
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Ranking the top area players taken in the Major League Baseball draftJul 11, 2024 3:17 pm - This week’s High Five looks at the top area players drafted by MLB teams.
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Mount Prospect Historical Society to host September bus tour to Pabst Beer sites in MilwaukeeJul 11, 2024 12:48 pm - Both history lovers and beer afficionados will find something to love during the day-long Mount Prospect Historical Society bus trip to Milwaukee on Saturday, Sept. 14.
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Prospect alum Erin Reese launches her way to Paris OlympicsJul 11, 2024 9:47 am - From high school state champion to Olympian, Erin Reese is ready to show her strength to the world in the hammer throw.
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Putting in the work: Football practice is still a month away, but suburban teams are preparing nowJul 10, 2024 9:16 pm - Maine South quarterback Constantine Coines showed Wednesday at the Maine West 7-on-7 that last season was just a warmup. Coines, who took over as the starting quarterback...
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‘Trailblazer’ Nanci Vanderweel, who shattered political glass ceilings in the 70s, dies at 87Jul 10, 2024 8:19 pm - Nanci Vanderweel, a trailblazer in Northwest suburban politics and among the first women elected to public office in the region, has died. The former Elk Grove Township supervisor, township trustee and Elk Grove Village trustee passed peacefully Saturday, according to her family. She was 87.
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‘People are concerned’: Legislators, advocates seek reforms to curb rates for private water customersJul 10, 2024 12:37 pm - Illinois lawmakers are joining the consumer advocacy group Citizens Utility Board to call for legislative reforms designed to curb rates for customers of the state’s two private water utilities.
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Mount Prospect neighborhood parade may be short, but has a long historyJul 10, 2024 12:01 pm - The Wa Pella Street Parade in Mount Prospect isn’t exactly a high-profile July 4th event, but it has shown remarkable staying power — neighbors and former neighbors have kept its tradition alive for 75 years.
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Suburban Mariano’s among those to be sold in Kroger, Albertsons mergerJul 10, 2024 7:53 am - Several suburban Mariano’s will be sold to another grocer if Kroger and Albertson’s merger is allowed.
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Bartlett man convicted in beating of grocery bagger charged anew for attacking neighborJul 09, 2024 4:42 pm - Police arrested a Bartlett man Monday on charges of assault, battery and resisting arrest after responding to a fight with a neighbor last month.