Oak Brook
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Villa Park block party is a celebration of resilienceSep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Tammy Henderson has yet to turn on her natural gas since two waves of severe storms uprooted a tree in her front yard last month. The Villa Park woman's family still sh...
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Stomach-churning fun at Last FlingAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Excited screams rang out from the Last Fling carnival Friday night. They were coming straight from Pharaoh's Fury where Blaine Carragher of Naperville and her friends we...
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Many suburban college students are commuters, tooAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Debra Cromie knew what she wanted -- and a dorm with a communal bathroom just wasn't it. She wanted the academic rigor of a college education. She wanted classes to prep...
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Was a phone call in order?Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Crystal Lake Elementary District 47 officials on Friday asked police to investigate possible violations of state child abuse reporting laws after a former teacher allege...
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The why behind crime may never be fully answeredAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - To anyone who knew her, and even those who did not, it was obvious Maggie Kamysz loved her daughter. Kamysz and 7-year-old Sydney were nearly inseparable, leaving home a...
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Naperville police Taser suspectAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - A Naperville man was shocked with a Taser gun Friday, following a scuffle with police that sent one officer to the hospital, authorities said. About 2 a.m. Friday, a Nap...
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Home prices on riseAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - DuPage County still tops the list of priciest housing markets in the state. And it's not getting any easier to buy those homes, according to an annual report published b...
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With storm behind them, neighbors ready to partyAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Several homes along North Harvard Avenue in Villa Park flooded on Aug. 23 after two waves of severe storms rolled into much of northern Illinois. More than 1,500 trees i...
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Muslims, Jews prepare for holidaysAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Two major religious events from different spiritual traditions will coincide in September, involving thousands of people in the DuPage County area. Ramadan, a month-lon...
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Family locked in grips of aching griefAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - There is no understanding -- only pain -- Barbara Kamysz said Friday as she and her husband struggle with the devastating loss of their daughter and granddaughter. "It's...