Prospect Heights
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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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'U' can do just about anythingMar 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Maine West baseball coach Joe Pederson is not afraid to take a U-turn with his lineup card. Pederson lists senior Lucas Udischas' position on the Warriors' roster with a...
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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...
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Eight-hour standoff ends peacefully in Arlington HeightsMar 31, 2009 11:00 pm - A 39-year-old Arlington Heights man was being held Wednesday after a tense, eight-hour standoff on the 900 block of Harvard Avenue that ended about 4:30 a.m. The man sur...
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Boys killed downstate lived troubled lives in Algonquin, records showMar 31, 2009 11:00 pm - The mother of two former Algonquin boys slain by their father in rural Putnam County twice obtained restraining orders to protect herself and the children from what cour...