Prospect Heights
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Police beatFeb 23, 2009 10:00 pm - Des Plaines • A Des Plaines woman was scammed out of $320 Feb. 13 after she saw an Internet ad for a free dog. She was instructed to send the money by Western Union to a...
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Plan to close dog park raises hackles of ownersFeb 23, 2009 10:00 pm - Users of a popular forest preserve dog park near Bloomingdale are barking mad about plans to close it to make way for a new road. Forest preserve officials said the 20-p...
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Schaumburg top cop says village forced him outFeb 23, 2009 10:00 pm - Former Schaumburg police director Richard Casler said Monday he was fired so the village could save on health insurance costs in the wake of his diagnosis with cancer. V...
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Former jail inmates win strip search lawsuitFeb 23, 2009 10:00 pm - A federal judge has ruled that several thousand former Cook County Jail inmates had their rights violated when they were strip-searched in humiliating conditions. Attorn...
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Elk Grove trucking service delivers car to wrong addressFeb 23, 2009 10:00 pm - DETROIT -- A paraplegic man says his customized hand-controlled car was stolen after being dropped at the wrong Detroit address. Two companies involved in the delivery f...
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Arlington Heights furniture store closingFeb 23, 2009 10:00 pm - Factory Direct furniture in Arlington Heights is closing at the end of the week due to the deteriorating economy, store managers say. "We can't survive," general manage...
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Mullins tries to set herself apart from foes with big namesFeb 23, 2009 10:00 pm - Cell phone cameras snapped and applause broke out as Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, head pressed firmly against the banquet room carpet, slowly extended his le...
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CN asks court for better deal on EJ&E mergerFeb 23, 2009 10:00 pm - CN is balking at the amount of money it's supposed to pay for grade separations in Aurora and Lynwood on the EJ&E Railroad. The Canadian-based railroad filed an appeal M...
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Schaumburg offers amnesty for parking scofflawsFeb 23, 2009 10:00 pm - For a limited time only, Schaumburg police are offering a half-price deal on unpaid parking tickets. Under a new amnesty program, motorists with outstanding parking tick...
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Barrington High leads way in barbershop singingFeb 23, 2009 10:00 pm - Barrington High School regularly advances its student athletes in state level competition, but now another group is making a name for itself - the school's barbershop qu...