Prospect Heights
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11-year-old killed by Jeep in Des PlainesJul 09, 2008 11:00 pm - A makeshift tree swing hung by purple rope where young Alexis Porreca loved to spend her girlhood summer time swayed gently in the breeze in the backyard of her Des Plai...
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Mount Prospect plans to buy emergency equipment and treesJul 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Mount Prospect will be getting $100,000 in new trees and flashlights and an outdoor portable message board in preparation for another natural disaster like the one that ...
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Magazine reveals new details about NIU shooterJul 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Steven Kazmierczak admired how the gunman at Virginia Tech chained the doors to prevent students from escaping and the plan by two Columbine High School students to crea...
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Natural gas is costlier, and Nicor rates may rise, tooJul 09, 2008 11:00 pm - "It's looking bad," says Pat Clark, of potential natural gas bills this winter. The reason for this trepidation by the associate director of the Citizens Utility Board i...
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Wheeling chosen as top 10 in country for families by magazineJul 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Wheeling's diverse population is one of the reasons Family Circle magazine chose it as one of the 10 best towns for families. The village is featured in a story in the ...
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O'Hare worker caught in smuggling sting gets 2 yearsJul 09, 2008 11:00 pm - It might have looked like easy money to O'Hare International Airport worker Riad Skaff: $26,500 to help smuggle night-vision goggles, rifle scopes and cash aboard Paris-...
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Love of flying dominated Mount Prospect man's lifeJul 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Just three years ago, Craig Irwin of Mount Prospect took his father, Fred L. Irwin, to Chicago Executive Airport, formerly Palwaukee, and started filming. Mr. Irwin was...
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Dog rescued from pipe in Buffalo GroveJul 09, 2008 11:00 pm - A small, white dog was reunited with its family Wednesday after falling into a plastic pipe along Lake-Cook Road, firefighters said. The dog fell into a ComEd conduit a ...
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Briefs: Gunshot under investigationJul 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Schaumburg police are still investigating a July 2 incident in which a man with a handgun reportedly shot at but missed a group of male friends in an apartment building ...
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Hazmat team cleans Streamwood diesel spillJul 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Streamwood fire officials said traffic was backed up on Route 59 and Irving Park Road after a car and a semi-truck nearly collided, causing the truck to swerve and hit a...