Prospect Heights
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Killer slips Elgin mental centerSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - A convicted killer escaped Monday evening from the Elgin Mental Health Center by using a visitors pass, police said. Tolbert Walls, 31, whose last known address was on t...
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Why FEMA is here now, not weeks agoSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Most of the cleanup from the Aug. 23 storm was done days ago, but the Federal Emergency Management Agency began touring the Chicago suburbs Tuesday to assess damage. Sti...
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Mount Prospect: 75 percent of storm's brush picked upSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - On the north end of Melas Park, stands what Mount Prospect public works staff has dubbed Mount Brushmore. There are no faces of ex-presidents here, just the heads of log...
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Lawmakers: School cash a victim of politicsSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich "repeatedly misled" school districts across the state about the status of long-awaited construction dollars and used those districts ...
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FEMA tours Northwest suburbs to assess flood damageSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - The Federal Emergency Management Agency damage assessment team started exploring the worst storm damage in Northwest suburban Cook County Tuesday by concentrating on Des...
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ComEd defends response to stormSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - ComEd officials said they did the best they could to restore power after the Aug. 23 and 24 storm cut power to about 630,000 of their customers. Some residents and publi...
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DuPage County forest preserve searched for woman's bodySep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Police and rescue crews this morning scoured Meacham Grove Forest Preserve near Roselle for several hours. They were searching for the body of a woman believed to be mis...
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Lawmakers ditch bailout plan for Chicago transitSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State lawmakers rejected a multimillion-dollar bailout of the Chicago region's transit agencies Tuesday, a move that not only threatens to curtail bus ser...
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American Airlines cited again by OSHASep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - American Airlines said Tuesday it has started corrective action -- including asbestos abatement -- after being fined nearly a half-million dollars for two sets of allege...
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Airlines see changes to make flying betterSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Faced with a frustrating reality that air-travel delay is here to stay, airlines are planning changes in how they operate and refining systems that book customers. After...