Prospect Heights
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RTA: Cuts, fare hikes imminentAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Metra, Pace and CTA officials drew a budget line in the sand Thursday. After pressing for nearly a year for tax hikes to fill a collective $240 million budget hole, tra...
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Governor declares 4-county disaster areaAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich today declared Cook, Lake, Kane and McHenry counties to be state disaster areas. The governor toured the floodwaters of the Des Plaines Riv...
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Projects facing the ax in state budgetAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Millions of dollars for everything from a Sicilian delegation's suburban visit to new police cars were stricken from the state budget Thursday by Gov. Rod...
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Young golfers take top honors at national championshipAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - High school golf coaches in the area should be rejoicing because we have some truly talented 11- to 13-year-old golfers on the rise in this area. A team of eight boys a...
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Fluke front is to blame for all this rainAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Will it ever stop raining? State climatologists and meteorologists say yes, but just not right now. Experts say that's because the heavy August rainfall on northern Il...
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Police beatAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Mount Prospect •Thieves stole a boys' 21-speed red and silver bicycle between noon and 2:20 p.m. Aug. 16 locked in a bike rack at the Mount Prospect Public Library, 10 S...
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Gurnee getting ready for the floodAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Whirring front-end loaders, sweating volunteers and piles of sand were part of a flood-prevention effort launched Thursday in Gurnee. It's not a question of whether the ...
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Briefs: Des Plaines police host citizen academyAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - The Des Plaines Police Department will be offering the fall session of the Citizen Police Academy starting at 7 p.m. Sept. 17, at the Police Neighborhood Resource Center...
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Colleges offer ways to put B.S. into your degreeAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Buffy 101 Local colleges offer many ways to put the B.S. into your degree The alarm went off at 7:15 a.m., leaving you plenty of time to get ready for your 8 a.m. class....
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Severe weather storms through Chicago, suburbsAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - AP - Storms ripped through Chicago and the suburbs this afternoon, sparking tornado warning sirens, downed trees and electrical strikes. Storms with winds in excess of 5...