Sleepy Hollow
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Dropout rates fallingNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Weeks into high school, Robert Struggles had forged a plan: Trudge through until he hit age 16, then drop out. That birthday has come and gone. And he's still there. Tod...
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Chapter 9: Schools falling further into debtNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Illinois schools spend a lot of money every month. They're also spending a lot of tomorrow's dollars today. Illinois schools owed a total of $16 billion in bond loans at...
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Another terrible accident at intersection with no stoplightNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Lori Westerlin froze when she heard the scream of the ambulance's siren and the whir of the helicopter heading over her Elburn home late in the afternoon of Nov. 9. She ...
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Campton Hills foes dealt new legal setbackNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Proponents of disconnection from the village of Campton Hills suffered another setback when Kane County Circuit Judge Michael J. Colwell dismissed a petition for disconn...
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Huntley school board OKs time limits on discussionsNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - When the Huntley Unit District 158 school board adjourned last week's meeting, it was 12:57 a.m. The board meeting started in closed session at 5:30 p.m. -- almost seve...
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There is a beautiful life after reality televisionNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - It's been almost two years since Brittany Knott came oh-so closer to snagging $125,000 on "Beauty and the Geek 2," in which she played, well, one of the beauties. When ...
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Weekend retreat for mothers of disabled childrenNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - The women who attended an Elburn retreat for mothers of disabled children on a recent fall weekend were treated to massages, manicures, pedicures, and even had their car...
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Come for the tickets, stay for breakfastNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - p class="News">Roughly 30 people were waiting at 7 a.m. Saturday when Kane County Cougars personnel opened the doors at Elfstrom Stadium in Geneva, even though breakfast...
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Bond upheld for son of longtime congressmanNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - A judge upheld a bond of $500,000 Saturday when Jeffrey M. Rush, 41, of Lake Zurich, appeared in bond court at the Kane County jail. A former chief of security for the F...
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Geneva man a real stairmaster -- just ask the folks at Sears TowerNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - While some of us were parked on our couches last Sunday either grimacing, laughing or crying about our inept Chicago Bears, Eric Leninger was busy climbing the 103 floor...