Vernon Hills
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Is transit system running on empty?Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Two transit officials - one the former state treasurer - are challenging the purported size of Metra's budget shortfall as the agency pushes for a quarter-cent sales tax...
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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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Celebrated for her talent in the needle artsAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Margaret Briscoe ~ 1934-2007 Margaret Ann Briscoe of Libertyville was recognized across the country for her expertise in needlepoint, both for her innovative original de...
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Lightning sparks Lake County jail fireAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - A lightning strike sparked a fire Thursday at Lake County's criminal detention facility for juveniles, authorities said. The blaze was reported about 3:40 p.m. at the co...
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Friday's football resultsAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Friday's results Nonconference Elgin 27, Plainfield Central 18 Larkin 29, McHenry 66 Marmion at South Elgin, 7:30 p.m. Hoffman Estates 20, Woodstock 14 Lake Park 16, Co...
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Police beatAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - The blotter Grayslake •Kelly Lynn Gagin, 19, 435 Hampshire Court, Grayslake, was arrested Aug. 14 and charged with illegal transportation of alcohol, possession of drug ...
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Lake County chairman declares state of emergencyAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Lake County Board Chairwoman Suzi Schmidt has declared Lake County is in a state of emergency and disaster. By itself, the declaration has no real impact. But it paves t...
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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...