West Chicago
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DuPage Co. may lay off 200 workersOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - More than 200 DuPage County employees could lose their jobs as part of the county's latest doom-and-gloom budget proposal. County board Chairman Robert Schillerstrom tod...
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Police seek missing seniorOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Police are searching for a 72-year-old man after he went missing Saturday from his Wood Dale house, police said. Armando Monarrez left his house and was last seen on fo...
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Unknown toddler laid to rest in WheatonOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - His family never came forward to claim him, but a community stepped up to make sure an unidentified toddler wasn't forgotten. A solemn crowd of about 100 mourners gath...
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Santo, volunteers do walk of fame at diabetes eventOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - The skies were overcast, but a certain old Cub's smile brightened the day for the thousands who showed up Sunday in Busse Woods to help cure diabetes. Last year, the Ron...
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Vexed by thorium, looking for helpOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Doroteo and Paula Garza were planning to spend a lifetime in their West Chicago home, a block away from the former Kerr-McGee Co. factory where Doroteo worked for decade...
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West Aurora's playoff drive is already in gearOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - This late into the season, it's rare to see West Aurora's football players and coaches chomping at the bit in their eagerness to get back to practice. Not during the thi...
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Chapter 4: 1 of every 2 education dollars stays in classroomOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - A typical suburban classroom of 25 students represents $315,000 in revenue. That's $12,600 per kid, the average per-pupil revenue collected in 2005-06 by the 94 school d...
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Naperville fire fighters take residents to Safety TownOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - As flames licked the air a few feet away, Salima Jiwani and her 6-year-old son, Nizar, struggled to pull the pin out of the fire extinguisher. It wouldn't budge. The fir...
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Sept. 11 exhibit travels to help others rememberOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - In the photographs 7-year-old Jacob Delgado looked over on Saturday, people stood in silent horror, mouths open, hands slapped against faces, bodies painted sooty black ...
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Ribfest nets $800,000 for area charitiesOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - An extra day of activities and a $2 increase in ticket prices added up to record profits for Naperville's annual Fourth of July holiday festival. Ribfest organizers from...