West Chicago
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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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Fox Valley, suburbs battered by stormsAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - An already drenched Fox Valley got another soaking Thursday afternoon -- and there's more in store for this weekend. With many homes already flooded from earlier rains, ...
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Briefs: Addison fest resumes todayAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Severe storms and high winds Thursday forced organizers to cancel the first day of Chicago's West Suburban Festa Italiana in Addison. Ron Onesti, whose company organizes...
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Briefs: Man guilty of sex assault of minorsAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - A Carpentersville man faces a minimum of 58 years in prison since being convicted Thursday of sexually assaulting two children from 2003 to 2005. Mark Kimbrough, 39, of ...
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Welcome to the Big Top in SpringfieldAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - The ongoing state budget fiasco reminds me of an old saying: "When you put clowns in charge; don't be surprised when a circus breaks out." Ken Spitz West Chicago ...
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SCC promises to be difficult againAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - It might be a brand new year, but it's the same old story in the Suburban Catholic Conference. "Driscoll, Montini and Woodstock (Marian) and the rest fight for scraps," ...
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County hires two lobbying firmsAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - DuPage County leaders hope a $280,000 investment will net millions in return. Board members last week agreed to hire two lobbying firms to push for grants and favorable ...
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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...