Winfield
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Bridging the generation gap with Pat BooneMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - How do you like the new mug shot of me? Hard to believe it's five years ago to the month that I started writing this column. Hard to believe, too, how my hair has gotten...
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District 200 to pitch changes to DAREMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Drug-abuse education continues to be a tennis match of funding versus impact in Wheaton area schools. The ball appears to be back in Wheaton's court after Wheaton Warren...
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Father indicted in sons' violent deathsMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - A Glendale Heights father will plead innocent next week to charges he murdered his two sons after dousing them in gasoline and setting a fire. was indicted Thursday on...
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Parents accuse Wheaton schools of racismMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - A cry of racial bias is part of the initial backlash Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 officials must address as part of a plan to transfer students from a Carol Str...
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The hunt is onMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Hey kids, it's time to get your eagle eyes focused, your fingers limber and your sweet tooth polished. It's almost spring. And over the next two weekends, the Easter Bun...
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Tollway reform measures gain initial supportMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Commuters would be notified once they've accumulated three toll violations under legislation approved Wednesday by an Illinois House committee. The propo...
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Man buys cookies, has girl scouts give them to charitiesMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Two area Girl Scouts recently learned that one good deed truly deserves another. Rich Grimley of Naperville purchased about 150 boxes of cookies from Maggie O'Brien, 10...
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New era brings new balance to two sides of paper's missionMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - In the inner world of a daily newspaper, the "tell the truth" side of the mission and the "make money" side persist in something of a state of uneasy symbiosis. Each sid...
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ComEd to raise electric bills in JuneMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - You can expect to pay more for electricity starting in June. About 3.4 million residential customers of ComEd will pay 2.5 percent more, or about $2 more a month based o...
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Leaders sample drinks before voting on themMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers cracked down on alcoholic energy drinks Wednesday even as some cracked open a few. An Illinois Senate committee voted 8-2 to require st...