Cook County
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New U-46 tardy policy focuses on changing behaviorsSep 13, 2011 12:00 am - While school districts across the country have taken to hitting students in their wallets for being late or absent, Elgin Area School District U-46 is trying another tac...
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Des Plaines man pleads guilty to ‘staggering’ theftsSep 13, 2011 12:00 am - A Des Plaines man convicted last year of bilking a North Shore man of $250,000 and writing bad checks to a Schaumburg steakhouse totaling nearly $11,000 pleaded guilty T...
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Public invited to Long Grove fire trainingSep 13, 2011 12:00 am - Long Grove residents and neighbors are invited the watch the village’s fire department in action Saturday as they burn down a dilapidated home as part of a valuable trai...
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Dawn Patrol: Quick hits to start your daySep 12, 2011 11:00 pm - Breaking news A woman has been arrested and charged with aggravated driving under the influence of drugs for an accident in Ingleside last week that killed a motorc...
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Business come to aid of fundraiserSep 12, 2011 12:00 am - Recently a fundraiser was held in honor of my granddaughter, Samantha Stobbe, who was born with PKS (Pallister-Killian Syndrome) a very rare condition. We would like to ...
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New Rivers Casino hits Elgin's Grand Victoria hardSep 12, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The new Rivers Casino in Des Plaines was the most lucrative in the state in its first full month of operation, unseating Elgin's Grand Victoria, where reve...
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Mt. Prospect waitress was local legendSep 12, 2011 12:00 am - Your recent article on the closing of a Mount Prospect restaurant landmark, Little America, struck us by what it reported almost as much as what it did not report. I did...
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Harper’s LaMasse nets player of the week honorSep 12, 2011 12:00 am - Harper College outside hitter Lauren LaMasse (Hoffman Estates) has been named NJCAA Division III player of the week in women’s volleyball. LaMasse had a season-high 13 ...
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Semitrailer runs over construction worker in ElmhurstSep 12, 2011 12:00 am - A road construction worker was killed Monday morning in Elmhurst when a truck driver making a right turn cut the corner too tightly and ran the man over, according to po...
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District 214 Career Night programs announcedSep 12, 2011 12:00 am - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 will host three career night events this fall at high schools in the district, each focusing on different career paths and pr...