Cook County
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Elgin picks 12 to head budget task forceAug 03, 2011 12:00 am - After almost 60 people applied to volunteer their time and help the Elgin City Council make tough budget decisions, Mayor David Kaptain and City Manager Sean Stegall hav...
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Ex-Hanover Twp. official gets 6 years for theftAug 03, 2011 12:00 am - Hanover Township's former welfare director was sentenced to six years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to stealing more than $100,000 in government funds. Aurea...
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Mt. Prospect prepares to welcome Walk for the CureAug 03, 2011 12:00 am - Mount Prospect is preparing to cheer on the second day of the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure on Saturday, Aug. 6, just as it does every year. The walkers, dedica...
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Former U-46 teacher named principal at Illinois ParkAug 03, 2011 12:00 am - A former teacher in Elgin Area District U-46 will return to the district in the fall to take over as principal at Illinois Park Center for Early Learning. Apryl Lowe, wh...
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State workers not fired for fireable offensesAug 03, 2011 12:00 am - John Grana lost nearly a year's worth of pay but is happy to have his job back. That's because the state's chief ethics officer suggested it could be taken away, but was...
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Fox Valley police reportsAug 03, 2011 12:00 am - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Police: Arlington Heights man crashed stolen car into cemeteryAug 03, 2011 12:00 am - A 22-year-old Arlington Heights man has been charged after smashing a stolen car into a number of headstones in a West suburban cemetery, just a day after he was sentenc...
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Child porn charges net Wheeling man 70-year sentenceAug 03, 2011 12:00 am - A 34-year-old former Wheeling man has been sentenced to 70 years in prison for producing and transmitting child pornography, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. “No...
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'Miracle baby' now 5, and continues to surpriseAug 02, 2011 1:00 am - Around Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, they still call 5-year-old Javier Sotelo of Des Plaines the “miracle baby.” After being born at 28 weeks gestati...
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Cars theme marks latest Elgin movie screeningAug 02, 2011 1:00 am - Cars will fill Festival Park in real life and on screen Thursday as the City of Elgin and the Downtown Neighborhood Association team up for the latest installment of the...