Cook County
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Bartlett 4th of July fest starts June 30Jun 28, 2011 12:00 am - The annual Bartlett Fourth of July festival will be held June 30 through July 4, at Apple Orchard Community Park, Stearns & South Bartlett Road. Hours: 5-11 p.m. Thursda...
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Arlington Heights parade features lots of musicJun 28, 2011 12:00 am - The Arlington Heights July 4 parade has established itself as one of the largest in the Chicago area, with nearly 100 units. Thousands of families fill both sides of th...
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Maine Township teen missingJun 28, 2011 12:00 am - The Cook County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help locating a missing Maine Township teenager who is not believed to be in any danger, but hasn’t been seen...
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Elgin’s own brand of crosstown classicJun 28, 2011 12:00 am - Elgin firefighters and police officers are dusting off their bats and gloves for the first Guns vs. Hoses “crosstown classic.” Players will take a friendly rivalry to th...
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Bartlett’s festival scheduleJun 28, 2011 12:00 am - June 30 through July 4, Apple Orchard Community Park, Stearns & South Bartlett Road. Hours: 5-11 p.m. Thursday and Friday; noon-11 p.m. Saturday; 3-11 p.m. Sunday; noon-...
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Rolling Meadows murder trial startsJun 28, 2011 12:00 am - Patrick Taylor's murder trial began Tuesday with prosecutors introducing the jury to Marquis Lovings, a “good-hearted, good-natured” 30-year-old man who they say Taylor ...
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Truck hits Buffalo Grove stoplight, snaps powerlineJun 28, 2011 12:00 am - A portion of Buffalo Grove lost power Tuesday night after an 18-wheeler knocked over a stoplight, which toppled and snapped a power line on Arlington Heights Road. Emerg...
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How tiny Itasca pulls off one of the state’s biggest fireworks showsJun 28, 2011 12:00 am - It’s a village of less than 9,000 residents, but Itasca knows how to draw a crowd. For more than a decade, the village’s annual Fourth of July fireworks show at Hamilton...
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Arlington Stampede is back July 3Jun 28, 2011 12:00 am - Hit the pavement, runners. The Frontier Days Stampede is back with a series of races July 3 that start at Miner School, 1101 E. Miner St., and end at Recreation Park. Ra...
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Juror looks back at the adventure that was her ‘civic duty’Jun 28, 2011 12:00 am - Maribel De Leon got a letter in January saying she was being assigned jury duty and should report to Chicago. De Leon, of West Dundee, called her brother to find out wha...