Cook County
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Elgin waiting on Sears incentivesMay 26, 2011 12:00 am - Elgin City Council members voted to table approval of an economic incentive agreement with Sears Holdings Corp. Wednesday night. They plan to put off a vote for final ap...
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Schaumburg man gets 8 years for carjacking, break-inMay 26, 2011 12:00 am - At a sentencing Thursday afternoon, Cook County Assistant Public Defender Helen Tsimouris told the judge that her client was trying to turn his life around. Cook County...
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Help available for heating billsMay 25, 2011 1:00 am - There is still money available to help local residents pay their home heating bills. Local residents will have to apply soon; the low-income home energy assistance progr...
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Two rounds of heavy storms pummel suburbsMay 25, 2011 1:00 am - More than 700 flights were canceled at Chicago airports Wednesday as heavy thunderstorms rolled through the area in the morning and again through Wednesday night. The st...
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Improved Des Plaines River Trail open for bikingMay 25, 2011 12:00 am - A three-year effort to improve the Des Plaines River Trail through Des Plaines will culminate with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and bicycle ride on Saturday, June 4. The pr...
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Cary Dist. 26 administrator leaves for Barrington 220May 25, 2011 12:00 am - Mary Dudek, the director of curriculum and instruction for Cary Elementary District 26, has resigned from her post effective June 30 to accept a position in Barrington U...
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Finally, a memorial for American Flight 191 victimsMay 25, 2011 12:00 am - Thirty-two years of waiting to memorialize the victims of American Airlines Flight 191 is long enough, says Melody Smith of Arlington Heights, whose parents were killed ...
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Raise money while running the Elgin Fox TrotMay 25, 2011 12:00 am - It's running for a reason. This year planners for Elgin's annual Fox Trot hope to boost participation levels to new highs by promoting both the race's location and by gi...
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Schaumburg’s former Alumni Club getting another makeoverMay 25, 2011 12:00 am - The former Alumni Club in Schaumburg will be changing formats again next month, less than a year after becoming Mad Mark’s Pizza & Sports. Drink will be the new name of ...
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Des Plaines committee revisits taxicab ordinanceMay 25, 2011 12:00 am - The Des Plaines Legal and Licensing Committee this week firmed up changes to the city’s taxicab ordinance, setting limits to the number of licenses a company can own. T...