Cook County
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Funding approved for $58.5 million Wheeling and Buffalo Grove road projectsNov 21, 2019 12:00 am - Cook County Board members on Thursday approved $58.5 million in funding for major road rehabilitation projects in Wheeling and Buffalo Grove. The projects are on: Lake-C...
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Jail, probation for kicking, biting Carpentersville police in July and 2018 arrestsNov 19, 2019 12:00 am - A 25-year-old woman has been sentenced to jail time and four years probation after admitting to fighting, biting and kicking Carpentersville police and firefighters in J...
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'Truth is, I didn't handle it well': Foxx addresses Smollet case in reelection announcementNov 19, 2019 12:00 am - A prosecutor who came under harsh criticism when her office suddenly dropped charges against actor Jussie Smollett and is now the subject of a court-ordered investigatio...
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Fire guts recently rehabbed Bensenville houseNov 19, 2019 12:00 am - The owner of a recently renovated house on the 400 block of East Jefferson Street in Bensenville was supposed to move into the home Wednesday, but that will have to wait...
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Arroyo's replacement chosen with his organization's supportNov 16, 2019 12:00 am - Cook County Democrats have chosen a utility company executive to fill the legislative seat vacated by former Rep. Luis Arroyo after he was charged with bribery. But the ...
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Elgin man sentenced to 55 years for mistaken-identity fatal shootingNov 15, 2019 12:00 am - Corrected 11/16 that the murder weapon was found in an awning at Ingram's girlfriend's apartment. An Elgin man was sentenced Friday to 55 years in prison for gunnin...
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Find holiday gifts at Prestige Creative Markets' Winter WonderlandNov 11, 2019 10:00 pm - Prestige Creative Markets + Nursery will hold its first Winter Wonderland from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 16-17. The event will include live music f...
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Grayslake High grad introduces his mentor, Mike Pompeo, at Veterans Day addressNov 11, 2019 12:00 am - Mike Pompeo is known worldwide as the U.S. secretary of state, but 1986 Grayslake High School grad Eric Leafblad has another perspective. "I knew him by a different titl...
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Buschauer gets 25 years for drowning wife 19 years agoNov 08, 2019 12:00 am - Frank Buschauer, convicted of drowning his wife 19 years ago in the couple's South Barrington home in what a Cook County judge had described as "a senseless death over t...
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Zimmer Hardware honored for historic, 136-year run in downtown PalatineNov 06, 2019 12:00 am - Zimmer Hardware in Palatine received a proper farewell this week for its 136-year run in the village. Accompanied by David Freeman, whose great granduncle founded Zimmer...