Cook County
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Teens, seniors bond through Wheeling Township programOct 22, 2017 11:00 pm - Remember baton twirling and riding in station wagons? Those two iconic images from growing up in the 1960s in the suburbs came up last week when Wheeling High School jun...
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A defiant Tom PettyOct 18, 2017 1:00 am - Years ago, a DJ out of Chicago summed up the song "I Won't Back Down" with a remark, "A defiant Tom Petty." The phrasing and sense of his words seemed certainly perfect ...
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Harper's early enrollment exceeded expectationsOct 17, 2017 11:00 pm - Harper's early enrollment exceeded expectations
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Report: Suburban Cook County has more DUI cases than ChicagoOct 17, 2017 1:00 am - Suburban Cook County has more DUI cases than all of Chicago, with 901 to the city's 797 in 2016. Compared to Chicago, the suburbs also had more felony cases of burglary,...
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Barrington Scarecrow Fest offers fall fun for familiesOct 16, 2017 11:00 pm - Scarecrow decorating and pumpkin painting are two of the highlights of Barrington's 17th annual Scarecrow Festival, which aims to help families get into the spirit of th...
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St. Viator students paint portraits for Syrian refugee childrenOct 15, 2017 11:00 pm -
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Time capsule buried, memorial dedicated in Mount ProspectOct 15, 2017 11:00 pm - Saturday morning's rain abated long enough for Mount Prospect officials to squeeze in their long-planned Centennial time capsule burial and memorial dedication in front ...
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Flash flood watch issued for most of suburbsOct 14, 2017 1:00 am - Drenching rainfall resulted in the National Weather Service issuing a flash flood watch for portions of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties Saturday afte...
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Why the Cook County soda tax failedOct 14, 2017 1:00 am - Tim Schneider and his three Republican counterparts on the Cook County Board spent much of this year trying to convince Democratic colleagues a penny-per-ounce sweetened...
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Widow to get $5.9 million in death of construction worker in ElmhurstOct 12, 2017 1:00 am - A Cook County judge has awarded $5.9 million to the widow of a Wisconsin electrician who was killed after being hit by a truck while working in an IDOT construction zone...