Cook County
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Police: Man found dead at Westfield Old Orchard parking garageMay 20, 2017 1:00 am - Skokie police are investigating the death of a man who was found bleeding from his head on the floor of a parking garage stairwell at the Westfield Old Orchard mall. A m...
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Editorial: How Preckwinkle lost suburbs on minimum wageMay 18, 2017 1:00 am - As we've noted in this space plenty of times before, there is much that impresses us about Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. She has introduced discipline in...
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Cook County announces 2017 road projectsMay 17, 2017 1:00 am - South Barrington and Schaumburg are among nearly 20 suburban municipalities getting Cook County 2017 road construction projects at a cost of $23.2 million dollars. Pave...
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Algonquin Bats' 61-year-old catcher to play 100th gameMay 16, 2017 11:00 pm - Back in 2010, Barrington Hills resident Don Gragnani suffered an injury that stops all baseball players in their tracks. In the second game of that season as a member of...
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Search continues for Villa Park teen who jumped into Des Plaines RiverMay 16, 2017 1:00 am - The search resumed Tuesday for a missing Villa Park teenager who jumped from a bridge into the Des Plaines River. The Cook County Sheriff's Office deployed sonar boats,...
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Buffalo Grove opts out of Cook County minimum wage lawMay 16, 2017 1:00 am - There was no fanfare and almost no discussion as Buffalo Grove trustees voted Monday to opt out of Cook County's minimum-wage and sick leave requirements. The item was o...
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Hoffman Estates opts out of wage, sick-leave lawsMay 15, 2017 1:00 am - Hoffman Estates Monday joined a growing number of Northwest suburbs in opting out of Cook County's pending minimum-wage hike and requirement of paid sick leave for part-...
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Elgin police investigating DUI stop of off-duty cop driving department truckMay 13, 2017 1:00 am - Elgin police are investigating whether an off-duty officer violated department policy after a media report alleged he was drinking and driving in an unmarked department ...
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Gang-related shooting wounds two teens in PalatineMay 12, 2017 1:00 am - A person of interest was being questioned in what Palatine police said was a gang-related shooting of two teens Friday morning outside a clubhouse at a condominium compl...
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After 43 years, Buffalo Grove High show choir to take final bowMay 11, 2017 5:30 am - Buffalo Grove High School seniors Kira Damo and Jake Hackl are heirs to a legacy. Growing up, Damo of Arlington Heights and Hackl of Buffalo Grove watched their older s...