Cook County
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Lester: Preckwinkle's visits to 'burbs rare, but top Stroger'sMar 28, 2016 5:30 am - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle paid just 10 official visits to the Northwest suburbs in a year's time, a review of her schedule shows. Still, that's fa...
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Dawn Patrol: Elgin homes hit by gunfire; grandmother dies in van accidentMar 28, 2016 5:00 am - Two Elgin homes hit by gunfire, West Chicago man arrested: Eric Juarez, 18, of the 100 block of West Blair Street in West Chicago was charged with aggravated discha...
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Cook County shows biggest population decline in U.S.Mar 24, 2016 1:00 am - Cook County lost the most population of any county in the nation, according to new census estimates released Thursday for the period of July 1, 2014, to July 1, 2015. Th...
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Report tracks racial disparity in jobs for youths in Cook CountyMar 22, 2016 12:01 am - Black young people in Cook County are having a harder time finding work than their counterparts in other similarly sized parts of the country. They're also far less like...
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Mount Prospect moves to block truck parking near United officesMar 21, 2016 1:00 am - Mount Prospect is moving to annex six acres at the southeast corner of Linneman Road and Dempster Street to block a plan for a truck parking lot there, but the property'...
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Former state official named Preckwinkle's chief of staffMar 21, 2016 1:00 am - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has appointed Brian Hamer, former director of the Illinois Department of Revenue, as her new chief of staff effective Wednes...
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Moving Picture: Meet the couple who captures pesky crittersMar 18, 2016 11:00 pm - What should you do when you have a squirrel in your basement? What about a beaver taking over your backyard or a chipmunk in your chimney? You can try to solve the issu...
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Record turnout for primary in suburban Cook CountyMar 18, 2016 1:00 am - Full unofficial results from Tuesday's primary election in suburban Cook County, including break downs by precinct and township, are now available online on the Cook Cou...
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Police checkpoint Friday night in Leyden TownshipMar 18, 2016 1:00 am - Cook County Sheriff's Police will conduct a roadside safety checkpoint Friday night through early Saturday morning somewhere in Leyden Township, according to a news rele...
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Election officials say true test for same-day registration is in NovemberMar 17, 2016 1:00 am - The competitive presidential contests on both the Republican and Democratic tickets drove record turnout in Tuesday's primary, suburban election officials say. But Cook ...