Cook County
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Election judges needed to work March 15 primaryFeb 25, 2016 10:00 pm - Cook County Clerk David Orr encourages North and Northwest suburban Cook County voters to serve their communities and earn some money in the process by working as electi...
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Bar association recommends Cook County judge candidatesFeb 25, 2016 12:00 am - The Illinois State Bar Association released recommendations for judicial candidates running for the First District Appellate Court and the Cook County circuit court in t...
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Endorsement: Meister as Democrat for Cook County circuit clerkFeb 25, 2016 12:00 am - We'd like to think the Cook County circuit court system isn't a lost cause. That court files can be counted on to be complete when lawyers and judges need them, and that...
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DNA evidence leads to arrest in Des Plaines-area rapesFeb 24, 2016 12:00 am - A 30-year-old man whose DNA matches evidence from two previously unsolved sexual assaults in the Des Plaines area was arrested Sunday, officials said Wednesday. Accordin...
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Racketeering by Kane sheriff's office alleged in federal lawsuitFeb 24, 2016 12:00 am - Three people strip-searched after a traffic stop near Elgin last year have sued the Kane County sheriff's department and its officers, arguing their constitutional right...
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Preckwinkle's chief of staff resigning to take over advocacy groupFeb 24, 2016 12:00 am - Tasha Green Cruzat, chief of staff to Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, announced Wednesday that she will leave her post next month to become president of Vo...
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Court clerk candidates champion paperless officeFeb 23, 2016 12:00 am - Electronic filing of court documents and a paperless office dominated a recent discussion between two candidates running in next month's Democratic primary for clerk of ...
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Dawn Patrol: Megabus catches fire; NCC volunteers feed needyFeb 22, 2016 4:00 am - Nobody injured after Megabus catches fire in Lake Forest Nobody was injured after a coach bus caught fire yesterday in Lake Forest, fire officials said. Approximate...
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Ten stories you may have missed this weekendFeb 22, 2016 4:00 am - 1. Smack dab in the middle of a long-running and seemingly unsolvable political feud is the last place most people want to end up. But David S. Olsen tells the Daily Her...
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Lobbyists earned $2.95 million in Cook County last yearFeb 22, 2016 12:00 am - Lobbyists in Cook County earned nearly $2.95 million in 2015, the highest reported level ever, according to statement from Cook County Clerk David Orr. Lobbyists who are...