Cook County
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200 Illinois National Guard members return homeOct 26, 2014 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — More than 200 Illinois National Guard soldiers who served in Kuwait are back home. Ceremonies were held on Saturday in Bridgeview and Springfield for membe...
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Sen. Kirk helps launch anti-bullying appOct 26, 2014 1:00 am - There is a new mobile app to help keep kids from becoming bullies. On Saturday, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois and his 2014 Student Leadership Advisory Board and emplo...
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Mo'ne Davis with Jackie Robinson West starts World SeriesOct 25, 2014 1:01 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Cameras flashed, the crowd rose for a thunderous ovation and Mo'ne Davis did exactly what she was expected to do - the 13-year-old fired a strike right d...
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Bloomingdale teen sentenced for summer 2013 'crime wave'Oct 24, 2014 12:00 pm - The first member of what DuPage County Judge John Kinsella called a “two-man crime wave” that preyed on suburban businesses last summer, is headed to prison. Nicholas Pa...
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Dawn Patrol: Cops praised for heroism; pit bull attacks mail carrierOct 24, 2014 5:00 am - How Island Lake cops' heroic actions saved lives Island Lake police officer Gilbert Hueramo is a one-man ambulance, always prepared for the worst. On all calls, he ...
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Victims rights, voting rights among proposed amendmentsOct 24, 2014 5:00 am - When voters go to the polls on Nov. 4, they won't just be picking among candidates who have bombarded them with TV ads and mailers for months now. They also will be voti...
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Des Plaines man sentenced in murder-for-hire plotOct 24, 2014 1:01 am - A 51-year-old Des Plaines man was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison after pleading guilty in July to attempting to hire a hitman to kill his estranged wife and h...
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Quinn orders 21-day quarantine for Ebola patient contactsOct 24, 2014 1:01 am - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn announced Friday that he has ordered the Illinois Department of Public Health to require a mandatory 21-day home quarantine for "high-risk" indiv...
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Dawn Patrol: Joe Biden in Vernon Hills; Batavia police seek cop attackerOct 23, 2014 5:01 am - Hundreds fill Vernon Hills gym to see Vice President Biden An estimated 750 people packed the Sullivan Center's gym yesterday afternoon in Vernon Hills for Vice Pre...
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Inmate charged with murder just before he was to be releasedOct 23, 2014 1:01 am - On the day he was scheduled to leave prison after serving a five-year sentence for burglary, a suburban man found out he was charged in the stabbing death of a woman 12 ...