Cook County
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Legion Post 690 seeks donations for Adopt a Sailor holiday dinnerNov 09, 2014 10:00 pm - The Palatine American Legion Post 690 family is seeking donations for its Adopt a Sailor dinner which is to be held on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 27, when sailors from...
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First lady honors Chicago Shakespeare TheaterNov 09, 2014 12:01 am - Chicago Shakespeare Theater will receive the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, the highest honor for after-school arts programs, during an official White...
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Alert issued after 4 robberies near University of ChicagoNov 09, 2014 12:01 am - Police are warning students at the University of Chicago and nearby residents to be cautious after four recent robberies near the campus. Police say in a news release th...
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Deputies find drugs, AK-47 during check on paroleeNov 09, 2014 12:01 am - Cook County Sheriff's deputies conducting a check on a parolee on electronic monitoring found suspected crack cocaine and two firearms, including a fully loaded AK-47 ri...
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$50.4 million in suburbs' money could be lost to scamNov 08, 2014 6:35 am - About $50.4 million in taxpayer money could be lost after suburban mayors and other local leaders learned this week that a potentially far-reaching scam hit an Oak Brook...
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Chicago house could be heaviest ever movedNov 08, 2014 12:01 am - Officials say the move of an 1888 mansion from Chicago's historic Prairie Avenue could be a record- breaker. The Harriet Rees House is moving one block to make way ...
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Elgin, library get head start on holiday spiritNov 08, 2014 12:01 am - The windy, wicked Halloween was a little too much for Sandy and Jason Koontz's two kids, ages 2 and 3. So the Bartlett couple, who moved to the suburbs last year from Co...
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Chicago crews planted 6,600 trees in 2014Nov 08, 2014 12:01 am - City crews planted more than 6,600 trees throughout Chicago in 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office says the total exceeds what officials originally expected to plant by 30...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsNov 07, 2014 12:01 am - Kick off the holiday season in Crystal Lake, escape into an underwater world in Schaumburg or journey to Oz in Lincolnshire. These are just a few of the options this wee...
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Dawn Patrol: Docs on abusive priests; Mt. Prospect, Aurora shootingsNov 06, 2014 4:01 am - Archdiocese to release more priest sex abuse files today The archdiocese of Chicago is releasing documents at 9 this morning that detail instances of child sex abus...