Cook County
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Vegan teacher deserved an awardOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - It's a pity that the Fox River Grove School Board chose to fire Dave Warwak - the art teacher who urged his students to go vegan. They should have given him an award and...
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Wrap: D-C's Nowicke advances; Central golfers move onOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - A strong round of 83 Wednesday will give Dundee-Crown's Beth Nowicke a shot at playing in girls golf sectionals. "It went really well today," Nowicke said after the Clas...
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Board honors exceptional educatorsOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - The Illinois State Board of Education announced more than 150 award recipients who will be singled out for their outstanding service at the 33rd annual Those Who Excel/T...
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Saints claim team title; Bettis has dream dayOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - It would be tough to top the kind of day Brooke Bettis enjoyed Wednesday. A few hours after learning that she had been selected as one of 24 Scholastic Junior All-Americ...
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Police think they've cracked 1999 slayingOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - DNA evidence and clues from a cell phone helped police solve the drug-related slaying of a Park City man reported missing eight years ago, authorities said Wednesday. Fe...
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Court won't force U-46 into talksOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - A federal judge Wednesday rejected a bid to force Elgin Area School District U-46 to participate in settlement talks in the racial bias lawsuit brought by black and Hisp...
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Bowling fundraiser raises record amountOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - The 13th annual Johnny B's Candlelight Bowl last May raised more money for charity than the event has in the past -- $11, 250. It's been put on by Johnny Burke, the Pala...
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Another resignation on airport boardOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Just weeks after the chairman announced his resignation from the Chicago Executive Airport board, the vice-chairman is following suit. L. James Wylie sent a letter to ac...
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Fabyan bridge to get needed repairsOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Kane County officials on Wednesday approved about $30,000 in emergency repairs to a "rapidly deteriorating" support beam under the Fabyan Parkway bridge at Mill Creek, w...
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A friendly face in Rolling MeadowsOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - The Jewel Foods store in Rolling Meadows opened in 1956, one year after the city incorporated, and Nancy Ruth Martin was among its first employees. Mrs. Martin was class...