Cook County
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Dawn Patrol: Mom dies saving boy; Traffic problems on eastbound I-90Jul 25, 2014 5:01 am - Breaking News: The Jane Addams Tollway has been reopened after a crash briefly closed the road at Roselle Road. Officials said the crash, which shut down the tollw...
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Cook County to get $4.7 million for constructionJul 25, 2014 1:01 am - Cook County is getting more than $4.7 million from the state for construction projects, including new roofs for buildings at area colleges. In a news release, Gov. Pat Q...
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Hospitality expo expands to Southwest suburbsJul 25, 2014 1:01 am - Hundreds of people attended the first Chicago Southwest Hospitality Expo Thursday at the Tinley Park Convention Center. The Daily Herald Business Ledger hosted the expo ...
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Dawn Patrol: Boy killed in fire; gentleman's club sued over drowningJul 24, 2014 5:01 am - Bensenville boy killed in house fire: A 4-year-old boy hiding behind a dresser didn't escape a house fire and died Wednesday afternoon in Bensenville despite the ef...
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Lobbying activity falls to 4-year low in Cook CountyJul 24, 2014 1:01 am - Lobbyists were paid almost $1.2 million for reaching out to officials in Cook County during the first half of 2014, but lobbying activity during that six-month period wa...
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Man held in 1992 strangling death of Niles West studentJul 24, 2014 1:01 am - More than two decades after the strangling death of a Niles West High School student, a 71-year-old man was arrested in California in connection with the case, authoriti...
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Cook County to cut buildings' carbon emissionsJul 24, 2014 1:01 am - Cook County buildings will be getting greener. The county's Board of Commissioners has approved an ordinance aimed at making public buildings more energy efficient - wit...
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Quinn backs county ballot measure on gun lawsJul 24, 2014 1:01 am - Gov. Pat Quinn has thrown his support behind a Cook County ballot measure that asks voters to weigh in on Illinois gun laws. The Democrat called on county residents Thu...
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Dawn Patrol: Grayslake Central teen honored; warrant issued in Elgin stabbingJul 23, 2014 5:01 am - Friends gather at Grayslake Central to honor teen who drowned Friends of a 16-year-old Grayslake Central High School student who drowned in Third Lake honored the t...
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Duran Duran suing Glenview-based fan club companyJul 23, 2014 1:01 am - The 1980s pop band Duran Duran is suing a Glenview-based fan club management company, saying the company breached its contract by not sending promised revenue to the ban...