Cook County
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Conservation projects earn Fremd senior rarest of Boy Scout awardsSep 10, 2021 6:00 am - Fremd High School senior Sai Venkatakrishnan not only recently became an Eagle Scout, he also received the rarest Boy Scouts of America award for completing four conserv...
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Suburban singers perform in Metropolitan Opera concert remembering 9/11Sep 10, 2021 6:00 am - A major 9/11 commemoration by The Metropolitan Opera in New York this Saturday includes two singers who grew up in the Chicago suburbs. In "Verdi's Requiem: The Met Reme...
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DuPage deputy wins $7.5 million judgment for spinal injury suffered in trainingSep 10, 2021 5:30 am - A federal jury has awarded a DuPage County sheriff's deputy $7.5 million in damages for injuries he suffered during a special-operations training exercise in 2014. On Se...
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'Count us in': How four Elgin firefighters delivered a ladder truck to ground zero after 9/11Sep 10, 2021 5:15 am - Twenty years ago, four Elgin Fire Department firefighters set out on the most important road trip of their lives. Days after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Anthony Bialek,...
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Glenbrook South cruises past ConantSep 10, 2021 1:00 am - If one could call the playing field a 100-yard office, the Glenbrook South football team took on the role of efficiency experts Friday against visiting Conant. The Titan...
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True believer: On 9/11, Inverness' Mari-Rae Sopper was poised to fulfill her dreamSep 10, 2021 1:00 am - Inverness native Mari-Rae Sopper, the Navy attorney turned college gymnastics coach killed when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, ...
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Mary Lenz Wieman, raised in Arlington Heights and killed on 9/11, was driven at work and homeSep 10, 2021 1:00 am - Arlington Heights native Mary Lenz Wieman was 43 years old and the mother of three young children when the insurance marketing executive with Aon Corp. hosted a business...
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Diego Cervantes brought an entrpreneurial spirit with him when he and his family immigrated from MexicoSep 10, 2021 1:00 am - Diego Cervantes describes the classic American story. Born in Mexico, Cervantes and his family immigrated when he was 10 years old. At age 19 he started working in a Bo...
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Palatine blows out EvanstonSep 10, 2021 1:00 am - Palatine sailed in the right direction Friday in Evanston. The Pirates, who had struggled on both sides of the ball in their first two games, put together a complete eff...
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Bartlett starts fast, tops ElginSep 10, 2021 1:00 am - While Bartlett didn't need the 59 points it scored last week to beat Streamwood, the Hawks came through with a number of big plays again - especially early - in a 29-12 ...