Cook County
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Dawn Patrol: Feds examine I-88 crash; Mt. Prospect teacher strike?Jan 31, 2014 4:00 am - Federal agencies investigating I-88 crash Two federal agencies are investigating the semitrailer truck crash that killed Wheeling tollway worker Vincent Petrella an...
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Suburban woman dies from exposureJan 30, 2014 4:06 pm - An 86-year-old woman found dead outside her South suburban home has become the 17th person in Cook County to succumb to the region’s especially cold winter. The Cook Cou...
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Suspect in teacher’s murder held without bondJan 30, 2014 5:22 am - A 20-year-old Ohio woman has been ordered held without bond in the stabbing death of a Chicago-area high school teacher. Alisha Walker of Akron, Ohio, appeared Thursday ...
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Dawn Patrol: Truck driver posts bond; coroner says heated air killed coupleJan 30, 2014 4:30 am - Driver in fatal crash posts bond The driver whose semitrailer truck crashed into rescue vehicles assisting a disabled semi on Interstate 88 near Eola Road Monday wa...
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Need more like Sente in SpringfieldJan 30, 2014 4:00 am - This letter is in response baseless accusations made by Leslie Munger in a recent article entitled, “Business Climate Important to 59th District candidates.” Facts are p...
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65th House candidates address state’s financial woesJan 29, 2014 4:15 pm - There’s no disagreement among the Republicans running for the 65th District state house seat about extending the temporary income tax increase of 2011. Absolutely not, s...
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Harper steps up against MadisonJan 29, 2014 1:09 pm - It could have been tempting for the Harper College men’s basketball team to look past an opponent with a 4-17 record, especially with a matchup against North Central Com...
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Part-time elected officials can't undo pensionsJan 29, 2014 4:30 am - Grant Wehrli doesn't want a pension for being elected to the Naperville City Council, but thanks to his fellow council members, it looks like he'll get one. And he won'...
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Dawn Patrol: Trucker charged in I-88 crash; suburban Obama reactionJan 29, 2014 4:00 am - Trooper in I-88 crash to recover; truck driver charged Renato V. Velasquez, 46, of Hanover Park will appear in bond court this morning now that he is facing felony ...
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Five Schaumburg businesses seek tax incentiveJan 29, 2014 4:00 am - Five industrial businesses in Schaumburg simultaneously seeking the granting or renewal of Class 6B property-tax incentives from Cook County were recommended for approva...