Cook County
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Service learning helps elementary students see ‘big picture’Mar 11, 2012 8:00 am - Plenty of schools collect cans for food pantries. Others encourage students to volunteer in the community at charities, senior centers or shelters. But some take their g...
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Welfare support goes too farMar 11, 2012 4:00 am - Mr. Obama keeps harping that everyone should do their fair share and everyone should have equal opportunity. I go along with that. But, when are the lifetime welfare rec...
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Patlak is best for board of reviewMar 11, 2012 4:00 am - I support Dan Patlak for Cook County Board of Review. I have known Dan since he became the Wheeling Township assessor in 2005. Dan Patlak has extensive experience in rea...
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Arlington Hts. man says ride offer to young girls misunderstoodMar 10, 2012 9:57 pm - Arlington Hts. man says ride offer to girls misunderstood
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Schaumburg water rates rising May 1Mar 10, 2012 6:32 pm - Beginning May 1, water and sewer rates in Schaumburg will increase approximately 16 percent to $6.36 per 1,000 gallons. This increase is primarily due to the significant...
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Nabbing suspect 'human instinct' for Arlington Heights bicyclistMar 10, 2012 6:00 pm - Eric Puetz was pedaling home from his bicycle shop in Logan Square on Thursday when he heard a scream and saw some “knucklehead” tussling on the ground with an elderly w...
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Jacobson optimistic about ECC softball teamMar 10, 2012 5:26 pm - Elgin Community College’s softball team will have a new look to it this season on a number of different fronts. The Spartans welcome new head coach Lizzy Jacobson to the...
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Hoffman Estates man nabbed in undercover stingMar 10, 2012 4:49 pm - An undercover drug operation that began in January ended this week in the arrest of a 20-year-old Hoffman Estates man, authorities said. Jaime Vargas, of the 1900 block ...
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Mt. Prospect man charged with heroin possessionMar 10, 2012 4:46 pm - A 21-year-old man treated for a heroin overdose in January appeared before a judge Saturday morning on a single charge for heroin possession. Bail was set at $5,000 for...
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Arlington Heights man faces porn chargesMar 10, 2012 4:43 pm - A 43-year-old Arlington Heights man faces a single charge of aggravated child pornography for using his computer to download videos and photographs of children having se...