Cook County
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Gorman: Primary needs your vote, tooFeb 20, 2012 4:00 am - “Decisions are made by those who show up.” Our right to vote is the most fundamental right we have as citizens. The right to elect those who will lead us and the right t...
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Dawn Patrol: Person shot in Fermilab lot; job fair in RosemontFeb 20, 2012 4:00 am - Person shot by off-duty police officer in Fermilab parking lot in Batavia. Man in critical condition after falling through a Johnsburg pond while skating. A bank is robbed inside Schaumburg grocery store. Rosemont job fair to fill hundreds of positions. Blackhawks win third game in a row.
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Prevailing wage costing taxpayersFeb 20, 2012 4:00 am - The Illinois Landscape Contractors Association commends the Daily Herald for addressing prevailing wage in the landscape and tree care industries. If prevailing wage con...
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Burglars steal firearms from Arlington Heights homeFeb 19, 2012 11:00 pm - Arlington Heights police are seeking the public’s help in locating the person or persons responsible for breaking into a home last week and stealing firearms. Police sai...
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Palatine man charged with kidnapping girlfriend’s sonFeb 19, 2012 11:00 pm - A Cook County judge set bond at $750,000 this morning for a 30-year-old Palatine man accused of abducting his girlfriend’s son last week, leading to an Amber Alert that ...
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Cook County voter registration deadline is TuesdayFeb 19, 2012 11:00 pm - The deadline for Cook County residents to register to vote in the March 20 primary is Tuesday. Cook County Clerk David Orr said voters who recently have moved must re-re...
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Elgin Police Department eyes creating 3 commander positionsFeb 19, 2012 11:00 pm - The Elgin Police Department is getting a makeover. There won’t be extra supervisors added to the department chain of command, but there will be a restructuring of manag...
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Medicaid use skyrockets in the suburbs as potential cutbacks loomFeb 19, 2012 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — The number of suburban residents enrolled in Medicaid has skyrocketed in recent years, even as Gov. Pat Quinn takes aim at funding for the health care prog...
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Suburban leaders work to help Guatemalan studentsFeb 19, 2012 10:00 pm - Improving the community is the goal for most local leaders, but a group of Northwest suburban officials traveled far from their municipalities this month to help improve...
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Even jobless tally becomes politicalFeb 19, 2012 4:00 am - The jobs news for the past two months certainly is a cause for optimism that the sluggish recovery is seeing improvement. The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that J...