Cook County Schools
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Medic hurt in Fort Hood attack has local connectionsNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - An Army medic from DeKalb was among the dozens of people wounded in Thursday's attack on the Army base in Fort Hood, Texas. Army Staff Sgt. Miguel Angel Valdivia, 36, wa...
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Tri-Cities briefsNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Corron Road down to 1 lane: Beginning Wednesday, weather-permitting, the Kane County Transportation Department will conduct a geotechnical investigation on Corron Road, ...
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Vernon Hills veterans treated and honored by studentsNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - It wasn't clear if the eighth-grade girl was getting the full impact of soldier's war stories. Stories of shooting and getting shot at. Stories of sleeping in the snow a...
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Video games knock Stevenson junior off 'Jeopardy!'Nov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - A Stevenson High School junior competing in the "Jeopardy!" game show's teen tournament has been knocked out before the final round. Despite the loss, 16-year-old Zach B...
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Former Elgin High School student killed by car; no charges yetNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Grief counselors descended on Elgin High School Monday to help students deal with the death of a former classmate who was struck and killed by a car Sunday afternoon. Jo...
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Antioch teacher denies sex assault chargesNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - An Antioch grade school teacher formally denied accusations Monday that he sexually assaulted a onetime student at his McHenry County home in the late 1990s. Wes L. Owen...
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Money tight? Let's go to Disney WorldNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - One in 10 Americans is out of work. Twenty-five percent more people are bankrupt compared to last year. Foreclosures rose 18 percent in the last three months in the Chic...
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Lake County briefsNov 08, 2009 10:00 pm - GOP forum set The Republicans running for the 8th Congressional District seat will meet for a candidate forum at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20 at McHenry County College in Crys...
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Taxpayers can't afford Dist. 220 raisesNov 08, 2009 10:00 pm - It was interesting - and disheartening - to see Wednesday's (11/4/09) above-the-fold story on foreclosures just above its story on Barrington District 220's 3.9% (to sta...
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Dist. 220 pay increases irresponsibleNov 08, 2009 10:00 pm - District 220 school board President Brian Battle has shown the taxpayers in District 220 how absolutely out of touch and irresponsible the school board is by approving n...