DuPage County
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Prosecutor: Ignored texts may have prompted Lombard arsonJul 25, 2012 9:00 am - Todd Mandoline was so enraged when his ex-girlfriend didn't respond to a text message that he torched her car, igniting a quick-moving fire that killed the Lombard woman...
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Conservation Foundation bids farewell to midnight bike rideJul 25, 2012 8:00 am - At midnight Sunday, July 29, Jill Johnson will stand back and watch 500 red, blinking lights ride off in the darkness as Eric Clapton's “After Midnight” plays in the bac...
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Carol Stream library director on firing line — againJul 25, 2012 5:30 am - The Carol Stream Public Library board will try again Wednesday to give Director Ann Kennedy the pink slip. The seven-member board last week voted 3-1 to dismiss Kennedy,...
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Suburban tourism -- and tax revenues -- increaseJul 25, 2012 5:30 am - Local counties were among those gaining the most tourism dollars across the state during 2011, which is fueling a so-called road show with state officials touting those ...
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Competition is fierce for animal exhibitors at the DuPage County FairJul 25, 2012 5:30 am - Richard Crome clicks with the sheep he shows and sells — they're compatible, he says. Persistence, steadiness and patience are just a few of the qualities Crome says he...
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DuPage rivers good, could be better, report saysJul 25, 2012 5:30 am - While DuPage County's most important waterways are healthier than they were 12 years ago, more work is needed to improve water quality, according to a new report by a lo...
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Dawn Patrol: Shooting victim’s visitation; fatal Rt. 53 crashJul 25, 2012 5:00 am - Visitation for theater shooting victim from Crystal Lake is Friday Funeral arrangements have been set for 27-year-old John Larimer, the Crystal Lake man who died of...
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It rained! So is the drought over? Not quiteJul 24, 2012 11:00 pm - Is it over? Have the recent rains ended this summer's drought, saved our plants, and spared the Midwest's corn crop? Here in the suburbs, Tuesday's storms helped bring m...
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From country singers to racing pigs, it's at DuPage FairJul 24, 2012 11:00 pm - There's something 'bout a hot summer day at the DuPage County Fair. A big ol' sign that says "come on in." The smell of festival food, farm animals and the sounds of f...
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Court: Plea in Wheaton abandonment violated public policyJul 24, 2012 5:37 pm - DuPage County’s former state’s attorney violated public policy and failed to act in the best interest of an infant abandoned in Wheaton when his office entered into a pl...