DuPage County
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Lake County boards could get more firing powerMay 02, 2014 5:30 am - Lake County officials are getting closer to giving county boards a better chance to fire appointees. Why would they want to? Lake County Board Chairman Aaron Lawlor poin...
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Dawn Patrol: Racing opens at Arlington; mole in Island Lake?May 02, 2014 5:00 am - Racing season opens today at Arlington Park As the historic racetrack on the corner of Euclid and Wilke opens its gates for another season today, more than 2,000 ho...
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DuPage County tourism chief to retireMay 02, 2014 1:01 am - DuPage Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Skip Strittmatter announced she will retire after leading the organization for the past 20 years. Strittmatter c...
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Man sentenced for Aurora armed robbery, 19 othersMay 02, 2014 1:01 am - Carlos Ochoa and another man walked into an Aurora grocery store at 3:15 p.m. Oct. 27, 2010, displayed a handgun and demanded all the cash in the drawer before walking a...
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Democratic Party leader could challenge CroninMay 02, 2014 1:01 am - Now that he's secured another term as chairman of the DuPage Democratic Party, Robert Peickert has set his sights on a countywide elected office. The Elmhurst resident i...
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Dawn Patrol: Sandy Hook mom in suburbs; Portillo's considers sellingMay 01, 2014 5:01 am - Sandy Hook mom talks to suburban educators Michele Gay, who lost her daughter Josephine during the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012 in Connecticut, spoke yesterda...
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Thorndale closed in Bensenville due to crashMay 01, 2014 1:00 am - At least one person was injured in a crash on Thorndale Avenue in Bensenville this morning, authorities said. Authorities said a vehicle and semi-truck collided near Lar...
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Westmont murder suspect unfit for trialMay 01, 2014 1:00 am - A man accused of fatally stabbing his father in 2011 at an extended-stay hotel in Westmont has been found unfit to stand trial because of a mental condition. William V. ...
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1 of 3 suspects in W. Chicago slaying claiming self-defenseMay 01, 2014 1:00 am - The attorney for one of three reputed gang members who attacked and killed a 22-year-old Wheaton man last November said he intends to claim self-defense. Anthony Rios, 1...
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Which suburban townships raised property taxes?Apr 30, 2014 5:30 am - Property values plummeted on average more than 20 percent from 2009 to 2012 across 50 suburban townships. Meanwhile, leaders of 36 of those townships increased property ...