Kane County
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Mapping the suburban vote for Trump, ClintonDec 30, 2016 12:00 am - Five out of six Chicago-area counties voted for Hillary Clinton for president on Nov. 8, but our analysis of unofficial returns shows that many precincts in those counti...
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Notable Fox Valley deaths in 2016Dec 28, 2016 4:00 am - On May 12, Michael Szot told students at his old school, Geneva High, how one bad decision started him on a path that led to him causing the death of two friends. A mont...
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Fox Valley's top stories of 2016Dec 23, 2016 4:30 am - Political battles in Kane County, a new chairman in McHenry County, construction projects throughout the area and some leadership changes at the municipal level were amo...
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Authorities perplexed by discovery of decapitated goatsDec 16, 2016 4:33 am - Was it a strange religious ritual? A bizarre case of littering? A Cubs fan's twisted celebration of breaking a 108-year-old curse? Arlington Heights police aren't quite ...
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Lauzen gets his way on new leadership appointmentsDec 13, 2016 12:00 am - With buzz of a potential mutiny in the air, Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen successfully avoided walking the plank Tuesday in crafting county board leadership as...
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McMahon: Sex trafficking convictions help address problemDec 13, 2016 12:00 am - Prison sentences recently doled out for three men convicted of plotting to have sex with minor girls at an Aurora hotel show Kane County authorities are doing their part...
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6 years in prison for Elgin man who raped girl at parkDec 13, 2016 12:00 am - An Elgin man has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to raping a teenage girl he knew at an Elgin park in July 2015. Jesus Vazquez-Zamora, 25, of...
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Escort: East Dundee murder suspect paid her $450 an hourDec 13, 2016 12:00 am - Richard Schmelzer first met Carmen Ward-Hagains in November 2013 at a Texas apartment when he paid for sex with her and another escort who considered him to be a trusted...
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Defense: Murder charges should be dropped due to email breachDec 12, 2016 12:00 am - The Kane County public defender is accusing the state's attorney's office of improperly accessing privileged emails, which discuss legal strategy, between defendants and...
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Carpentersville resident devoted to giving back to communityDec 11, 2016 10:00 pm - James Olvera has always tried to live by one important life lesson: The more you give, the more you receive. So in 2010, shortly after graduating college, he started sea...