Kane County
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Elgin man charged in Dundee Township arsonOct 26, 2015 1:00 am - A 27-year-old Elgin man has been charged with setting a fire that caused an estimated $300,000 damage to a ranch home under renovations in Dundee Township. Phokam Prisay...
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By the numbers: Who is served by the Northern Illinois Food BankOct 26, 2015 1:00 am - 600,000: People in northern Illinois who turn to food pantries and meal programs to feed themselves and their families 71,500: Different people served weekly by Northern...
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Got a free hour? Food bank could use your helpOct 26, 2015 1:00 am - Got a free hour? Northern Illinois Food Bank could use your help
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Missing man sentenced to 15 years in prison for DUI, weapons chargesOct 25, 2015 1:00 am - When and if Aleksandr Kirilyuk turns up, he'll face 15 years in prison for drunken driving and multiple weapons charges. Kirilyuk, 51, whose last known address was the 3...
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Schaumburg woman says evidence should be thrown out in heroin deathOct 23, 2015 1:00 am - A Schaumburg woman accused of delivering a fatal dose of heroin to a man at a St. Charles hotel in December 2014 wants evidence gathered in her arrest banned from her tr...
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Speed limit to be lowered near Kaneland HighOct 23, 2015 1:00 am - Driving on Keslinger Road in Maple Park, it's easy to let the needle on the speedometer creep up. There are a lot of farm fields. But there also is Kaneland High School,...
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Fox/Countryside fire district president resigns amid tough financesOct 23, 2015 1:00 am - As the Fox River & Countryside Fire/Rescue District marches toward another try at a tax increase, James Gaffney has resigned as president of the district's board of trus...
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Court upholds conviction of Aurora man who threatened judgeOct 23, 2015 12:01 am - An appellate court has upheld the conviction of an Aurora man sentenced to 4½ years in prison for threatening a Kane County judge in 2013. And, in a somewhat usual move,...
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Dawn Patrol: Cubs downer, but what an up season; Breuder alleges conspiracyOct 22, 2015 5:00 am - Mets sweep away Cubs' season If Chicago Cubs fans want to take any consolation in the "wait till next year" refrain, it's that next year could be worth the wait. Th...
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Why school districts are spending bus taxes elsewhereOct 21, 2015 5:22 am - One of the smallest school districts in DuPage County bused just 429 students last year, but the cost to taxpayers to bus those students was one of the highest. That's b...