Lake County
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Greetings worth keeping: Cards from 1900 on displaySep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - My son, Jackson, turned 12 this July. He received two musical birthday cards to mark the event. Both of them play the tune, "Hey Now, You're a Rock Star." Perhaps you've...
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Melon propellin' gets the Sunset fest folks yellin'Sep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - In medieval times, the trebuchet was a deadly weapon used to besiege castles with flaming projectiles. On Saturday, trebuchets at the Summer Sunset Festival in Lake in t...
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Many suburban college students are commuters, tooAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Debra Cromie knew what she wanted -- and a dorm with a communal bathroom just wasn't it. She wanted the academic rigor of a college education. She wanted classes to prep...
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Lake Zurich 65, East Aurora 0Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - There haven't been too many occasions where the Lake Zurich football team has had to come back following a loss, but that is exactly where the Bears found themselves aft...
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Was a phone call in order?Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Crystal Lake Elementary District 47 officials on Friday asked police to investigate possible violations of state child abuse reporting laws after a former teacher allege...
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The why behind crime may never be fully answeredAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - To anyone who knew her, and even those who did not, it was obvious Maggie Kamysz loved her daughter. Kamysz and 7-year-old Sydney were nearly inseparable, leaving home a...
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Fairgrounds deal finally signed, sealed, deliveredAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - The sun set Friday on more than a century of agricultural tradition, but the sale of a family farm opened new horizons for the village of Grayslake and the Lake County F...
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Neighbor charged with sexual abuseAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - An Antioch man faces home invasion and sexual abuse charges after police say he entered a neighbor's home and touch her in appropriately. Percy Rosales, 34, was arreste...
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Judge shortens sentence of woman convicted in son's deathAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - A Beach Park woman convicted in the 2004 drowning death of her newborn son was released from jail Friday after serving a little more than half her sentence. Circuit Judg...
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Family locked in grips of aching griefAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - There is no understanding -- only pain -- Barbara Kamysz said Friday as she and her husband struggle with the devastating loss of their daughter and granddaughter. "It's...