McHenry County
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Fire department sends chief on in styleOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Buffalo Grove Fire Chief Tim Sashko tried to make his last week on the job like every other week. He attended all the same meetings and kept himself busy with day-to-day...
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St. Charles Dist. 303 wants all involved in 'summit'Oct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - St. Charles School District 303 next month is launching an ambitious, strategic-planning effort that administrators hope will involve hundreds of residents over the cour...
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Dreams finally come trueOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - This was Wheeling's field of dreams Friday night. Mobs of screaming students streamed onto the field. Senior linebacker-offensive lineman Justin Arvidson grabbed one of ...
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Elgin man sent to prison for TV theftOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - A 29-year-old Elgin man will have plenty of time to watch TV in prison after being sentenced to 5½ years behind bars for stealing one. It took a jury less than an hour i...
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Libertyville teen faces nation's top young scientistsOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - The heat is on for Gokul Krishnan, 13, a Libertyville seventh-grader vying to be "America's Top Young Scientist of the Year" in a three-day contest beginning Sunday. Wha...
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Fillies' tandem wins -- and grinsOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Barrington's Kristy Dodge has been smiling ever since she qualified for the state tennis tournament. Even when she and doubles teammate Kelsey Linden found themselves in...
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Dist. 158 weighs options after Carlin steps downOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - One day after Jim Carlin ended his brief tenure on the Huntley Unit District 158 school board, district officials on Friday were weighing their options for replacing him...
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Students to tickle the ivories at mall concertOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Ryan Peterson, 10, of Barrington juggles everything from his saxophone lessons and Cub Scout meetings to student council sessions and intramurals. And that's all before ...
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Aurora men charged in Winfield armed robberyOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Two Aurora men were arrested early Friday after an attempted armed robbery in a Winfield parking lot, authorities said. Luis A. Acevedo, 26, and Ruben A. Ramos Jr., 27, ...
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Filmed sexual abuse of girl gets Elgin man 60 yearsOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Calling an Elgin man's filmed sexual abuse of a 12-year-old girl an "abomination" and "pure horror," a prosecutor lobbied a federal judge Friday to give out the maximum ...