McHenry County
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May Whitney students begin first day in schoolSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - The sign at the entrance to the Annex driveway reads "Welcome to the New May Whitney." At roughly 8:30 a.m. today, the pitter patter of little feet roused the former Lak...
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Lawmakers: School cash a victim of politicsSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich "repeatedly misled" school districts across the state about the status of long-awaited construction dollars and used those districts ...
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Lake County strip club pays its fines, closes doorsSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - One target of the years-long struggle to enforce the county's adult entertainment ordinance was eliminated Tuesday in a Lake County courtroom. The attorney for XLP Corp....
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FEMA tours Northwest suburbs to assess flood damageSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - The Federal Emergency Management Agency damage assessment team started exploring the worst storm damage in Northwest suburban Cook County Tuesday by concentrating on Des...
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Elgin bicyclist dies after being run over by carSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - An Elgin bicyclist died from his injuries after being run over by a car on State Street in Elgin Tuesday, police said. Police said Douglas A. Stewart, 21, was riding his...
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Rockets click when needed, down LarkinSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - It's only the first week of September, but Burlington Central looked in midseason form Tuesday night, at least for one game. Using a balanced attack, the Rockets downed ...
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Wisconsin man charged in Gurnee bank robberySep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Authorities have charged a 39-year-old Wisconsin man in the June 27 robbery of a Gurnee bank. The FBI alleges that David Thompson, 39, of West Bend made off with about $...
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ComEd defends response to stormSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - ComEd officials said they did the best they could to restore power after the Aug. 23 and 24 storm cut power to about 630,000 of their customers. Some residents and publi...
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DuPage County forest preserve searched for woman's bodySep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Police and rescue crews this morning scoured Meacham Grove Forest Preserve near Roselle for several hours. They were searching for the body of a woman believed to be mis...
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Lawmakers ditch bailout plan for Chicago transitSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State lawmakers rejected a multimillion-dollar bailout of the Chicago region's transit agencies Tuesday, a move that not only threatens to curtail bus ser...