McHenry County
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Fighting foreclosureSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Tall grass. Homes in disrepair. For-sale signs clustered in a single neighborhood. Suburban leaders say they are concerned when they see these things -- red flags that f...
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Man with dangerous past escapes mental health centerSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - A man with a history of armed robbery and homicide has escaped from the Elgin Mental Health Center. Tobert Walls, 32, escaped from the center's forensic unit about 8 p.m...
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Theft from athletic locker room under investigation in GrayslakeSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Authorities are investigating a theft from the Grayslake North High School boys' athletic locker room that may have involved up to six victims. Tim Warner, a Grayslake p...
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Labor Day weekend all wet for Chain O' LakesSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - The line to board the Blarney Island shuttle usually stretches out beyond the pier and spills into the parking lot of Port Of Blarney in Antioch during Labor Day weekend...
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Water, sewers stuck in limboSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Control of a sanitary district that provides water and sewer service to hundreds of Campton Hills residents appears to be in limbo. The Wasco Sanitary District currentl...
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Four indicted in Antoine Walker robberySep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - A grand jury indicted four men in the armed robbery of Miami Heat forward Antoine Walker. Two of the men had been charged previously in the robbery of another NBA player...
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Wishing modern life was a little less like fakery of the moviesSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Moviemakers call it the suspension of disbelief, and getting us to do it is a primary skill of the best of them. They cajole or shock or entertain us into deciding that ...
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Students + parents' help = successSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Antioch parents scratching their heads at the mere mention of algebraic equations or European history are being offered a crash course in high school curriculum. Recogn...
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Elburn fire department looks to fill spotsSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Fire fighting techniques have progressed quite a bit since the Elburn and Countryside Fire Protection District was founded in 1882 as the Blackberry Hook and Ladder Co. ...
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Political reporter to speak at breakfastSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - The Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce has announced that Mary Ann Ahern, a political national reporter for NBC 5 Chicago since 1989 and host of "City Desk" on Sundays,...