Will County
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Dawn Patrol: Gambling expansion yes, pension reform noJun 01, 2012 5:00 am - Pension reforms fail against deadline, possible summer debate Efforts to repair the state’s public pension system before last night’s midnight deadline died as Demo...
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Naperville native tells story of Loomis Street Crossing train accidentMay 31, 2012 10:32 am - Chuck Spinner was in his mother’s womb on the day a passenger train plowed into the back of another, killing 45 people and injuring more than 100 others, just one block ...
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Ty Pennington to join Ribfest grillersMay 31, 2012 9:00 am - The band of traveling rib vendors won't be the only ones grilling at Naperville's Ribfest this year. “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” star Ty Pennington and three other...
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Dawn Patrol: No school pension shift; boy on bike killedMay 31, 2012 5:00 am - Plan to shift pension costs to schools nixed While the deadline for approving the state’s budget is today, a proposal to shift teacher retirement costs to school di...
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Man accused of torching black family’s home in racially motivated crimeMay 30, 2012 9:52 pm - A Joliet man has been arrested on charges he set fire to the home of a black family living on his street in 2007. Brian James Moudry is scheduled to appear Thursday in U...
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Naperville superintendent won't get job in WashingtonMay 30, 2012 12:00 pm - Outgoing Naperville Unit District 203 Superintendent Mark Mitrovich will not be headed to Washington's Bellevue School District 405 when his tenure ends on June 30. He e...
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Kite festival soars back into NapervilleMay 30, 2012 11:35 am - For about 20 years, Al Sparling of Naperville has been involved with what he calls “a hobby gone insane” — flying 90-foot kites for festivals around the world. Looking l...
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Dawn Patrol: VFW hall on fire; pension shift to schools stallsMay 30, 2012 5:00 am - VFW gun range fire injures 10 in Villa Park Ten people were injured, two seriously, in a fire that broke out in the basement gun range of a Villa Park VFW Post as a...
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What police staffing costs us in the suburbsMay 29, 2012 11:00 pm - Cost per resident varies widely among towns
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Students at Crone Middle School get hands-on lessons about the Middle AgesMay 29, 2012 12:00 pm - Plastic golf balls were flying across the lawn outside Crone Middle School in Naperville recently when students were transported to the Middle Ages. The school's tradit...