Will County
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Naperville library to offer voluntary buyoutsApr 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Naperville Public Library will offer voluntary buyouts to employees this year in hopes of preventing, or at least lessening, future layoffs. The library board recently a...
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Lombard puppy theft nets Chicago man 42 months in prisonApr 01, 2010 11:00 pm - A man with a troubled upbringing was sentenced Thursday to 31/2 years in prison for swiping two Pomeranian puppies from a Lombard pet store in a crime that left one of t...
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Half of suburban residents still uncounted in censusMar 31, 2010 11:00 pm - The U.S. Census forms arrived in the mail two weeks ago, and as of today, only about half of all suburban residents have filled them out. A snapshot of census participat...
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Beacon demolition shows promise for Aurora's downtownMar 31, 2010 11:00 pm - A decade of planning and saving began to pay off Wednesday, bringing with it a renewed enthusiasm for the future of downtown Aurora. After one last walk-through, some k...
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Library foundation to auction building piecesMar 31, 2010 11:00 pm - Three years or more may pass before the former Beacon-News site on River Street is transformed into the "21st-century resource" library officials hope to one day put the...
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Industry group angles to stop rejection of video pokerMar 31, 2010 11:00 pm - In the wake of numerous suburbs rejecting legalized video gambling in bars and other businesses, supporters of the state-authorized expansion are moving to stem their lo...
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No fooling: It looks like we have a record-setting dayMar 31, 2010 11:00 pm - No fooling - it's in the 80s today. It appears the Chicago area has set a new high temperature for the day. As of 2:55 p.m., the National Weather Service was unofficial...
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City property taxes may inch up in NapervilleMar 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Naperville councilmen lowered the city's projected property tax rate back to current levels as promised Monday, keeping it virtually flat for the third straight year. Ta...
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Thousands of local jobless face loss of benefitsMar 29, 2010 11:00 pm - About 20,000 unemployed people around Illinois - more than half of them from Chicago and the suburbs - could see the end of their extended benefits starting this week. W...
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Waubonsie students become honorary AussiesMar 29, 2010 11:00 pm - A small group of Waubonsie Valley High School students threw their own meals on the barbie and became Aussies for a day during a behind-the-scenes tour of the local Outb...