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'Control cities' designated for interstate signsNov 26, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. Sometimes I read a sign on the road informing drivers the highway goes to Tennessee when all I really want to know is will it take me to the South suburbs. Why can't ...
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Wheeling may not raise taxesNov 26, 2007 10:00 pm - The village portion of the 2007 Wheeling tax bill may end up looking a lot like last year's. The village board on Monday was asked to preliminarily approve a 5.25 percen...
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Crash witness: 'The worst thing I've ever seen'Nov 26, 2007 10:00 pm - A survivor of a horrific 2003 Northwest Tollway crash that claimed the lives of eight women testified about seeing two of her friends killed, one who died lying atop her...
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Dist. 204 to offer full-day kindergartenNov 26, 2007 10:00 pm - All elementary schools in Indian Prairie Unit District 204 will offer full-day kindergarten next fall. But parents will still be able to send their children to a half-da...
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Lake Villa man pleads not guilty to child endangermentNov 26, 2007 10:00 pm - A Lake Villa man charged with a pair of misdemeanors after his 4-month-old son was attacked by a dog pleaded not guilty Monday in Lake County circuit court. Robert Schul...
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W. Chicago man, 2 others die in bus crash
Nov 26, 2007 10:00 pm - FORREST CITY, Ark. -- A passenger bus driving in late-night rain from Chicago to Dallas veered across an interstate highway and collided with a tractor-trailer and a pic...
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Illinois selling unclaimed jewelry on ebayNov 26, 2007 10:00 pm - Just in time for the holidays, Illinois has emptied some abandoned bank safe deposit boxes and posted an eclectic assortment of jewelry for online auction on eBay. The I...
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Learn to make ornaments, cabinets at ReStore in ElginNov 26, 2007 10:00 pm - Habitat for Humanity of Northern Fox Valley's ReStore, 860 N. State St. (Route 31) in Elgin, will offer two workshops in December. The first workshop, at 10 a.m. Saturda...
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First Campton Hills election will be crowded with 17 vying for boardNov 26, 2007 10:00 pm - Candidate filings for Campton Hills' first election ended Monday with one addition, bringing to 17 the number of residents seeking eight village offices. Joining the pa...
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Fees, tax hikes, layoffs ahead for Lake Zurich?Nov 26, 2007 10:00 pm - Lake Zurich residents could see higher tax bills, fewer services and new fees, if the pace of downtown redevelopment doesn't pick up soon. Village officials are ponderin...