News
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Green houses, lesser effectsOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - It's a fact of life in Kane County -- farmers sell their land, and houses spring up where cornfields once stood. After the subdivisions are built, strip malls often foll...
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Teachers picket Dist. 211 meetingOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Under cloudy skies, more than 900 members of the Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 teachers union assembled outside Palatine High School, as the threat of a s...
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Briefs: 4 schools locked downOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Four schools in Community Unit District 300 were locked down Thursday morning after a student spotted a suspicious van outside Hampshire Elementary School, district offi...
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Briefs: Village backs fire contractOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Village backs fire contract Elk Grove Village trustees have approved a new five-year pact with the union representing its firefighters. The contract covers Elk Grove Vi...
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'A jewel hidden under a rock'Oct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Driving along Lake Street through Grayslake, one may pass by the little white church and not notice it. There certainly are larger churches in the village. But member Bi...
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Church to sponsor Community Service DayOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Saturday is National Make A Difference Day. Members of First Congregational Church in Crystal Lake are volunteering with nine community agencies to help make a differen...
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Gates prods European allies to do more
Oct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - HEIDELBERG, Germany -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday questioned the commitment of some NATO allies to winning in Afghanistan, saying the outcome there is at...
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Student killed by train had 'kindest heart'Oct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Family and friends of 20-year-old David Hirsch of Hoffman Estates are mourning the loss of a kind, outgoing young man. The Illinois State University special education ma...
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Behind the screamsOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Some cause you to cry. Others draw you back again and again. And a few amaze with incredible spectacles. When you think about it, haunted houses are just interactive the...
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Campton Hills says disconnection cost too highOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - A Campton Hills official testified Thursday the newly formed village would suffer "undue" financial harm if residents seeking to disconnect from the municipality get the...