Christopher Placek
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Maryville proposes DCFS partnership on recovery home for teen momsJun 01, 2016 1:00 am - Despite the closure of its residential facilities announced Tuesday, Maryville Academy is planning to collaborate with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Ser...
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Maryville Academy to stop housing youthsMay 31, 2016 1:00 am - After 132 years, Maryville Academy will no longer serve as a home for youths, in the face of a looming state funding cut in residential and institutional aid, the Des Pl...
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Fourth suspect arrested in Bartlett burglaryMay 31, 2016 1:00 am - A fourth suspect has been arrested in connection with a burglary to a house in Bartlett, authorities said Tuesday. Police on Friday arrested Martavious K. Hempstead, 18,...
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How Hawthorn Woods businessman vanquished Mount EverestMay 29, 2016 7:15 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct that about 500 climbers per year reach the summit of Mount Everest. Two years ago, Joel Schauer was about to s...
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Developer interested in Elk Grove Township Golf Road propertyMay 28, 2016 7:30 am - Elk Grove Township has a potential buyer for its youth services building in Mount Prospect, which would then go back onto the tax rolls, officials said. Supervisor Mike ...
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Senior apartments proposed for former Des Plaines factory siteMay 26, 2016 1:00 am - A developer plans to build studio and one-bedroom apartments for those age 62 and older on the site of a shuttered manufacturing plant in Des Plaines. Pontarelli Cos. is...
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Police: Driver approaches girl walking to school in Mount ProspectMay 25, 2016 1:00 am - Mount Prospect police issued a community alert Wednesday after a man in a minivan approached a 14-year-old girl walking to school. The girl was walking through the parki...
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Oakton professors to get raises, unless state legislation advancesMay 25, 2016 1:00 am - Oakton Community College has reached a four-year deal with the union representing its 154 full-time faculty members, but the contract can be reopened for negotiations if...
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Fundraiser for Elk Grove boy close to its goalMay 23, 2016 1:00 am - It seems anyone who has come into contact with 6-year-old Gabriel Gonzalez has been touched by his story. Some 300 family and friends have donated to a fundraiser aiming...
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Renewed push for Lee Street tollway exit in Des PlainesMay 20, 2016 5:33 am - More than two years since talk surfaced about a possible eastbound Lee Street exit on the Jane Addams Tollway, some Des Plaines and Rosemont officials are making a renew...