Christopher Placek
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Dist. 59 to expand full-day kindergarten to all schoolsNov 11, 2014 4:30 am - Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 appears poised to offer full-day kindergarten at all elementary schools as soon as next school year. A majority of school board...
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Sex abuse victims' attorneys want more priest names revealedNov 11, 2014 12:01 am - Nearly a week after the Archdiocese of Chicago released child sex abuse files pertaining to 36 priests, victims' attorneys are publicly questioning whether the release o...
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Airline food processing plant proposed in Des PlainesNov 07, 2014 12:01 am - Starting next year, your in-flight meals may be coming from the kitchens of a new state-of-the-art facility in Des Plaines. International Airport Centers Chicago LLC pla...
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Ex-O'Hare chaplain implicated in church sex abuse filesNov 06, 2014 12:01 am - Jack Keough left the priesthood in the 1980s to marry an airline stewardess in Las Vegas, and has been living in the Seattle area since then. It wasn't until 2002 that c...
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Bishop had concerns with Maryville counselor before abuseNov 06, 2014 12:01 am - Bishop John Keating already had concerns with former priest Bob Friese before Friese was hired to work with at-risk youths at Maryville Academy in Des Plaines. When he l...
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Church releases sex abuse files to put scandal behind itNov 06, 2014 12:00 am - Critics say move doesn't go far enough
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Rev. Peter Bowman faced at least 9 abuse accusationsNov 06, 2014 12:00 am - The Rev. Peter Bowman, one-time beloved pastor of St. James Parish in Arlington Heights, faced at least nine allegations of sexual abuse of minors over the course of mor...
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Archdiocese releases 15,000 pages of priest sex abuse filesNov 05, 2014 11:00 pm - The Archdiocese of Chicago released 15,000 pages of documents at 9 a.m. today that detail what it calls substantiated instances of child sex abuse by 36 priests going ba...
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Des Plaines mosque likely to get more parkingNov 04, 2014 4:30 am - A proposed parking lot expansion at the Islamic Community Center of Des Plaines intended to ease parking woes in the neighborhood is a step closer to reality. Des Plaine...
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Moylan defeats Thillens for second term in 55th District HouseNov 04, 2014 12:01 am - State Rep. Marty Moylan may have only beat Republican opponent Mel Thillens by a slim margin in Tuesday's election, but he says he doesn't mind being in a competitive di...