Christopher Placek
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Toys for Advocate Children’s Hospital patientsDec 16, 2013 2:06 pm - Jessie Tendayi spends her days working in the cafeteria at Advocate Trinity Hospital on Chicago’s South Side. But in her off-time, she’s busy being Santa’s helper, purch...
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Cemetery markers to honor Revolutionary War veteransDec 14, 2013 10:00 pm - Tucked in between a Nicor gas pipeline, Arlington Heights Road and the Northwest Tollway in Elk Grove Village sits a cemetery of some 200 graves. Few people may know ab...
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Des Plaines’ chief communicator retires after 35 yearsDec 14, 2013 7:00 am - Karen Kozenczak has spent 35 years spreading the news about the city she was born and raised in. And after her last official day Friday as the city of Des Plaines’ direc...
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Dawn patrol: Cop shot; man charged after boy brings gun to schoolDec 13, 2013 4:30 am - Arlington Heights cop shot in neck An Arlington Heights police officer was expected to be undergoing his second surgery overnight after being shot in the neck Thurs...
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Streamwood driver killed when car strikes treeDec 12, 2013 11:05 pm - A Streamwood man was killed early Thursday when his car hit a tree in the Busse Woods Forest Preserve near Elk Grove Village, authorities said. The crash occurred at 3:2...
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Arlington Hts. cop shot responding to domestic incidentDec 12, 2013 7:39 pm - An Arlington Heights police officer was shot in the neck as a dramatic hostage situation unfolded Thursday evening on the village’s north side — which ended when the sho...
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Two teens charged in attempted robbery of Elgin homeDec 12, 2013 5:00 pm - Two teenagers were arrested and charged with attempted residential burglary this week after trying to gain entry to an Elgin home through a first-floor window, police sa...
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FBI offers $5,000 reward for information on “Hooded Bandit”Dec 12, 2013 4:17 pm - The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the identification and arrest of a bank robber they’ve dubbed the “Hooded Bandit.” Authorities said the...
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Thousands in Des Plaines to pray to Our Lady of GuadalupeDec 11, 2013 9:00 am - Jennett Alcantar has been coming to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines with her family for years. She's now 15, but she remembers the pilgrimages her fam...
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Dist. 207 planning $6 million of improvements at schoolsDec 10, 2013 3:40 pm - Maine Township High School District 207 officials are planning more than $6 million worth of facility improvement projects next summer at the district’s three schools as...