Christopher Placek
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Arlington Heights fire destroys garage, vehicleJul 27, 2012 9:36 pm - Smoldering coals in a garbage can might have sparked a fire that destroyed a garage and a vehicle in it Friday night in Arlington Heights, authorities said. The fire in ...
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Chemical leaks out of drum in Elk Grove VillageJul 27, 2012 8:55 pm - Hazardous materials crews were called to an Elk Grove Village business Friday afternoon after a worker driving a forklift clipped the bottom of a 55-gallon drum and caus...
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Glendale Heights police looking for bank robberJul 27, 2012 4:00 pm - Police are searching for a suspect who robbed a TCF Bank in Glendale Heights Friday afternoon. The robbery occurred at 12:55 p.m. at the bank, located at 2164 Bloomingda...
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Carol Stream begins search for new library directorJul 27, 2012 10:40 am - The search for a new Carol Stream Public Library director is about to begin in the wake of this week’s firing of Ann Kennedy, but it’s unlikely a decision will come soon...
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Carol Stream library director: 'No doubt this was personal'Jul 26, 2012 11:00 pm - Carol Stream Public Library Director Ann Kennedy fired Linda DeRango from her job as a circulation desk clerk in 2007 and Elaine Wierdak from the same job two years late...
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Carol Stream fires library director in 4-2 voteJul 25, 2012 11:00 pm - On July 18, Ann Kennedy thought she had been fired. A week later, she is. The Carol Stream Public Library board voted 4-2 Wednesday to dismiss Kennedy as library directo...
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Carol Stream library director on firing line — againJul 25, 2012 5:30 am - The Carol Stream Public Library board will try again Wednesday to give Director Ann Kennedy the pink slip. The seven-member board last week voted 3-1 to dismiss Kennedy,...
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District 87 may add ads to scoreboardsJul 23, 2012 4:22 pm - A majority of respondents to an online survey favor adding advertising to scoreboards at Glenbard High School District 87 football fields and gymnasiums — but one school...
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Suburban man carried injured teen from theaterJul 20, 2012 11:00 pm - Cary native and Lake Bluff resident Steve Ostergaard was watching the midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” at the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo., when,...
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Crystal Lake native confirmed dead in theater shootingJul 20, 2012 10:00 pm - A former Crystal Lake man who was inside the Aurora, Colo., movie theater that was attacked by a masked gunman early Friday morning, has been confirmed dead, according t...