Christopher Placek
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Police: Car jumps guard rail, lands on el tracksMar 30, 2012 5:35 pm - A car jumped a guard rail on the inbound Kennedy Expressway and landed on the train tracks near the Rosemont CTA station Friday afternoon, authorities said. The vehicle ...
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Summer pay stumbling block in COD contract talksMar 28, 2012 1:03 pm - Pay for full-time faculty members who teach summer courses at College of DuPage appears to be one of the stumbling blocks in stalled contract talks. The 295-member union...
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Aurora woman celebrates Mrs. Illinois crownMar 27, 2012 5:35 pm - Girls who compete in dozens of pageants as they grow up dream of walking across the stage at a big competition, receiving a bouquet of flowers and wearing the crown. Lis...
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Schools on both ends of huge Glen Ellyn road projectMar 26, 2012 11:39 pm - On one end sits a middle school. On the other ends sits a high school. In the middle is a $3.8 million road reconstruction project scheduled to begin next month in Glen ...
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District 87’s Meissen passed over for Minnesota jobMar 24, 2012 1:15 pm - Glenbard High School District 87 Superintendent Mike Meissen — a finalist for the top administrative position at Eden Prairie Schools in Minnesota — didn’t get the job, ...
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New Glenbard superintendent brings world viewMar 22, 2012 5:00 pm - The son of a missionary anthropologist from Michigan, David Larson was raised among the natives in the jungles and mountains of Indonesia, attended high school in Malays...
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Ackerman roof repairs begin next monthMar 22, 2012 3:51 pm - Permanent repairs will be made next month to the leaking Ackerman Sports & Fitness Center roof in Glen Ellyn. Pending formal approval next month of a construction contra...
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Carol Stream, cop settling out of courtMar 21, 2012 5:34 pm - Carol Stream will pay a former cop $20,762.70 out of court to settle a dispute over the payout of unused, accrued sick time. Hunter Gilmore, who spent 22 years with the ...
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Wheaton College moves forward with baseball field improvementsMar 21, 2012 4:00 pm - The crack of the bat will return to a baseball field behind the American Legion post in Carol Stream next month — but now teams will be playing games on artificial turf ...
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Ives earns Republican nod in race for 42nd HouseMar 20, 2012 10:34 pm - A candidate who said she was more independent than her three opponents secured victory in the Republican primary for the 42nd House District. Jeanne Ives, a tax adviser,...