Christopher Placek
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How to tell the purists among Glen Ellyn high school football fansAug 24, 2011 12:00 am - Officially, Glenbard West athletic teams are called Hilltoppers, named as such for the hill the school was built upon. But the football team also is known for taking ano...
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Magazine ranks Carol Stream, Glen Ellyn among ‘best small towns’ in U.S.Aug 24, 2011 12:00 am - Residents in Carol Stream and Glen Ellyn can say that they live in two of the best places in the country. That’s according to new rankings by Money Magazine, which publi...
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Glenbard D87 superintendent leaving at end of school yearAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - Glenbard High School District 87 Superintendent Michael Meissen has announced that this will be his final year as head of the state’s third-largest school district. Meis...
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Convicted Elk Grove strip club owner now sued by dancerAug 19, 2011 12:00 am - The former owner of an Elk Grove Village strip club is already serving a one-year prison sentence for not reporting $12 million in income that he instead stashed away at...
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McHenry County’s Bianchi wants 3rd term to build on successesAug 19, 2011 12:00 am - McHenry County State’s Attorney Louis Bianchi announced this week that he will seek a third term as the county’s top prosecutor. The announcement comes just weeks after ...
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Man tries to jump from Sen. Kirk’s officeAug 19, 2011 12:00 am - A man entered U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk’s downtown Chicago office Friday afternoon, broke a window and tried to jump, officials said. The incident took place around 3 p.m. at ...
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4 plead guilty in Kane drug bustAug 19, 2011 12:00 am - Four men have pleaded guilty to felony drug possession charges that resulted from one of the largest drug busts in Kane County history. A five-month investigation led to...
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COD's new '4-D' cop training facility 'as real as it gets'Aug 18, 2011 12:00 am - In the 30 years he spent in law enforcement, Aurora's former police chief Bill Lawler saw countless changes in how new officers were trained. “The lessons learned were i...
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Group breaks ground on ‘affordable’ apartments in Glen EllynAug 18, 2011 12:00 am - Construction of a Glen Ellyn housing development for low- to moderate-income residents has begun after long-awaited state funding for the project came through last week....
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Glenbard series provides ‘real-world’ parenting skillsAug 18, 2011 12:00 am - Alison Cohen of Glen Ellyn is the mother of two daughters — one who just started college and another in high school. She says it can be challenging to be a parent these ...