Harry Hitzeman
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Aurora man pleads guilty 30 years after murderApr 23, 2012 3:46 pm - Two weeks after 20-year-old Cheryl Lynn Hall was found strangled in her Aurora apartment in 1981, her mother, Garnet Bailey, called up the chief suspect, Hall’s acquaint...
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Kane offers parents ways to dispose of unused prescription drugsApr 23, 2012 5:30 am - While no parent wants to see their child become drug addicted, most teens at some point are exposed to alcohol, marijuana and tobacco — substances that often are a gatew...
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Willow Creek remembers ‘outstanding Christian’ ColsonApr 22, 2012 8:00 am - Members of the South Barrington-based Willow Creek Community Church mourned the passing of Charles Colson, who went to prison for his role in Watergate and later founded...
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Beloved Geneva teacher remembered for her dedicationApr 21, 2012 11:47 am - For Mary Hogan Bencini, being a second-grade teacher in Geneva wasn’t just a career; it was a calling and passion that manifested itself long after her pupils moved to t...
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New trial ordered in McHenry heroin overdose deathApr 20, 2012 5:04 pm - An appellate court panel has ordered a new trial for a 29-year-old woman convicted of giving a fatal dose of heroin to a man who was found dead in June 2009 in a McHenry...
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Former Geneva employee facing theft charges offered plea dealApr 20, 2012 4:02 pm - Kane County prosecutors have made a plea agreement offer to Steve LeMaire, the former Geneva streets superintendent accused of stealing $24,000 from the city. LeMaire, o...
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Exonerated man wants death penalty abolished across nationApr 19, 2012 6:00 pm - Sentenced to death by lethal injection for a double homicide, Chicagoan Nathson “Nate” Fields just about lost all hope when a fellow inmate showed him a newspaper articl...
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35-year sentence in Elgin 2009 shooting that killed young momApr 18, 2012 8:00 pm - A Kane County judge Wednesday sentenced a 21-year-old Elgin man to 35 years in prison for his role in the shooting death of a young mom in 2009. “This was a senseless ac...
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Kane coroner needs liver transplant, attorney saysApr 18, 2012 6:00 pm - Kane County Coroner Chuck West, who faces misconduct charges that he allowed a television to be taken from the home of a deceased man in 2007, needs a liver transplant a...
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Former North Aurora man acquitted of child assaultApr 18, 2012 4:00 pm - A former North Aurora man was acquitted by a Kane County judge this week on charges he sexually assaulted 5-year-old foster child. If convicted of predatory criminal sex...