Jake Griffin
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Local congressional leaders struggling with SyriaSep 04, 2013 5:30 am - While congressional party leaders on both sides lined up Tuesday to support military action in Syria, suburban members of Congress aren't quite as committed. “I'm keepin...
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Cook commissioner calls for probe of McHenry County Metra dissenterAug 30, 2013 4:17 pm - The lone Metra board member who voted against a controversial severance package for the transit agency’s former CEO is now being targeted by a South suburban Cook County...
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Metra board member says he’s done at end of termAug 28, 2013 2:33 pm - The lone Metra board member who voted against the controversial severance package for the agency’s former CEO says he’s leaving the board once his term expires in June. ...
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How IDOT truck escaped red-light ticketAug 28, 2013 5:15 am - Illinois Department of Transportation officials are investigating whether a veteran highway maintenance employee misused department letterhead and violated department po...
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Boyfriend faces murder charge in Zion baby's deathAug 24, 2013 3:30 pm - While police continue to search for the remains of five-month-old Joshua Summeries in a Zion landfill, authorities have charged the boyfriend of the boy's mother with hi...
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Overdose rally in Schaumburg calls for actionAug 24, 2013 1:00 pm - Patty Lynn's son has been clean almost six months. But having sent him away to rehab multiple times and found him overdosed on heroin twice, the Villa Park woman is fami...
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Former Cook County assessor’s clerk charged with stealing tax refundsAug 23, 2013 9:48 am - A former Cook County Assessor’s office clerk is charged with theft and misconduct for her role in what prosecutors allege was a nearly four-year “financial crimes scheme...
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Registration fees on top of taxes? Schools vary in suburbsAug 21, 2013 5:30 am - With two children in junior high and another in elementary school, Susie Johannesen’s back-to-school bill was already substantial, thanks to new clothes and classroom su...
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Former Rosemont casino bidder killed in Michigan bike crashAug 13, 2013 3:47 pm - One of the men who attempted to build a casino in Rosemont more than a decade ago was killed Monday while riding his bicycle in southwestern Michigan. Kevin F. Flynn, 46...
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Looking for a Powerball edge? Try these numbersAug 07, 2013 1:57 pm - You might want to have 23, 8, 36, 26 or 56 appear on your Powerball ticket ahead of today’s $425 million drawing. The same goes for 29 in the Powerball spot. That’s bec...