Jake Griffin
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Naperville settles excessive force lawsuit for $435,000Sep 16, 2013 3:58 pm - Naperville officials have settled a lawsuit brought by a Lemont woman who suffered a torn rotator cuff when she struggled with police while her son was being arrested on...
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Preckwinkle’s cigarette crackdown nets $1.8 millionSep 12, 2013 1:38 pm - A crackdown on illegal cigarette sales has netted Cook County more than $1.8 million in fines since County Board President Toni Preckwinkle took office in 2010. The coun...
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Republican candidate announces bid to unseat DuckworthSep 05, 2013 5:46 pm - Backers of an Aurora woman have announced her candidacy to seek the Republican nomination for the state’s 8th District congressional seat currently held by Democrat Tamm...
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Schakowsky: ‘Shadow of Iraq’ slowing Congress on SyriaSep 04, 2013 2:32 pm - U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky believes there is more than enough evidence that the Syrian government used chemical weapons to kill hundreds of its citizens, but she understan...
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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...