Jake Griffin
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Dryer causes Island Lake bowling alley fireFeb 03, 2012 11:00 pm - Wauconda Fire District officials are blaming chemicals on unwashed material for a fire that started in a dryer at an Island Lake bowling alley Saturday. Battalion Chief ...
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Where are DuPage's $28 million emergency radios?Feb 01, 2012 4:30 am - Nearly six years have gone by and almost $17 million has been spent, but 65 DuPage County public safety agencies are still waiting for a radio system that will allow the...
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Dold to hold round-table on suburban heroin issueJan 28, 2012 7:00 am - U.S. Congressman Bob Dold is holding a round-table Monday in Waukegan with several Lake County government and law enforcement officials to discuss ways to raise awarenes...
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Preckwinkle calls for major changes at morgueJan 25, 2012 11:00 pm - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle not only wants wholesale changes to operational procedures at the overcrowded county morgue, but also among the 97 people em...
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Duffy looks to eliminate legislative committee stipendsJan 23, 2012 11:00 pm - Despite the Illinois legislature's two-year self-imposed salary cuts, Lake Barrington Republican state Sen. Dan Duffy wants to cut deeper. Citing the findings of a June ...
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Weekend Cook County court closings under scrutinyJan 17, 2012 11:00 pm - A proposal to have Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans present alternatives to closing the county’s suburban courthouses on weekends is headed for a county board commi...
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Cook County plans hearings for law on jailed illegal immigrantsJan 17, 2012 11:00 pm - The Cook County Board will hear from law enforcement leaders about its controversial decision to ignore federal officials' requests to detain possible illegal immigrants...
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Inspections show we don't always get gas we pay for at stationsJan 17, 2012 10:00 pm - Motorists filling up at a Mundelein Marathon gas station over the last three years had a 35 percent chance of getting less — or maybe more — than what they paid for. Tes...
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Cook commissioners want to halt court closingsJan 15, 2012 11:00 pm - An eclectic band of Cook County Board commissioners is seeking to halt plans to close suburban courthouses on weekends. The board will discuss the proposal at Wednesday’...
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Prison for Streamwood man convicted of fraudJan 10, 2012 11:00 pm - A 40-year-old Streamwood man convicted of federal fraud charges was sentenced to six and a half years in prison. Ahmet Keskes’ sentence was handed down Tuesday, nearly a...