Jake Griffin
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Four years for man who wrote fake check to Naperville Catholic schoolMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - A former U.S. Treasury Department bank examiner received a four-year prison sentence Monday after pleading guilty to defrauding a financial institution, wire fraud and f...
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Driscoll teachers pack up belongings and memoriesMay 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Teachers trickled into Driscoll Catholic High School in Addison Friday morning for not only their last day, but the 43-year-old school's as well. Some came angry, some c...
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6 years for forging checks meant as donations to veteransMay 28, 2009 11:00 pm - A 44-year-old Villa Park man was sentenced to six years in prison for forging checks he solicited on behalf of military veterans. Donald L. McCarver was sentenced Thursd...
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DuPage officials relieved landfill issue resolvedMay 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Hindsight being 20/20, DuPage County officials say they should have never gotten into the landfill business. The reaction comes on the heals of a multi-million-dollar se...
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State tells DuPage election board to dispose of ballots properlyMay 27, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois General Assembly has passed legislation saying the DuPage County Election Commission must follow state law like all other counties when discar...
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DuPage to look into summer job hiringsMay 27, 2009 11:00 pm - DuPage County is investigating whether any policies were violated by the hiring of 172 seasonal workers, some of whom are related to county employees. County board membe...
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DuPage Co. board upset over summer help hiringMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - DuPage County's extra summertime help needed some help of their own Tuesday to keep their jobs. After learning the 172 seasonal jobs available this year weren't advertis...
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'Perfect storm' surrounding contaminated home's clean upMay 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Cracks in a nearly 120-year-old house seem inevitable. But the symmetry of the cracks at Sandy Riess' West Chicago home indicated it wasn't a century-old problem causing...
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Faculty group denies misuse of COD resourcesMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Lawyers for the College of DuPage's board of trustees are looking into allegations that college resources were abused by the faculty association's political action commi...
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Some Naperville businesses welcome video pokerMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Steve Mitchell likes the idea of legalizing video gambling, given his prior run-in with the law. "That's because I was arrested for it years ago," said the owner of Miss...