Katlyn Smith
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Special Olympics role leads to teaching passion for Hoffman Estates teenJun 12, 2014 1:01 am - Carina Valencia remembers the moment. The 19-year-old was trying to teach a special-needs student a certain way to kick a soccer ball really, really far one afternoon ou...
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Hanover Park sees potential in youth sports complexJun 11, 2014 5:30 am - You live in Hanover Park, but you identify more closely with the bedroom community's neighbors. That's the dynamic that's troubling village officials in their new strate...
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Hanover Park, Bloomingdale fire in talks over boundary dealJun 09, 2014 1:01 am - Hanover Park officials are in the early stages of negotiations with the neighboring Bloomingdale Fire Protection District to transfer a largely industrial area - and the...
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Teachers bring teamwork to Palatine classroomJun 09, 2014 1:00 am - Natalie Saia and Tony Leva showed their students a picture. Next to a girl dressed all in pink stood a boy, head down, dressed all in black. “Those who are the hardest t...
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Larry Schreiner a legend in Chicago radio crime coverageJun 07, 2014 1:01 am - One of Larry Schreiner's many sources tipped him off: "We got a doozy." Just a couple of blocks from the home of the legendary WGN crime reporter lived John Wayne Gacy. ...
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Suburban student journalists honored at Springfield awards luncheonJun 07, 2014 1:01 am - The high schoolers on the student newspaper are no longer student journalists. They're journalists, says Janet Levin. She has spent nearly 30 years advising teenagers on...
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Divided Hanover Park board reverses course, rehires Springfield lobbyistJun 06, 2014 5:30 am - One Hanover Park trustee changes mind
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Bartlett celebrates fire chief's awardJun 05, 2014 1:01 am - Bartlett Fire Protection District Chief Michael Falese has a motto. "All people can be great because all people have an opportunity to serve," Falese says. His service t...
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Bartlett trustees to toughen rules for truck driversJun 04, 2014 5:30 am - Bartlett trustees plan to stiffen rules for truck drivers after receiving complaints about industrial rigs cutting through residential neighborhoods and the heart of the...
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Family in bizarre deer episode given new minivanJun 04, 2014 1:01 am - Within moments of the freak collision, Heidi Conner found comfort. First in the good Samaritan who pulled over and tried to console the shaken woman and her children. Th...