Katlyn Smith
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Driver, horse escape truck fire on Elgin-O'HareJun 14, 2014 1:01 am - A fire damaged a pickup truck hauling a horse Saturday afternoon on the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway near Roselle, authorities said. The driver removed the horse from a trai...
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Officials: Boy, 4, drowns in St. CharlesJun 14, 2014 1:00 am - A 4-year-old boy drowned Saturday afternoon at the Royal Fox Country Club in St. Charles, authorities said. An autopsy on the boy is scheduled for Monday, Kane County Co...
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New Motorola Solutions product maps, analyzes data for emergency respondersJun 13, 2014 5:30 am - Police receive the dispatch: “shots fired.” Officers have an address, but to get a clearer picture of what they're walking into, cops flip open their squad car computer ...
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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