Kerry Lester
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West Dundee apartment fire sends three to hospitalJun 26, 2010 11:00 pm - A fire at a West Dundee apartment building late Friday night sent three to area hospitals for smoke inhalation, officials said Saturday. Quadcom dispatchers confirmed th...
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Ziegler family, friends recall 'wonderful mentor'Jun 24, 2010 11:00 pm - It's one of Mary Schmitendorf's most vivid childhood memories: driving with her father, Gregg Ziegler, down narrow, two-lane roads. "My dad would go out to pass a car. I...
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Long-awaited school construction funds come with varied expectationsJun 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Long-promised funds may be rolling into school districts this week, but clear spending expectations aren't. Two dozen districts - a third of them in the suburbs - will s...
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Despite budget cuts, some school officials expect car allowancesJun 22, 2010 11:00 pm - First in an occasional series Door to door, Harper College President Kenneth Ender's commute to work from his Inverness home is 2.75 miles. But Ender's monthly car allow...
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U-46 faces $58 million deficit due to lack of state fundsJun 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Four days before the end of the school year, Elgin Area School District U-46 was looking at a $58.4 million deficit, school board members heard Monday. The district's th...
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ECC, Roosevelt announce second class of Health ScholarsJun 20, 2010 11:00 pm - The second class of minority students taking part in a biomedical research partnership between Elgin Community College and Roosevelt University has been announced. Jesus...
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Smaller state schools insist they're weathering economic stormJun 19, 2010 11:00 pm - As the largest and most exclusive of the state's public schools, the University of Illinois has unique stature. That position may have lent the institution a false sense...
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Overwhelmed with documents, U-46 seeks extension in boas suitJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 has asked a federal judge for an extension in submitting pretrial documents for the racial bias lawsuit, on the basis of "the extreme vol...
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401 District U-46 teachers get jobs backJun 15, 2010 11:00 pm - More than half of the Elgin Area School District U-46 teachers who were pink-slipped this spring have been recalled to positions, district officials announced Tuesday. A...
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U. of I. president spells out grim futureJun 14, 2010 11:00 pm - University could be owed as much as $700 million from the state by December