Kerry Lester
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An added crash heartache: What happens to Crawford children?Feb 18, 2017 12:00 am - Just 36 hours after her sister, brother-in-law and niece were killed in a car crash on their way to a soccer match, Erika Schmidt was grappling Saturday with two seeming...
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Lester: With state funds dwindling, a diaper ministry steps upFeb 16, 2017 4:00 am - While Illinois' budget impasse has blunted social services' reach, babies from needy families are still going through diapers at the same rate as before - up to 12 a day...
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Bill would create financial watch list for townsFeb 15, 2017 12:00 am - Illinois would collect financial information from towns and publish an annual list of those in "financial distress" under legislation proposed in the House. Under the bi...
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Lester: Rooney working as high school teacher and state senatorFeb 13, 2017 4:30 am - Former Rolling Meadows Mayor Tom Rooney has been on the job as both a high school social studies teacher and a new state senator after working out an arrangement with Le...
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Apart for two years, Syrian couple wonder if they'll ever be a family againFeb 09, 2017 4:00 am - In the midst of his tightly structured days filled by raising three sons and working as a bank teller, Marwan Saffaf constantly watches for developments on President Don...
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Lester: Huntley High juniors bond over shared cancer fightFeb 06, 2017 4:30 am - Imagine fighting cancer. At 16. That's the experience of Julia Peluso and Jessica Diaz, two Huntley High School juniors for whom other students are throwing a "Friends D...
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Report: Federal funds meant for educating poor kids go to pay down state pension debtFeb 02, 2017 4:30 am - Suburban school districts with high percentages of poor students are losing out on millions of federal dollars each year that are diverted to cover pensions, a new repor...
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Rauner will urge Trump administration against full Obamacare repealFeb 02, 2017 12:00 am - Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner told members of the Daily Herald editorial board Thursday that an immediate repeal of the federal Affordable Care Act would put Illinois in ...
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National Democratic arm says unseating Roskam a 2018 priorityFeb 02, 2017 12:00 am - The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee says one of its top priorities in 2018 is unseating Rep. Peter Roskam, a six-term Republican who won 59 percent of the vo...
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Saved by entry to U.S. as refugee, suburban man speaks out against banFeb 01, 2017 12:00 am - For decades, it was a secret tucked away and never talked about by Ralph Rehbock or his parents. Then, Rehbock's children began digging into family history. "Nothing, a...