Kerry Lester
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Elgin family celebrates Christmas together for the first time in 8 yearsDec 24, 2008 10:00 pm - When the Rev. Oscar Carrasco and his wife Joyce heard the phrase "I'll be home for Christmas" four separate times, they couldn't believe their ears. For the first time ...
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Police: South Elgin bank robberies may be linkedDec 23, 2008 10:00 pm - The tactics used in a Tuesday night bank robbery in South Elgin were very similar to another recent bank robbery in the village, police have revealed. Authorities said ...
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Storm causes state police to enact emergency snow planDec 22, 2008 10:00 pm - An overwhelming volume of calls caused state police to enact their emergency snow plan Tuesday, instructing uninjured motorists in crashes to exchange property damage in...
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U-46 plaintiffs want their own inspections of programsDec 20, 2008 10:00 pm - The plaintiffs in the Elgin Area School District U-46 racial bias suit have filed a motion seeking to allow experts to conduct on-site inspections of the district's bili...
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Grade-schoolers lagging in math, scienceDec 18, 2008 10:00 pm - While U.S. grade school students have made gains in the past 12 years in math, their performance still falls short of their peers in Europe and Asia, an international st...
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Student investors' choice of beer wins them state contestDec 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Want the secret to beating the Standard & Poor's 500 in the stock market? Budweiser. After conjecturing that the economy might drive droves to drink, South Elgin High S...
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Cooking not just a daily chore for A+ ECC graduateDec 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Almost every student has fallen asleep during a boring lecture. That's precisely Nora Sulaiman's fear. To combat this, the 22-year old Elgin Community College culinary ...
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No settlement reached after first talks in U-46 suitDec 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Despite three and a half hours of talks, the parties in the Elgin Area School District U-46 racial bias suit failed to come to a settlement agreement Monday. The privat...
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Prairieview parents fight for smaller class sizesDec 14, 2008 10:00 pm - By now, Joyce McNeill nearly has the speech memorized. "Help our first-graders," the Bartlett mother of four has pleaded at five consecutive Elgin Area School District U...
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3 arrested in postgame brawl at South Elgin High SchoolDec 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Three teenagers were arrested Thursday night after taking part in a brawl outside South Elgin High School. Robert Peoples, 19, and Justin Wilkes, 17, both of Chicago, an...