Kimberly Pohl
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Hanover Park officer reunites with girl he deliveredJan 23, 2013 10:00 am - Monica Bakos didn't envision her newborn daughter's first receiving blanket would be a police officer's winter coat. Several things, it turns out, didn't go according to...
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Palatine McDonald’s workers file sex assault complaintJan 22, 2013 1:38 pm - Four female employees of a McDonald’s in Palatine are suing the restaurant’s manager, the franchise owners and the Oak Brook-based corporation, claiming they were sexual...
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Palatine man gets his chickens, but that’s all for nowJan 21, 2013 12:28 pm - A Palatine man hoping to raise backyard chickens got his wish Monday night, but officials are keeping the coop door shut elsewhere in the village — for now, at least. St...
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Long Grove Fulbright student takes on science of addictionJan 10, 2013 4:15 am - Rachel Cliburn remembers combing through a scientific journal during her sophomore year at Baylor University, the authors page piquing her interest even more than the ac...
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Luna, Degorski fight Brown's convictions from prisonJan 08, 2013 4:30 am - As the names of the seven victims in the Brown's Chicken murders rang throughout a Chicago courtroom — each followed by a succinct “guilty” — Juan Luna and James Degorsk...
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Schaumburg woman’s legislation passed; schools told to actJan 04, 2013 12:20 pm - Time and time again, Erin Merryn was told it couldn’t be done. Having a conversation about childhood sexual abuse was taboo enough; requiring schools to implement curric...
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Low temperatures mean winter sports in PalatineJan 03, 2013 2:19 pm - If you’re seeking any sort of silver lining to a plunge in temperatures we’re bound to experience again, look no further than the Palatine Park District’s winter sports ...
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Suburban Standouts continue to shine on local, world stageJan 03, 2013 4:10 am - We weren’t quite sure what we’d find in May 2011 when we set out to showcase extraordinary young people for our new Suburban Standouts column. The suburbs, it turns out,...
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Understanding group homesDec 30, 2012 7:00 am - Misconceptions of specialized housing often create worry
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Little City group home a flurry of activityDec 30, 2012 7:00 am - It’s 4 p.m. on a weekday, and the Little City staff at a group home in Palatine is bracing for the storm of activity about to arrive. A screeching beep rings throughout ...