Susan Sarkauskas
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What happens to downtown Aurora if casino moves out? It's not a bad thing, some sayOct 19, 2022 5:00 am - If the Hollywood Casino moves out of downtown Aurora, what happens to the downtown? A business group, a restaurant owner and an alderman say it will be fine without the ...
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2 years in prison for man who faked having a bomb during Lombard bank robberyOct 19, 2022 1:00 am - A man who strapped fireworks to himself to simulate a bomb has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for robbing a Lombard bank. Judge Franklin Valderrama pronou...
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Judge rules Villa Park school board violated Open Meetings ActOct 19, 2022 1:00 am - Villa Park Elementary District 45 violated the state's Open Meetings Act when it did not read guests' written comments aloud or attach them to the minutes of several mee...
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2 women charged with stealing from Nordstrom Rack, then driving away at 100+ mphOct 19, 2022 1:00 am - Two women from Wisconsin have been charged with burglary and retail theft, accused of stealing from the Nordstrom Rack store in Oak Brook, then leading police on a high-...
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Man charged with reckless homicide, DUI for crash near ElburnOct 18, 2022 1:00 am - Authorities are looking for a Maple Park man charged with driving under the influence of methamphetamines and cocaine in connection with an August crash that killed a ma...
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West Leyden student dies after collapsing at all-state choral event in NapervilleOct 17, 2022 1:00 am - A 17-year-old boy died Friday night after collapsing during a rehearsal for a show choir event at Naperville North High School. The DuPage County coroner's office has id...
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Why some see New Jersey as a model for bail reform in IllinoisOct 14, 2022 5:30 am - Given its unfair reputation as home to little more than swamps, toll roads lined with industrial sites and overtanned meatheads hangin' out at the Shore, you might not e...
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Judge gives carjacker 40 years, says 'strong message needs to be sent'Oct 14, 2022 1:00 am - A Chicago man was sentenced Friday to 40 years in prison for carjacking a woman in Downers Grove during a spree in which other people also were carjacked. DuPage County ...
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Aurora officials: Taxpayers won't foot bill for $50 million loan to build new casinoOct 13, 2022 1:00 am - Aurora property taxpayers will not be on the hook to repay a $50 million loan that would help Hollywood Casino build a new casino and hotel. The loan instead would be re...
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SAFE-T Act, abortion and assault guns: Where 42nd state Senate candidates Holmes, Santucci standOct 12, 2022 5:20 am - Republican candidate Paul Santucci and Democratic state Sen. Linda Holmes, who are running for the 42nd state Senate District seat, agree the controversial SAFE-T Act cr...