Susan Sarkauskas
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How grants are helping Kane County manufacturers improve, be more competitiveSep 29, 2024 5:56 am - The Richards-Wilcox company of Aurora has been in business for 144 years, outlasting many sheet-metal businesses that once operated in the Fox Valley. So it must be doing something right. It is one of 20 companies that received $30,000 Lighthouse grants being administered by the Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center.
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Man gets 38-year sentence for convenience store robberiesSep 27, 2024 3:44 pm - A man was sentenced to 38 years in prison for robbing convenience stores in Downers Grove and Oakbrook Terrace.
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What’s happened to crime rates, court-skipping since cash bail went away?Sep 26, 2024 5:22 pm - The elimination of cash bail in Illinois has not caused an increase in crime or criminal defendants skipping town to avoid legal consequences in its first year. Those are the findings of a report released Tuesday by the Loyola University Chicago’s Center for Criminal Justice.
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FBI investigating Naperville ATM robberySep 24, 2024 5:59 pm - The FBI is investigating a robbery at an ATM Tuesday morning in Naperville.
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Parents criticize how high school handled discovery of gun at schoolSep 23, 2024 11:43 pm - Parents Monday criticized the way Glenbard East High School officials and the school district handled a situation earlier this month when a student brought a gun to school.
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Kane County to ask voters for a sales taxSep 20, 2024 2:05 pm - Kane County voters will be asked to institute a sales tax to pay for county expenses.
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Could revenge be behind kidnapping and murder of Crystal Lake man?Sep 20, 2024 5:15 am - Authorities have been tight-lipped about the suspected motive behind the kidnapping and murder of a Crystal Lake man earlier this year. But we unearthed a letter from the judge presiding over the case that lends some clues.
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Verizon sues Geneva over refusal to let wireless service tower be builtSep 19, 2024 2:39 pm - Verizon Wireless is suing the city of Geneva because the city council refused to let a wireless communications tower be built near a west-side neighborhood.
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Aurora to show off new fire truckSep 19, 2024 10:14 am - Aurora will unveil a new fire truck Thursday. It is the first truck it has bought in 26 years.
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Aurora mayor calls for sheriff to take back ‘lies’ about city’s role in fatal shootingSep 17, 2024 8:41 pm - Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin on Tuesday called for Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain to retract “lies” about Aurora’s role in the death of a man shot to death by the sheriff’s deputies.