Articles filed under Communities
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Elgin girl's abuser gets eight yearsSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - A 27-year-old Addison man was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday for sexually assaulting a girl in her Elgin home in November 2006. Robert Vinson, who was found ...
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Classes cancelled at McHenry East High SchoolSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Classes have been canceled Thursday in McHenry East High School because of a problem with the ceiling in one of the building's additions. "The ceiling tiles had come loo...
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Froehlich challenger arises in 56th Dist. raceSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - With nearly 14 months left before the general election, another Democrat is in and a Republican is out of the race against newly Democratic state Rep. Paul Froehlich for...
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No action taken yet on Chicago Executive Airport headSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Wheeling and Prospect Heights officials met in Wheeling Tuesday to discuss the fate of Chicago Executive Airport board Chairman Kevin Dohm. Dohm's dismissal had been req...
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Judge: Police acted properly in murder caseSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Adam Christenson came to the attention of police early in their investigation of the 2004 murder of a 16-year-old Ingleside girl. Detectives testified Tuesday that Chris...
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Inspired to actSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - An after-school meeting between a Hersey High School teacher and a Rolling Meadows graduate student working the custodial shift changed both lives forever. The custodian...
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Grayslake woman flying for cancer researchSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - A Grayslake woman coupled her two passions today: Flying and finding a cure for the disease that killed her mother. Shelley Ventura boarded her Piper Archer at 7 a.m. a...
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County seal in line for extreme makeoverSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - If a government seal is a symbol of a community's unique character, personality and diversity, then McHenry County is a pretty dull and unoriginal place. The seal, which...
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Consider Thompson as next presidentSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Recently, Fred Thompson entered the presidential race for 2008. I am writing in support of his candidacy as he brings to the discussion needed conversation about the rol...
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Retired justice named Kane ethics adviserSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Retired Illinois Supreme Court Justice John Nickels was appointed Kane County's interim ethics adviser Tuesday. Nickels, 76, replaces Gene Nottolini, who headed back to ...