Articles filed under Counties
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No tornadoes, but two great lightning pictures made during Wednesday stormsSep 11, 2019 1:00 am - The National Weather Service in Chicago issued a tornado warning that lasted until 7:45 p.m., but no tornadoes have been confirmed. Great lightning shows were. ABC 7...
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Watchdog alleges patronage in Cook County clerk's officeSep 11, 2019 1:00 am - A government watchdog has accused Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough of operating "an illegal patronage employment system" less than a year into her first term in the off...
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Judge: Hastert victim broke terms of $3.5M hush-money dealSep 11, 2019 1:00 am - A former student who Dennis Hastert sexually abused decades ago breached an unwritten $3.5 million hush-money agreement with the former U.S. House speaker by telling fam...
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Man guilty of 2015 Elgin murder, faces up to 85 years prisonSep 11, 2019 1:00 am - After about 3½ hours of deliberations, a Kane County jury convicted William M. Ingram of gunning down a 20-year-old man in April 2015 in an apartment complex parking lot...
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Man faces fourth DUI charge, 19th allegation of driving while license suspendedSep 11, 2019 1:00 am - A 58-year-old Elgin man has been charged with his fourth DUI and 19th time driving while his license was revoked or suspended after a traffic stop last weekend in Elgin....
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Kane County earmarks funds for commercials, doesn't commit to controversial Florida companySep 11, 2019 1:00 am - Kane County officials voted this week to earmark $27,000 to produce a series of videos promoting the county but stopped short of agreeing to give that money to a Florida...
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Round Lake Beach man who killed romantic rival gets 78 years in prisonSep 11, 2019 1:00 am - Calling him an exceptionally dangerous man, a judge on Wednesday sentenced a Round Lake Beach man to 78 years in prison for the 2016 killing of a perceived romantic riva...
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Man convicted in 2018 Aurora kidnapping, attempted rape gets 5½ years prisonSep 11, 2019 1:00 am - An Aurora man has been sentenced to 5½ years in prison for a February 2018 kidnapping and attempted rape at an apartment complex on the city's near east side. In June, K...
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Could DuPage County give video gambling another chance?Sep 11, 2019 1:00 am - One decade after DuPage became the first county in Illinois to ban video gambling, the vice chairman of the county board says the panel should consider repealing the pro...
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Kane County Health Department offers well and septic seminar Sept. 18Sep 10, 2019 11:00 pm - Well and septic systems can be a bit of a mystery to most homeowners. If you need to know how these systems work and how to care for them, plan to attend Kane County Hea...