Articles filed under Counties
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Soapbox: Learn from a lucky breakOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Randall Visor should feel lucky. The Batavia man, who is responsible for the deaths of four people 10 years ago in a drunken-driving accident, and for driving without a ...
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Buffalo Grove restaurant to hold fundraiser for teenOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - A Buffalo Grove restaurateur is hosting a fundraiser next Thursday and Friday to help out the family of Wheeling High School student Jared Baim. Pete Panayiotou, who own...
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Elgin school's 75th birthday inspires a partyOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - One of the state's oldest middle schools will celebrate its 75th birthday Sunday. Former teachers, alumni, parents, teachers and community members are invited to join in...
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Briefs: Museum wins awardOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - The Illinois Association of Museums recently gave the Geneva History Center an Award of Excellence for a new outreach program, "What Was It Like … Native Americans of th...
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Briefs: New fire truck in LombardOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - The Lombard Fire Department will put a new 100-foot aerial ladder truck into service on Wednesday. The public is invited to view the truck at Fire Station 2, 2020 S. Hig...
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Des Plaines River projects finally get the go-aheadOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Flooding more than two decades ago killed seven and caused $35 million in damage along the Des Plaines River, spurring plans to make sure such devastation would never be...
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District 7 curriculum changes pay offOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - School officials reported Wood Dale Elementary District 7 students making what they consider significant gains on some standardized tests. The school board this week rev...
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Soapbox: Slow it downOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - State transportation officials say a stretch of Route 83 through Prospect Heights has neither enough accidents nor driveways to merit lowering the speed limit from 40 mp...
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Special education teacher indictedOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - A Schaumburg junior high teacher has been indicted by a grand jury on charges he mistreated three special education students, prosecutors announced in court Friday. Patr...
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Elgin man gets 60 years for 'abomination' against childOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Calling an Elgin man's filmed sexual abuse of a 12-year-old girl an "abomination" and "pure horror," a prosecutor persuaded a federal judge today to give out the maximum...