Articles filed under Counties
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Illinois test standards may be lower, study saysOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - More than three-quarters of Illinois students read and calculated math at grade level this year. Four years ago, nearly two-thirds -- or 64 percent of state public scho...
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Star-crossed loversOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - B.J. White makes no secret of his feelings for William Shakespeare. "I love Shakespeare and I think it's so cool to be able to do," White said. It's not exactly what yo...
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Ruling Friday on whether teen will be tried as adultOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - A judge is expected to rule Friday whether a boy who was 14 when Marilyn Bethell was killed should be tried as an adult. The former Waubonsie Valley High School student,...
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Lake in the Hills woman wins Big Brothers Big Sisters JeepOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Catherine O'Brien of Lake in the Hills was the grand prize winner of the brand new 2007 Jeep Wrangler 2-Door 4x4 donated to Big Brothers Big Sisters of McHenry County by...
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A juicy taste of the pastOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - If you plan to drive through Marengo or Union Sunday morning, you may find yourself sharing the road with a convoy of tractors. But those tractors won't be plowing any f...
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S. Elgin festival serves slice of fallOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Take yourself back to this past June 11, when children were freshly out of school, the Cubs had 28 wins and 34 losses, and the sun didn't set until about 8:30 p.m. On th...
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Local teens want to be 'Made' on MTVOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - They want to be models, skateboarders, ice skaters or rappers. In a word, they want to be made. Wednesday, about 100 students at Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn ...
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Edward Hospital won't buy homesOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Edward Hospital officials are pulling the plug on a plan to purchase eight homes adjacent to its Naperville campus. Lou Mastro, the hospital's vice president of faciliti...
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Only eight plan to leave Muir schoolOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Just last month, the parents of about 30 students gave notice they planned to pull their children out of Hoffman Estates' John Muir Literacy Academy. But by Monday's dea...
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Mayor wants to develop site planned for casinoOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Now that the rusted steel girders once destined to be a casino finally have been dismantled, Rosemont is hoping to leave the failed Emerald Casino plans in the dust so i...