Articles filed under Counties
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DuPage County clerk boosts pay for election judgesJun 08, 2022 1:00 am - Election judges will receive a significant pay raise for working primary polling places in DuPage County. Judges will see their base pay increase from $130 to $250 - or ...
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Downers Grove gymnastics coach faces child porn, sexual abuse chargesJun 08, 2022 1:00 am - This article has been updated to include a statement from the gymnastics business where Wyatt Kopka worked, and more information about the charges he faces. An inst...
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Early voting begins Monday in Lake CountyJun 08, 2022 1:00 am - Early voting will begin Monday, June 13, at sites across Lake County for the June 28 primary election. Any Lake County resident who meets all voter registration require...
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Fatal shooting of Port Barrington man 'justified,' prosecutor saysJun 08, 2022 1:00 am - Despite having a chemical intoxicant in his system, a McHenry County sheriff's deputy's actions were "justified" earlier this year when he fatally shot a Port Barrington...
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The Class of 70 turns 70, and they have much to celebrateJun 07, 2022 11:00 pm - Two years ago, our 50-year class reunion was canceled due to COVID. But lockdowns and social distancing can't keep the Wenatchee High School Class of 1970 from celebrati...
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Youthage Culinary in Mundelein teaches kids how to be healthy through cookingJun 07, 2022 6:00 am - When Chef Robert Collins was stabbed in the neck in 2007 while deployed in Spain as a customs agent for the U.S. Navy, he made a deal with God. "I told God, 'If you pull...
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Pride flag now flying over Buffalo Grove's Ernie Karge Rotary Village GreenJun 07, 2022 6:00 am - With local and state officials and LGBTQ+ supporters watching, Prairie View resident Bob Pinta hoisted the rainbow Pride flag over the Ernie Karge Rotary Village Green i...
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GOP rivals for DuPage County Board chair trade barbs in high-stakes primaryJun 07, 2022 1:00 am - The Republican candidates for DuPage County's top executive post have cast themselves as law-and-order conservatives, but that's where the similarities end. Pete DiCiann...
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Democratic candidates for Lake County Board district 16 and 18 discuss spending cuts, climate solutionsJun 07, 2022 1:00 am - Two Lake County Board districts being contested in the Democratic primary are without incumbents in the race. District 16 is a compact area centered on the four Round La...
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Kaegi, Steele debate effectiveness of Cook County assessor's office reformsJun 06, 2022 5:30 am - Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi is touting a successful transition to greater fairness and transparency in his office during the three years since he succeeded Joe Berr...