Articles filed under Region
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Commission agreed to Peterson's resignation, saying it had no choiceNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Bolingbrook's police and fire commission has accepted the resignation of Drew Peterson from the village's police force, allowing him to begin collecting a $6,000-a-month...
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City's landmark el system could become big liabilityNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - As a civil engineer, Om Goel had faith that Chicago's el, however old, rickety and perennially cash-strapped, was maintained well enough that the trains would at least s...
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Housing market on local level is strongNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - In its recent article on national trends in the housing industry (Oct. 27, Associated Press: "Worse before it improves…All things housing predicted to fall: prices, sal...
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Despite racist slurs, review panel says city worker will keep jobNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Despite using a racial slur and dressing up as a Ku Klux Klansman, a supervisor in this city's Department of Transportation will not lose his job, a review panel has dec...
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Planes almost collideNov 19, 2007 10:00 pm - Two small private planes veered dangerously close to each other this weekend because of miscommunication between air traffic controllers, marking the second serious erro...
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Drew Peterson's lawyer says he doesn't expect chargesNov 19, 2007 10:00 pm - A lawyer representing a former Bolingbrook police officer suspected in the disappearance of his wife said Monday he does not believe his client will face charges stemmin...
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Student shot near U. of C. campusNov 19, 2007 10:00 pm - Officials with the University of Chicago say a 28-year-old international student was shot and killed early Monday morning while walking near campus. University President...
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Special session planned on transit crisisNov 19, 2007 10:00 pm - Seeking to distance himself from the blame game over a looming transit meltdown, Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Monday called lawmakers into yet another special session to hash...
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Search continues for Chicago teenNov 19, 2007 10:00 pm - Police are searching for a missing 14-year-old girl from Chicago's South Side who was last seen nearly a week ago. Deanna Glass is a straight-A student who disappeared T...
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Time to create truth commissionNov 19, 2007 10:00 pm - It's time for a South African-style Truth Commission here in our beloved USA. Too many laws have been broken, too many Constitutional provisions have been ignored, too m...