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  • Flood journey continues for those displaced from Lisle apartments

    Floodwater and floating debris remained April 19 on the lower level and garage at the Towers at Four Lakes in Lisle, a day after flooding rains soaked the ...

  • CLC would be part of test program meant to create jobs

    College of Lake County President Jerry Weber said a job-training program proposal being considered by the General Assembly would be another tool for the state to use in attracting business. CLC and three downstate 2-year schools would be part of the test ...

  • Lake Cook counties top states endangered species list

    An Osprey (pandion haliaetus) is one of the 112 endangered or threatened species in Cook County. Lake and Cook counties have more endangered and threatened species than any other county in the ...

  • Amtrak chugging away at expansion high-speed rail

    It's a sultry day in Naperville, and the heat bounces off the station platform concrete. Railroad track extends west as far as the eye can see. And what the eye can see is pretty flat. Right on cue, warning bells go off and a silver Amtrak train glides in: the California Zephyr, bound for Rocky Mountain country, San Francisco and the Pacific ...

  • 5 Dead 15 Wounded In Weekend Violence

    CHICAGO (STMW) – Five people have been killed and at least 15 others wounded -- including a 12-year-old boy left in critical condition -- in shootings around the city since Friday night. The most recent fatal shooting happened around 2:10 a.m. Sunday in the 300 block of South Cicero in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side, police said. Edward Jordan, 53, of the 4900 block of West ...


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Fired Up!

Fired Up!

Judging from the amount of bleeping during the outtakes at the end of Fired Up!, a teen-animal comedy about a couple of jocks who get in touch with their inner pompoms while trying to score with the short-skirted set at a cheerleading camp, it is a sure thing that ther ... ...

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  • Hawks best players were invisible in Game 2

    Jonathan Toews battles for a faceoff with Pavel Datsyuk of the Red Wings in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals at the United Center on Saturday. The Red Wings won 4-1 to tie the series at ...

  • Dawn Patrol One shot in Elgin Hawks need top players to step up

    Elgin police are investigating a shooting from early yesterday morning that may have been gang-related. Police responded to reports of shots fired at about 1:35 a.m. and found a 23-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his leg near Jefferson Avenue and Porter Street, according to officials. The injured man was taken to Sherman Hospital, police ...

  • Settlers Hill redevelopment talk gearing up again

    The proposed redevelopment of the former Settler's Hill landfill would occur in 11 phases. A study of the costs and potential revenues is still pending, but county officials say they're eager to move the work ...

  • Elgin Police One hurt in gang-related shooting

    Elgin police are investigating a shooting from early Sunday morning that may have been gang-related. Police responded to reports of shots fired at about 1:35 a.m. and found a 23-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his leg near Jefferson Avenue and Porter Street, according to officials. The injured man was taken to Sherman Hospital, police ...

  • 4 slain 14 hurt in Chicago weekend shootings

    Three people were fatally shot in the head and another shot dead in the chest in weekend violence that wounded at least 14 others across Chicago, according to ...

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