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A founding member of one of Streamwood's most politically active groups - its mothers - has died. Irene Curtis was a young housewife and mother in 1958 when she and her neighbors found the resolve to organize a protest march, which has become known simply as the "Mothers' March."
Full Story published 1/8/2009 12:01 AM
Bartlett officials plan to join Barrington and Will County in continuing the legal fight against Canadian National Railway. Bartlett is the latest to announce it will file a petition of stay with the Surface Transportation Board regarding the recent approval of CN's purchase of the EJ&E Railroad.
Full Story published 1/8/2009 11:30 AM
A Cook County judge has set bail at $75,000 for an Indiana man arrested for trying to bring a gun through security at O'Hare International Airport.
Full Story updated 1/8/2009 7:06 AM
An 18-year-old man was killed late Wednesday night after causing a multi-vehicle accident when he entered the Edens Expressway near Skokie heading in the wrong direction.
Full Story updated 1/8/2009 7:01 AM
The blotter for Buffalo Grove, Des Plaines, Palatine and Wheeling
Full Story published 1/8/2009 12:01 AM
Mateo Ortiz seriously miscalculated when he requested a reduction in the five-year sentence he received Wednesday after pleading guilty to two counts of aggravated driving under the influence.
Full Story published 1/8/2009 12:01 AM
The village of Buffalo Grove on Monday honored retiring Battalion Chief Paul Tierney, who's leaving the fire department to become chief of the Beach Park Fire Department. Tierney has been with Buffalo Grove for 33 year since he joined as a firefighter in March 1975.
Full Story published 1/8/2009 12:01 AM
Hoffman Estates police are investigating the Wednesday morning robbery of a guest at the Marriott Northwest Chicago Hotel near the Sears Centre.
Full Story updated 1/7/2009 2:23 PM
Barrington has already spent $2 million researching and resisting Canadian National's now-approved purchase of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad.
Full Story published 1/7/2009 10:41 AM
Elk Grove Village will be showing off its new $29 million village hall in April, right before it opens that month, village officials said.
Full Story published 1/7/2009 1:40 PM
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