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12 hrs ago | The Times

Cal City OKs gaming proposal

Gaming could be in the cards for Calumet City, if the Illinois Gaming Commission grants it the state's 10th gaming license.

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Related Topix: Country Club Hills, IL

Thu Oct 09, 2008

The Times

D. 155 school chief denies DUI

The superintendent of Calumet City Elementary District 155 pleaded not guilty to an aggravated DUI charge in Will County on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Homer Glen, IL

Tue Oct 07, 2008

The Times

Hoover joins National Elementary Honor Society

Fourth- and fifth-grade students at Hoover Elementary School now have another reason to work hard and be responsible.

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Mon Oct 06, 2008

WBBM-AM Chicago

Chicago Man Fatally Shot In Cal City

South Suburban police are looking for anyone with information about a shooting that left a 23-year-old Chicago man dead Friday night.

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Related Topix: Chicago, IL, Chicago Metro, Cook County, IL

The Times

Candidates soon will begin election work

It's getting to be that time again. Prospective candidates, including those considering a run for local school boards, soon will begin circulating nominating petitions for the April 7 consolidated election.

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Related Topix: Russell, IL, Education Etc., Lansing, IL

Sun Oct 05, 2008

The Times

D.215 chief envisions video for Web site, e-mail for 12th-graders

The district's Web site and communications need a technological upgrade, said Creg Williams, Thornton Fractional Township High School District 215 superintendent.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Lansing, IL

Sat Oct 04, 2008

The Times

Chief pushes for D.215 students to pay fees online

Students often line up at bookstores at Thornton Fractional North and Thornton Fractional South high schools to pay for books, fees or other supplies.

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Related Topix: Education Etc.

Fri Oct 03, 2008

Chicago Sun-Times

Life preserver

To wit: Sneed hears FEMA will declare parts of Cook County, deluged by September rain, a disaster area Friday, opening the gate for federal home-owner relief.

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Related Topix: FEMA, US News, Cook County, IL, Chicago, IL, Des Plaines, IL, US Military, US Navy

Wed Oct 01, 2008

South Holland Shopper

SSC Construction Students Complete Fourth Home In Phoenix

South Suburban College recently held a ribbon-cutting and reception for a house that students from the South Suburban College Building Construction Technology program have worked on from start to finish.This ...

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Related Topix: Phoenix, IL, Home Building, Home, Dolton, IL, Hazel Crest, IL, Dixmoor, IL

Sun Sep 28, 2008

NWI Times

Cal City to honor its Polish heritage

The City Council paid tribute to its population's second-largest ethnic group last week by declaring that October will be Polish-American Heritage Month.

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Thu Sep 25, 2008

Suburban Chicago News

Hewitt employees arrested in education scam

A number of employees for Hewitt Associated in Lincolnshire, including a Gurnee woman, have enrolled themselves in the Lake County court system after they allegedly falsified education reimbursement documents ...

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Related Topix: Lincolnshire, IL, Lake County, IL, Gurnee, IL, Des Plaines, IL

Tue Sep 23, 2008

NWI Times

Cal City wants feds to pay for levee upgrade

City officials are pleading with the U.S. government in hopes of receiving millions of federal dollars to help pay for improvements to the levees along the Little Calumet River.

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Related Topix: Chicago, IL, FEMA, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Jesse Jackson, Democrat

Mon Sep 22, 2008

Tribune Company

Tribune Names Tony Hunter Publisher of Chicago Tribune

Tribune Company today named Tony Hunter as publisher, president and chief executive officer of the Chicago Tribune and its subsidiary products.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro, Coe College, DePaul University, Homer Glen, IL

Sat Sep 20, 2008

Daily Southtown News

Moves to handle rainfall last well into Monday night

Engineers Monday night were planning to close a reservoir designed to protect several Southland towns from flooding, warning that the move could slow the region's recovery from the weekend's record-breaking ...

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Related Topix: Weather, Blue Island, IL

Thu Sep 18, 2008

NWI Times

Podgorski considers village 'lucky'

All village President Dan Podgorski has to do to feel better these days is look to the north and to the east.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Flood, Lansing, IL

Tue Sep 16, 2008

The Times

Foot of water shuts down South Holland elementary

Calumet City schools emerged unscathed from Saturday and Sunday's relentless rainstorms, but it was a different story at Eisenhower Elementary School in South Holland.

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Related Topix: South Holland, IL

Mon Sep 15, 2008

The Times

Local residents evacuated from homes

The whole region was drenched over the weekend, and emergency crews and public officials spent Sunday responding to the damage.

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Related Topix: Lansing, IL

Sun Sep 14, 2008

The Times

Cal City calls for volunteers, evacuates some residents

City officials have put out the call for volunteers, and have ordered residents of the River Oaks Mobile Estates and others in the southern portion of the city along the Little Calumet River to evacuate their ...

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Related Topix: Thornton, IL

The Times

South suburbs slammed by rain

Kathy Komorowski woke up at 5:15 a.m. Saturday to what she initially thought was the roar of a jet engine.

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Related Topix: Cook County, IL, Natural Disasters, Flood, Dolton, IL, Weather, Thornton, IL

Sat Sep 13, 2008

The Times

Calumet City treasurer retires

Calumet City Treasurer Mike Zimmerman, 53, doesn't plan to run for re-election this spring.

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Calumet City, Illinois is located in Cook County and is part of the Chicago Metro Area. Zip codes in Calumet City, IL include 60409.

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