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34 min ago | CBS Local

Census Data: Chicago Slowest Growing Big City In U.S.

Chicago gained nearly 10,000 people from July 2011 to July 2012, but was the slowest-growing major city in the country according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Thursday.

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Related Topix: us Travel, North America Travel, Travel, Chicago Travel, University of New Hampshire, Country Club Hills, IL

1 hr ago | Patch.com

FEMA Assistance Center Opens in Des Plaines

A FEMA assistance center is now open in Des Plaines for Cook County residents, the Chicago Tribune reports.

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Related Topix: Des Plaines, IL

2 hrs ago | Patch.com

'Probable Disposition' on Tap in Case of Crash That Killed Nurse

A lawyer representing an Orland Park man charged with killing a nurse in a drunken crash as she drove to work last year said the case might close next week.

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Related Topix: Orland Park, IL, Bridgeview, IL

5 hrs ago | Patch.com

Northbrook Considers Annexing 2500 Pfingsten

John and Kathy Di Tomasso, owners of Wilson Lawn & Landscape, have asked the Village of Northbrook to annex their two-acre property at 2500 Pfingsten Rd.

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Related Topix: Northbrook, IL

Wed May 22, 2013

Patch.com

Free Child ID Kits For National Missing Children's Day

Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart's Office will be providing free child identification kits this week allowing parents to store critical identifying information about their children that would assist law enforcement if the child goes missing.

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Related Topix: Bridgeview, IL, Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Law

Patch.com

Judge Wants Deal Done in 2011 Robbery Case or Else Sending it to Trial

Three of four men charged with robbing an Orland Park jewelry store more than three and a half years ago have been shipped off to prison, and the judge wants the last case taken care of next month.

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Related Topix: Orland Park, IL, Bridgeview, IL

Evanston Review

Evanston teen charged in shooting near Old Orchard mall

Rayshawn Taylor, 17, of the 1900 block of Jackson Avenue in Evanston, was charged with one count each of aggravated discharge of a firearm and unlawful use of a weapon, according to Skokie police.

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Related Topix: Evanston, IL, Skokie, IL

Patch.com

LT Students Drive 'Drunk' in Sheriff Simulation

Texting and driving isn't as easy as it looks, Lyons Township students learned Tuesday during a workshop set up by the Cook County Sheriff's Office.

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Daily Herald

Editorial: Build the pedestrian bridge - quickly

The bike trail that winds through Busse Woods in Cook County is a beautiful suburban oasis.

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Related Topix: Elk Grove Village, IL, Opinion

Daily Herald

Train kills man in Prospect Hts.

A 51-year-old Mount Prospect man was killed at 9:44 a.m. Tuesday when he was struck by a Metra train near the Prospect Heights Metra Station near Wolf Road and Euclid Avenues, Prospect Heights Police Chief Jamie Dunne said in a press release.

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Related Topix: Mount Prospect, IL, Prospect Heights, IL

Patch.com

Study: Des Plaines Flood Claims Topped $20 Million Between 2007-2011

Des Plaines residents made more than $20 million in flood damage claims between 2007 and 2011, according to a study by the nonprofit Center for Neighborhood Technology .

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Related Topix: Des Plaines, IL, Natural Disasters, Flood

Daily Herald

Hanover Park men charged with defrauding bank where one worked

A 21-year-old Hanover Park man has been charged with misappropriating property from a TCF Bank in Arlington Heights where he worked.

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Related Topix: Hanover Park, IL, Arlington Heights, IL, Wood Dale, IL, Rolling Meadows, IL

Tue May 21, 2013

Daily Herald

Man charged with church molestation also cared for District 220...

A Willow Creek Community Church volunteer charged earlier this month with molesting an 8-year-old boy also worked for a Barrington Park District program that looked after children before and after school.

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Related Topix: Hoffman Estates, IL, Criminal Defense Law, Law, South Barrington, IL, Barrington, IL

Patch.com

Former Sen. Susan Garrett Takes on New Role

Former state senator Susan Garrett has been named to the board of directors of the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform along with Evanston attorney David Melton.

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Related Topix: Illinois, Illinois Government, Evanston, IL

Patch.com

600-Year-Old Tree Highlights Evanston Garden Walk

The burr oak tree in Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin's backyard is roughly 600 years old, according to Evanston city arborist Mark Younger.

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Related Topix: Evanston, IL

NBC Chicago

Book Excerpt: When the Steel Mills Died, the Hispanic Democratic Organization was Born

In the early 1980s, the steel industry collapsed in Chicago. Wisconsin Steel and U.S. Steel, two Southeast Side mills which had once employed tens of thousands of workers, were shut down.

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Related Topix: Chicago, IL, Chester, IL, Madison, IL

Patch.com

District 204 Lambasted over Deal with Township Treasurer's Office

Tensions erupted at the District 204 School Board meeting Monday night when a former District 101 School Board member attacked 204's relationship with the beleaguered Lyons Township Treasurer's Office.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Western Springs, IL

ABC7 Chicago

2 charged in Markham man's murder

Two men have been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of a man whose body was found last month.

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Related Topix: Markham, IL, Harvey, IL, Riverdale, IL, Calumet City, IL

Patch.com

Second Shooting Chase Suspect and 'Ghost Rider' Sentenced

MONDAY Police identify Gary, Ind. man as second suspect in Orland Park home invasion where a 30-year-old man was shot.

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Related Topix: Orland Park, IL

Patch.com

Arrest Warrants: Wanted in Orland Park

Joseph Digerlando , 49, is wanted on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol.

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Related Topix: Orland Park, IL