Teachers End Strike in NW Suburbs
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CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — More than 20,000 students in suburban Chicago will be back in class after teachers and the school district reached a tentative agreement that ends a teachers' strike after just one day.
The website of the Carpentersville-based Community Unit District 300 announced Tuesday night that the two sides reached a tentative
Former County Commissioner Convicted of Vandalism
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CHICAGO (AP) —
A judge has found a former Cook County commissioner guilty of a misdemeanor charge of destroying a campaign sign belonging to his opponent days before the 2010 election.
At a hearing on Tuesday in Bridgeview, Cook County Judge Kerry Kennedy sentenced Tony Peraica to four months of court supervision.
Peraica was a two-term Republican
Teachers in Northwest Suburbs Hit Picket Lines
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(AP) — Classes are canceled for more than 20,000 students because of a teacher strike in a suburban Chicago school district.
About 1,200 teachers are off the job Tuesday in Community Unit District 300. The district includes more than 20 schools in several northwest suburbs, including Carpentersville, Algonquin, Dundee and Lake in the Hills.
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Min. Farrakhan Hospitalized In Virgin Islands With Fever
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CHRISTIANSTED, St. Croix (AP) — Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan has sought medical care in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Farrakhan representative Akbar Muhammed says Farrakhan went to a hospital on Tuesday with a "low-grade fever." He says Farrakhan has left the St. Thomas hospital and is describing his condition as "fine."
Farrakhan, 79, had been
Former Mayor Daley's Nephew Indicted in 2004 Bar Death
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(AP) — The nephew of former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley was indicted Monday for involuntary manslaughter in the 2004 death of a 21-year-old man outside a Chicago bar, and a grand jury is continuing its inquiry into whether authorities covered up or impeded an investigation of a relative of the city's most powerful man.
Richard Vanecko, 38, was
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