A 46-year-old man accused earlier this year of the 1977 murder of a high school acquaintance in Homewood will learn in two weeks whether he will be tried as an adult or a juvenile.

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West Lawn woman, nephew face fraud, possession charges

Cook County sheriff’s detectives have broken up a fake ID operation on Chicago’s Southwest Side that sold hundreds of phony driver’s licenses, Social Security cards and Mexican commercial driver’s licenses out of a West Lawn home, authorities announced Tuesday.

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Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc. has completed its previously-announced acquisition of Northwest Suburban Bancorp, Inc. and merger of Mount Prospect National Bank into Midwest Bank and Trust Company, creating a 29-branch bank with more than $3.5 billion in assets.

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CRYSTAL LAKE – A month after its original conference was canceled, the Illinois Minuteman Project has found a place to hold its anti-illegal immigration seminar.

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Boost would help build new libraries

Mayor Richard Daley defended a proposed property tax increase Tuesday, framing it as a way to operate the city’s libraries and continue the system’s modernization.

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Official’s comment on unsolved Harvey killing irks top cops

A group of south suburban police chiefs is angry with the Harvey Police Department’s spokeswoman over a sarcastic comment she made about the unsolved slaying of a Metra police officer.

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United Feather & Down will be introducing SilverFill™ with X-STATIC®: a revolutionary, patent-pending new fill made with X-STATIC® silver fibers, delivering natural, permanent protection from odor and bacteria, during the 2007 International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show in New York, from November 10-13, 2007, booth number 3546. (PRWeb Sep 27, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: …

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