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DuPage County Forest Preserves
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Total says stops Elgin gas leak
May 16, 2012PARIS (Reuters) - France's Total said it had succeeded in stopping the gas leak at its well at the Elgin platform in the North Sea after it pumped heavy mud into it. During the coming days, teams of experts from Total and specialist contractors will ...Leave a comment
No retrial in Lake County rape case
May 14, 2012At a hearing in Elgin appeals court, a lawyer from the state appellate prosecutor's office told judges that Lake County authorities have said they plan to drop the sexual assault charges, said four of Starks' attorneys who were present.Leave a comment
DUI law too vague, lawyer tells appeals court
May 14, 2012The three justices from the 2nd Appellate District in Elgin listened to almost an hour of arguments in the case of Sandra Vasquez, who is serving a 15-year sentence for the 2007 accident in Oswego. About two dozen family members and supporters of ...Leave a comment
Woman convicted of killing 5 teens in DUI crash seeks new hearing
May 14, 2012The three justices from the 2nd Appellate District in Elgin listened to almost an hour of arguments in the case of Sandra Vasquez, who is serving a 15-year sentence for the 2007 accident in Oswego. About two dozen family members and supporters of ...Leave a comment
Lake County won't retry man who spent 20 years in prison on rape charge
May 14, 2012At a hearing in Elgin appeals court, a lawyer from the state's attorney's appellate prosecutor's office told judges that Lake County officials have said they plan to drop the aggravated criminal sexual assault charges, said four lawyers for Starks who ...Leave a comment
Drunken driving accident that killed 5 Oswego teens back in court
May 12, 2012The Second Appellate Court District in Elgin has asked to hear oral arguments Monday on an appeal filed on behalf of Sandra Vasquez, the Aurora woman who was convicted of aggravated DUI and other charges and is now serving a 15-year prison sentence.Leave a comment
Former monk gets year and a half in prison for Chicago-area shooting that ...
May 12, 2012The Chicago Sun-Times reports (http://bit.ly/KbAosB) a Cook County judge sentenced Donald Rattanavong of Elgin on Friday. The man says he fired what he intended to be warning shots when the teen and three others rode bikes up to his home last July.Leave a comment
Duckworth, Walsh debate for 1st time
May 11, 2012"Businessmen in Elk Grove and Carpentersville and Elgin and Schaumburg create jobs. And what they want from their government is just basically, 'Give me the rules of the road, and get out of the way.'¿" The candidates also split on social issues, ...Leave a comment
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