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Des Plaines man dies during snow storm
Tribune reporterTuesday’s heavy snowfall may have claimed the life of a Des Plaines man found yesterday near a snow blower. Mark Szyndrowski, 61, was found on the ground near his snow blower at about 3:20 p.m. in the 1000 block of Third Avenue, according to the...Tags: Snow Storms
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Cops: School worker aiding runaway student killed in hit-and-run
Special to the TribuneA staff member at a school for children with psychiatric difficulties was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver while attempting to aid a runaway student, Aurora police said Tuesday. Police are searching for the driver of the car that killed Theresa...Tags: Missing Persons, Aurora
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No charges in Hoffman Estates High School hazing case
Tribune reporterHoffman Estates police said today they have decided not to seek criminal charges in a hazing incident that prompted the Hoffman Estates High School's boys varsity basketball team to forfeit three games. Officials with Township High School District 211...Tags: Hoffman Estates, Hazing, High School Sports
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Hit-run driver kills staffer trying to save teen
Theresa Burns was walking and chatting with a teenager she was counseling during a session outside a psychiatric residential treatment center in Aurora on Monday, and nothing appeared to be wrong, officials said. But suddenly, the session took a...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Vehicles, Mental Health, Health and Safety at School, Aurora
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Cars Damaged by Hurricane Sandy Pass 250,000 Mark
KickingTiresHurricane Sandy damaged or destroyed more than 250,000 cars, the National Insurance Crime Bureau said Thursday. The Des Plaines, Ill., agency noted that these preliminary figures only include insured cars whose owners filed claims after the October 2012...Tags: The New York Times, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Hurricanes, Automotive Equipment, Insurance
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Man, 81, reported missing near Des Plaines found safe
Tribune reporterA missing elderly man last seen yesterday afternoon has been found safe at his home near Des Plaines, Cook County authorities said. William L. Robinson, 81, was last seen yesterday afternoon near his family’s home in unincorporated Maine Township,...Tags: Heart Problems
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Des Plaines firefighters join honor guard
Five Des Plaines firefighters recently were inducted into the honor guard of the state fire union. Brian Carmicheal, Matt Matzl, Mark Pawlyk, Robert Prieto and Shawn Quigel were honored with certificates, ribbons and braids for their dress uniforms...
Tags: Human Interest, Heart Attack, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Lung Cancer, Fires
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Des Plaines cops face suspensions in DUI pay investigation, city says
Tribune reporterSeveral Des Plaines police officers face possible suspensions stemming from a city investigation of alleged misreporting of DUI arrests to obtain overtime pay, officials said. The overtime pay reportedly came from a federally funded grant designed to...Tags: Illinois Department of Transportation
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Fugitive charged in Aurora hit-and-run death
Special to the TribuneAurora police Friday announced charges against a man in connection with the fatal hit-and-run crash this week that killed a counselor at a residential school for children with psychiatric issues. Gustavo Villarreal, 44, who remains at large, has been...Tags: Trials, Aurora
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Local unemployment figures give rise to optimism
A slight dip in unemployment rates has officials in some near northwest suburbs cautiously optimistic for a warming economic climate. According to recently released unemployment statistics from the Illinois Department of Employment Security, the...
Tags: Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Employment, Business, Labor Markets
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2 charged with arranging sham marriages for immigrants
Tribune reporterA Des Plaines woman and a Bellwood man have been arrested on charges of trying to help immigrants gain U.S. legal residency by arranging fraudulent marriages in Las Vegas and Illinois in exchange for up to $17,000. Teresita Zarrabian, 60, and Michael...Tags: Politics, Labor Legislation, Prisons, Immigration, Prosecution
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Des Plaines man at least 7th cold death in Cook County
A Des Plaines man died over the weekend from hypothermia due to cold exposure, making him at least the seventh person to die in Cook County from cold-related causes this season. Lawrence Sviontek, 70, of the 1300 block of Rand Road in Des Plaines, was...
Tags: Hypothermia
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