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FACTBOX-U.S. coal-fired power plants scheduled to shut
ReutersMay 16 (Reuters) - U.S. power companies plan to shut or convert over 50,000 megawatts (MW) of coal-fired plants over the next several years as cheap natural gas prices and strict environmental rules have made coal the more expensive option in some areas....Tags: Yorktown (York, Virginia), TransAlta Corporation, Springfield, Lansing, Ameren Corporation
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Secretary of state's office says it wasn't behind on rent
The story, as reported this month in local news outlets, was rather embarrassing: The Illinois secretary of state's driver services operation in Niles had been evicted because the agency was late paying its rent. On May 6, Dave Drucker, a spokesman...Tags: Realty, Rentals, Office and Retail Spaces, Jesse White, Golf
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Girls track | Twins boost New Trier team
A casual observer of the Class 3A sectional track meet at Loyola on Thursday could have been fooled into believing one girl showed amazing stamina in winning the 800-, 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs. Most in the area, however, are familiar with New Trier...
Tags: Track and Field
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Calvin R. Sutker, 1923-2013
As a Cook County Board commissioner, Calvin R. Sutker gained support from his fellow county commissioners to bring the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center to Skokie. As a Skokie village trustee, he helped pass the first open housing law in...
Tags: Skokie, Irwin, World War II (1939-1945), Cook County Board of Commissioners, Forestry and Timber
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Oak Park teacher receives Golden Apple
John Paulett leads almost all of his classes at Fenwick High School while the students sit in chairs formed in a circle. It's a way that provokes discussion and critical thinking for some of the tough topics he tackles in his theology classes at the...
Tags: Skokie, Education, Joliet, Frankfort, Walter Payton
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Netherlands company buys Hess Industries in Niles
WSBT has learned a company in the Netherlands has purchased Hess Industries. Fontijne Formitt bought the intellectual property of the Niles company. The company's sales and marketing assistant who tells us this will mean new jobs in the area, but...
Tags: Buffalo Grove, Automotive Equipment, Netherlands, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Warrenville, Winfield police blotter: April 23
The following are taken from police reports: Wheaton •Residents are asked to be on alert after a driver approached a boy and offered him candy on April 16 around 3:30 p.m. near Danada Drive and Naperville Road. The older Oldsmobile was occupied...
Tags: Montgomery (Kane, Illinois), Carol Stream, Naperville, Beecher, Plano
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Niles, Park Ridge police warn of solicitations
Late on a Saturday afternoon in March, a young woman with a clipboard came to Janet Van De Carr's house in Park Ridge. Since it was before this month's municipal election, she figured it was about a candidate. Instead, the woman said she was checking on...
Tags: Media Industry
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Niles and Glenview still fighting over water bill
After almost two years in court, Niles officials say Glenview still owes them about $8.2 million in a water bill dispute. The villages filed lawsuits against each other in 2011. A Cook County judge recently ruled that Niles overcharged Glenview from...
Tags: Judges, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Basketball | Locals in the NCAA Tournament
MEN Akron Deji Ibitayo, Rich Central, So., G, 6-3, 205 Albany Mike Black, Fenwick, Sr., G, 6-0, 180 Boise State Derrick Marks, Plainfield Central, So., G, 6-3, 206 Davidson Clay Tormey, Chicago, Jr., G, 5-11, 165...
Tags: Johnsburg, Zion, St. Charles (Kane, Illinois), Lake Zurich, Morgan Park
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Indictments against alleged hair salon bandit
Special to the TribuneGrand jury indictments on five felony counts of armed robbery were announced during a brief hearing this morning for an Evanston man accused of robbing hair salons across the Chicago area. Jason Logsdon, 41, looked at the ground and did not speak during...Tags: Skokie, Morton Grove, Theft, Broadview, Bensenville
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State money awarded for local streetscape upgrades
A few stretches of roadway in the near northwest suburbs will receive streetscape improvements thanks to a roughly $3 million infusion of federal funds awarded through the state. Park Ridge, Niles and Skokie each received grant money through the...
Tags: Skokie, Park Ridge, Highway Transportation, Science and Technology
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