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Suburban School District Closes 19 Schools Over Heat

Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Video, Schools Closed, Hot Weather, Naperville, Chicagoland, Indian Prairie School District 204, Air Conditioning in Schools, Heat Wave, Aurora Illinois, Bolingbrook, Summer Weather, School Air Conditioning, Schools Closed Due to Heat, Heat Closures, Chicago News

High temperatures have caused a west suburban school district to cancel Friday classes in 19 un-air conditioned elementary schools in Naperville, Boli...

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Court Tosses Hearsay Against Ill. Cop Charged In Ex-Wife's Slay

Patch | Joseph Hosey | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Murder, Wife, Ex-Wife, Divorce, Police Corruption, Police, Bolingbrook, Illinois, Crime News

Whether or not Drew Peterson's dead third wife predicted he would kill her, or his missing fourth wife confided in a divorce attorney that he committe...

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How to Know the Real State of the Union: By Reading the State-of-the-Village Speeches

David Murray | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Logan, State of the City Speech, Randy Watts, Robert Napoli, John Kaiman, North Hempstead, President Obama, State of the Town Speech, Brookhaven, Len Weatherby, Accelerate Long Island, Roger Claar, Carl Brewer, State of the Union Address, Ron Sandack, Willowbrook, Ken Flatto, Sputnik, State of the Village Speech, Bolingbrook, Fairfield, Wichita, Downers Grove, Mark Lesco, Steve Benjamin, Utah, Columbia, Sunbury, Politics News

America's mayors, in their annual state of the village speeches at local libraries, chambers of commerce and community centers, are compelled to keep it real.

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Cops: Teen Who Drove SUV Into House Was Drunk, Wild

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Luis Benito, Bolingbrook, Suv Crash, Illinois, Josefina Prospero, Rancho Santa Fe, Chicago, Chicago News

Early last Saturday morning, 17-year-old Luis Benito drove his SUV through the wall of a Bolingbrook apartment, crushing and killing Josefina Prospero...

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SUV Crashes Through Wall, Killing Sleeping Woman

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Juan Nicholas Prospero, Luis Benito, Bolingbrook, Suv Crash, Illinois, Josefina Prospero, Chicago, Chicago News

Some details of the incident remain murky: was there alcohol involved? Did the young driver try to run? Where was he going? But the outline of the tr...

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Drew Peterson Trial: Pathologist Claims Savio's Death Was Accidental

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bolingbrook, Stacy Peterson, Drew Peterson Hearsay Law, Drew Peterson Trial, Drew Peterson, Drew Peterson Murder Trial, Kathleen Savio, Chicago News

JOLIET, Ill. — A pathologist hired by a former suburban Chicago police sergeant's attorneys testified Wednesday that the death of Drew Peterson'...

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Drew Peterson Trial: Prosecutors Must Show Savio Was Murdered

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bolingbrook, Stacy Peterson, Drew Peterson Hearsay Law, Drew Peterson Trial, Drew Peterson, Hearsay Evidence, Kathleen Savio, Chicago News

JOLIET, Ill. — The crime scene technician didn't think twice about the bottle of cleaning fluid near the bathroom where the body of Drew Peterso...

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Drew Peterson Gun Charge Reinstated

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drew Peterson Murder, Bolingbrook, Stacy Peterson, Drew Peterson Gun Charge, Drew Peterson, Kathleen Savio, Chicago News

JOLIET, Ill. — An appeals court has reversed a lower court's decision to dismiss gun charges against former Illinois police officer Drew Peterso...

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Drew Peterson Trial: Pathologist Says Kathleen Savio Was Murdered

Chicago Breaking News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bolingbrook, Stacy Peterson, Drew Peterson Hearsay Law, Drew Peterson Trial, Drew Peterson, Kathleen Savio, Kathleen Savio Murder, Chicago News

Kathleen Savio's 2004 bathtub drowning death was murder, a state-hired pathologist testified Friday, in part because he believed injuries to the front...

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Sgt Bryan Falat On Kathleen Savio Murder: 'Disgusted' By How Investigation Was Handled

Chicago Breaking News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bolingbrook, Stacy Peterson, Drew Peterson Hearsay Law, Drew Peterson, Drew Peterson Trial, Kathleen Savio, Chicago News

A state police investigator testified today that he questioned Drew Peterson and his fourth wife Stacy about the death of Kathleen Savio and did not b...

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Drew Peterson Case: Drew Offered Co-Worker $25,000 To Kill Kathleen Savio, His Third Wife

Chicago Breaking News | January 28, 2010 1:43 PM | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drew Peterson Murder, Kathleen Savio, Chicago, Bolingbrook, Illinois, Drew Peterson, Drew Peterson Case, Stacy Peterson, Chicago News

A co-worker testified today that Drew Peterson offered him $25,000 to kill his third wife. Jeffrey Pachter, 35, said the offer came up in the winte...

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Drew Peterson Trial: Public Blocked As Pastor Testifies

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Neil Schori, Murder Trial, Drew Peterson Hearsay Law, Drew Peterson, Kathleen Savio, Will County Court, Bolingbrook, Stacy Peterson, Hearsay Evidence, Chicago News

A Will County judge closed the courtroom to the public and media Tuesday during day five of the Drew Peterson hearsay evidentiary hearing--as lawyers ...

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Drew Peterson Trial: Stacy Told Neighbors Drew Would Kill Her

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bolingbrook, Stacy Peterson, Drew Peterson Hearsay Law, Drew Peterson, Kathleen Savio, Hearsay Evidence, Will County Court, Chicago News

A week before she disappeared, Stacy Peterson told her next-door neighbor that her cop husband, Drew Peterson, is "going to kill me," the neighbor tes...

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Cop: Mistakes Were Made In Savio's Death Investigation

Chicago Breaking News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drew Peterson Hearsay Law, Drew Peterson, Kathleen Savio, Stacy Peterson, Bolingbrook, Illinois State Police, Murder Investigation, Death Investigation, Hearsay Evidence, Chicago News

A retired Illinois state police sergeant admitted there were numerous shortcomings in his investigation that concluded the death of Drew Peterson's th...

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Drew Peterson Case: As Trial Begins, Prosecutor Wants To Use Hearsay

nbcchicago.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drew Peterson Murder, Stacy Peterson Murder, Kathleen Savio, Chicago, Bolingbrook, Drew Peterson, James Glascow, Stacy Peterson Disappearance, Stacy Peterson, Chicago News

Will County State's Attorney James Glascow hopes to convince Judge Stephen White that statements made by Stacy and Kathleen should be admissible in co...

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Homecoming Procession For 22-Year-Old Fort Hood Victim (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fort Hood Victims, Bolingbrook, Pfc Michael Pearson, Fort Hood, Michael Pearson, Fort Hood Shootings, Slideshow, Chicago News

On the same day Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was charged with 13 counts of murder in the killing of a dozen of his fellow soldiers, one of the victims ...

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Has the Drew Peterson-Kathleen Savio Story Awakened Will County Politicians and Law Enforcement?

David Murray | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bolingbrook, James Glasgow, Will County, Roger Claar, Kathy Savio, Drew Peterson, Pat O'Neil, Jeff Tomczak, Drew Peterson Case, Kathleen Savio, Drew Peterson Investigation, Chicago News

For four months I explored how authorities in Bolingbrook, Will County, and at the Illinois State Police managed to let a screaming woman slip silently through the cracks. So why couldn't I tear myself away from a week-old Sports Illustrated to watch the Drew Peterson arrest coverage?

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Drew Peterson Case: Stolen Police Files Reportedly Detail Investigation (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bolingbrook, Drew Peterson, Stacy Peterson, Kathleen Savio, Drew Peterson Murder, Video, Drew Peterson Investigation, Chicago News

Sensitive information relating to the case prosecutors are building against Drew Peterson were stolen from an Illinois State Police car, photocopied a...

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What's New in Bolingbrook? Not Much

David Murray | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roger Claar, American Estates, Bolingbrook, Drew Peterson, Bolingbrook Golf Club, Bonnie Kurowski-Alicea, Bolingbrook Politics, Chicago News

For a community whose motto is "a place to grow," nothing in Bolingbrook ever seems to change.

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U.S. Mayors: Groping for Hope in the Grip of Reality

David Murray | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Depression, Mayor Bloomberg, Mayor Rob Schroder, Roger Claar, Mayor Daley, Mayor John Harper, Mayor Tom Dale, Mayor Christopher Grimm, Recession, Mayor Jim Plakas, Mayor Kevin Priddle, Mayor Jere Wood, Mayor Bob Cashell, Bolingbrook, City Budget, Chicago News

It was Napoleon who said, "A leader is a dealer in hope." Well, we know how things turned out for Napoleon.

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