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State Owes Valley View Nearly $8M
School district awaits unpaid bills from Springfield.

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School district awaits unpaid bills from Springfield.

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Elpedio Ponce, 41, 400 block Yorkshire Square, has been arrested and charged in the incident.
Bolingbrook one of five communities passing resolutions in support of Senate Bill 83.
Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar says as many as 1,000 village residents are still without power.
Fines will start at $25, the same as they are now, for seat-belt violations.
Bolingbrook police reports, July 3.
Jersey Mike's opens today at 214 N. Weber Rd.
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Public Works department will conduct a village-wide clean up of debris.
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The Fountaindale Public LIbrary will show all seven Harry Potter films starting today leading up to the final Potter movie on Friday.
Bolingbrook police reports, July 1-2.
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State's highest court gives OK Monday to $31 billion construction package.
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Heavy weather ripped through northeast Illinois Monday morning.
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All three charged with armed robbery, mob action and unlawful use of a weapon.