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Prospect Heights, Illinois is located in Cook County. Zip codes in Prospect Heights, IL include 60070. The median home price in Prospect Heights is $189,900 which is roughly $148/per square foot. More Prospect Heights information.

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Sunday | Patch.com

Candy in a Gas Tank for a Sweetheart

A woman from Round Lake Beach was charged with retail theft and reckless driving after she left a JC Penney without paying for $169 in clothing, struck a vehicle with her car and nearly hit several pedestrians while attempting to flee.

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Sat May 18, 2013

Daily Herald

Floods can't stop Des Plaines River canoe race

But that doesn't mean organizers didn't have a few things to worry about in the wake of last month's floods.

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Mon May 13, 2013

Daily Herald

Prospect Heights considers extending garbage contract

Praising Republic Services for good work under the current contract, members of the Prospect Heights City Council seemed amenable to negotiating a new five-year contract rather than request proposals from competitors.

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Sat May 11, 2013

Daily Herald

Suburban moms campaign for gun control

Somewhat shy by nature, she typically can be found on the sidelines of her daughter's soccer or water polo games, but now she finds herself fighting for gun control.

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Fri May 10, 2013

Daily Herald

Editorial: Towns must talk, cooperate in fight against flooding

The Des Plaines River has receded, the cleanup goes on. And while the shouting has stopped, there is still anger and hurt in Des Plaines, where many people are convinced that Mount Prospect worsened the flooding they endured by adjusting a levee to protect its own residents.

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Thu May 09, 2013

Daily Herald

Gurnee strikes another electricity deal

Gurnee has struck another deal with a company that will provide electricity at a cheaper rate than ComEd for homes and small businesses.

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Daily Herald

Burt Constable Wheeling neighborhood grieves for slain bystander

The marriage of Rafael Orozco and Mayra Ceniceros lasted just two years and three months - the groom was killed May 1 by a stray bullet outside his apartment in Wheeling.

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Tue May 07, 2013

Sulekha.com

1 Bed 1 Bath - Room Available for $500 ..

Please contact me on 732 343 5759 or cts.mohan for any further info . Apartment located Remington/Roselle. We request you to View properties listed here in person, Never send or wire money to any porperty owners.

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Mon May 06, 2013

Daily Herald

Argiris gets right down to business in Wheeling

New Wheeling Village President Dean Argiris plans one meeting to explain trustees' priorities to the village plan commission and another to make peace over Chicago Executive Airport with Nick Helmer, mayor of Prospect Heights.

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Busted In Acadiana

Hooker accused of macing 14-year-old customer, stealing his iPad and piggy bank

A teenager was home alone Wednesday and decided to solicit a prostitute. He didn't get what he was looking for, and instead, the woman made off with his iPad and piggy bank.

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Daily Herald

Mount Prospect, Prospect Heights cleared in flood dispute

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources issued a ruling Friday clearing Prospect Heights and Mount Prospect of allegations they violated a permit governing the construction of Levee 37 along the Des Plaines River at the height of last month's flooding.

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CBS News

The prostitute and the piggybank: Illinois boy, 14, solicits call...

CHICAGO - Using his iPad, police say a 14-year-old boy from Prospect Heights, Illinois arranged a meeting with a woman he thought would be a prostitute.

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WHBF-TV Rock Island

Judge sets $2 million bond in suburban slaying

A judge has set bond at $2 million for an 18-year-old suburban Chicago man who allegedly shot and killed a bystander when he fired at a rival gang member.

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Sun May 05, 2013

Sulekha.com

one bed room apartment for sharing..

We request you to View properties listed here in person, Never send or wire money to any porperty owners.

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Sat May 04, 2013

CBS Local

Two Men Charged In Wheeling Shooting Death

Two men were charged with the shooting death of a man who was standing next to an alleged gang member the pair were targeting Wednesday night in northwest suburban Wheeling.

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Fri May 03, 2013

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Milwaukee woman charged with piggy bank robbery in Risky Business gone bad

This hard to believe story involving a Milwaukee woman's exploits in Illinois teaches two good lessons: Teenage boys shouldn't hire hookers over the internet, and online prostitutes shouldn't steal iPads.

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ABC News

Boy Hires Hooker, But Gets Piggy Bank Stolen Instead

A 14-year-old boy in Illinois got the opposite of lucky when a prostitute, with whom he arranged a date while his parents were out, instead made off with his piggy bank.

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Daily Herald

Lake Arlington profiled in neighborhood spotlight

Fourteen years ago, Luis and Nikky Cifuentes downsized from a large home in Deerfield to a ranch home in Lake Arlington neighborhood to be near their two daughters and closer to their business in Schaumburg.

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Thu May 02, 2013

CBS Local

Teen Summons Prostitute, Who Pepper-Sprays Him And Steals His Piggybank

A Prospect Heights teen used an iPad to arrange what he thought would be an encounter with a prostitute but instead got robbed of the electronic device and a piggybank, police say.

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Chicago Tribune

Cops: Boy, 14, arranged to meet prostitute who stole iPad, piggy bank

Police say a 14-year-old Prospect Heights boy thought the young woman he met online was a prostitute.

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