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Vernon Hills teen wins Thiel entrepreneur award
Dropping out of college doesn't have to be a career setback. Just ask Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg — or Kevin Wang. Wang, 18, a Vernon Hills native and graduate of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, is among this year's 22 recipients...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Science and Technology, Startups, Peter Thiel, Colleges and Universities
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18-year-old from Vernon Hills awarded prestigious tech fellowship
Tribune reporterAn 18-year-old Vernon Hills native is among this year’s recipients of the Thiel Foundation fellowship, which awards $100,000 to entrepreneurs under the age of 20. Kevin Wang, a graduate of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, is one of 22...Tags: Litigation, Trials
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Mundelein, Lake Zurich police blotter: May 8
The following items are taken from Mundelein, Lake Zurich, Grayslake and Wauconda police records. Mundelein •On April 29, a 39-year-old Grayslake woman was charged with driving without a license and disobeying a traffic control device in the...
Tags: Wauconda, Gurnee, Prosecution, Bridgeview, McHenry
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27 months for accountant in fraud case
Sentencing has been partially delayed for a former Lake County accountant who pleaded guilty last fall to bank fraud for bilking clients out of $1.8 million over the span of a six-year scheme. Jeffrey B. Travis, of Vernon Hills, was sentenced April 25...Tags: Prisons, Justice System, Trials, Banking, Crime, Law and Justice
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Report: 6 Lake County high schools in Illinois' top 20
Six Lake County high schools were listed among the top 20 in Illinois, according to U.S. News and World Report's rankings for 2013. Deerfield, Stevenson, Highland Park, Lake Forest, Vernon Hills and Libertyville high schools cracked the top 2 percent...
Tags: Human Interest, Teaching and Learning, Highland Park (Cook, Illinois), Lake County (Illinois), High Schools
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Jurors can hear statements in murder case, judge rules
Special to the TribuneJurors will be allowed to hear statements at Ronald Stolberg’s upcoming trial that he allegedly made to police the night he was arrested on charges he suffocated his wife in their Vernon Hills home, a Lake County judge ruled today. Stolberg, 49,...Tags: Justice System, Judges, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Court Preliminary
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Bond set for man shot at Vernon Hills police station
Special to the TribuneA Mundelein man who was shot by a Vernon Hills police officer inside the police station is being held in the Lake County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bond, officials said. Authorities said Howard R. Lazarus, 53, walked into the police station on April 3 and...Tags: Shootings, Mundelein
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North Dakota's oil rush lures Chicago-area residents
— He dropped out of north suburban Richmond-Burton Community High School, and a few years later Andy Turco found himself staining decks in the summer, plowing snow in the winter and going without work for a month or two in between. Nearly...
Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Phil Jackson, Rentals, McHenry, McDonald's
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Vernon Hills predicts budget surplus for next fiscal year
Vernon Hills officials have proposed a $23.6 million budget for the next fiscal year, boosted by an estimated 1.3 percent increase in general fund revenues. With a predicted surplus of $23,000, the 2013-2014 fiscal year would mark the fourth year in a...
Tags: Pat Quinn, Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Illinois Governor, Economy, Business and Finance
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Girls hoops blog | Some All-State questions
The Associated Press released its Class 3A and Class 4A All-State teams Wednesday. There were some surprises. When a bunch of voters based in different areas of the state are unable to see several teams and players, the final selections can be somewhat...
Tags: Rolling Meadows, Plainfield (Will, Illinois), Politics, Highland Park (Cook, Illinois), Springfield
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Girls hoops | Class 3A, 4A AP All-State teams announced
Here is the Class 3A Illinois girls basketball all-state teams, as voted on by a statewide panel of sports writers and broadcasters and compiled by John Radtke of the (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald. CLASS 4A FIRST TEAM Linnae Harper, Young (Sr., G, 85...
Tags: Rolling Meadows, Plainfield (Will, Illinois), Springfield, Highland Park (Cook, Illinois), Champaign (Champaign, Illinois)
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Groups working to keep YMCA in Vernon Hills open beyond Jan. 1
The $2 million interest-free deal expected to save the Central Lake YMCA in Vernon Hills is being hailed as a model of cooperation as government, non-profit and private interests work to keep the 12-year-old facility open well beyond a temporary extension...
Tags: YMCA, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Lifestyle and Leisure, Clubs and Associations, Waukegan
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