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Illinois number nears 25-year high By JIM SUHR The Associated Press The number of Illinois children killed by abuse or neglect over the past year likely will be the state’s most in a quarter century, Illinois child welfare officials announced Thursday in imploring citizens to report suspected mistreatment of youths before it turns deadly. A new report by the Illinois Department of Children & Family Services showed 94 of the 223 deaths investigated during the latest fiscal year that ended June 30 involved credible evidence of abuse or neglect. With 45 cases still being investigated and awaiting an official ruling, the number of abuse-related deaths – what the department terms “indicated” cases – appears likely to surpass the state’s previous high of 102 in fiscal 1989. There were 90 indicated cases statewide over each of the previous two years and 69 during the 2010 fiscal year, according to the DCFS tally it has kept since 1981. Three of every four deaths linked to abuse or neglect involved households with no prior contact with DCFS, spokesman Dave Clarkin said. “That’s why the department has been urging relatives, neighbors and friends
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The renovated Crystal Lake South High School bleachers take up most of the background view Thursday as Kimberly Maselbas walks around her backyard on Amberwood Drive in Crystal Lake. The renovations added a substantial amount of height over the old stadium bleachers. By JIM DALLKE
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CRYSTAL LAKE – A dispute between District 155 and the city of Crystal Lake over football stadium renovations at Crystal Lake South High School could end up in court. Mayor Aaron Shepley told the Northwest Herald on Thursday the district’s unwillingness to meet city zoning requirements leaves the city with two options: ignore neighbors
who have complained about the proximity of the renovation to their property and turn a blind eye to city zoning ordinances or file a lawsuit against the district. “I don’t think we have any intention of turning a blind eye,” Shepley said. Shepley said the football stadium is in violation of three zoning requirements. First, a structure must be 50 feet from the property line
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See ABUSE, page A4 Gen. Colin Powell speaks Thursday at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington during the Global Leadership Summit.
Powell visits area church Retired general’s speech a part of leadership summit By TARAH THORNE tthorne@shawmedia.com SOUTH BARRINGTON – More than 8,000 visitors took their seats at Willow Creek
Community Church in South Barrington on Thursday morning to hear a speech from Gen. Colin Powell, but several attendees at the 2013 Global Leadership Summit said his speech was just one highlight of a day of inspirational lectures. “The speakers are phenomenal, motivating and influential for my ministry,” said Kathy Gudonis, a Lake Barrington resident and member of the
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Alexian Brothers Parish Services leadership team in Schaumburg. “I wish I could bring everyone I know.” The Global Leadership Summit is a two-day event that is telecast throughout the world to more than 170,000 leaders who represent more than 14,000 churches. It is telecast live from Willow Creek’s campus at 67 E.
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D-12 ANALYZES ENROLLMENT TRENDS Enrollment at Johnsburg District 12 has dropped a staggering 15 percent since the housing crisis hit, but things might stabilize in the near future, Superintendent Dan Johnson said. The district of just under 2,200 students is expected to lose an additional 30 or so students over the next two years, and has been looking at how it can adjust. For more, see page B1.
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