Waukegan joins the chase for last casino license - 2004-01-20
Let the poor-mouthing and viciousness begin. You wouldn't typically expect much of that sort of thing from Richard Hyde, the proud and polite 77-year-old mayor of Waukegan, but there's a riverboat casino license at stake.

This is no time for the faint of heart.

Hyde, a retired high school athletic director and former fighter pilot, went into extensive detail Monday about just how bad things are in Waukegan: 30,000 jobs lost in the last 30 years, an unemployment level 25 percent higher than for the Chicago region, 12,000 residents living at or below the poverty level.
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Woman fights back, purse snatcher foiled - 2004-01-20
A man who tried to rob a woman’s purse Monday at the Sands Regency Casino fled after he pushed her to the ground but she continued to fight, police said.

About 10:25 a.m., a man tried to steal the purse of the California woman as she was playing slot machines at the casino at 345 N. Arlington St. Police
said he engaged her in a conversation, snatched her purse and knocked her down.

From the ground, she struggled with the man, who dragged her a short way before fleeing. She was not injured. He gave up and ran out of the casino.
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