Sunday, December 2, 2012
Patch recaps top news in Wheaton, including the close of the Wheaton Grand Theater and plans for Jefferson Early Childhood Center.
Here are the top headlines from the week of Nov. 26-30: Buyer Closes Wheaton Grand Theater Deal Former WWS Teacher's Child Porn Case to Resume Next Week Don't want to miss this stuff during the week? Sign up for our free daily newsletter. Then like us on Facebook! Hubble Gyms Completion, Winter Sports Delayed Until Early February District 200 Officials Want $18M Referendum to Rebuild Jefferson District 200 Considers Revised, Cheaper Jefferson Preschool Designs Bricks Pizza Owner Predicts Mid-December Opening City Seeks Candidates for At-Large Council Seat 15 Highest Paid District 200 School Services Admins, Employees Outerwear Store Opens in Downtown Wheaton Wheaton Man Wins $250,000 in Illinois Mega Millions Drawing Wheaton Investigation…
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
A jackpot of $550 million was up for grabs to one lucky winner of the Powerball Lottery drawing.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
ABC News reported that lottery officials expected to sell more than 105,000 tickets every minute before the drawing. Despite the long odds for the big jackpot, the overall odds of winning a prize are considerably better at 1 in 55. Since the last drawing on Nov. 24, the Powerball jackpot has grown by more than $100 million to a record $550 million. The estimated cash payout is $360.2 million. The last set of winning numbers was drawn on Oct. 16. What would you do with $550 million? Let us know in the comments.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Robert Kolbe of Wheaton wins $250,000 in Nov. 16 Mega Millions drawing.
Robert Kolbe of Wheaton won in the Illinois Mega Millions drawing earlier this month, collecting $250,000 from the Nov. 16 drawing. Kolbe said in a statement he plays a few dollars a week and has won $150 numerous times, but this is his first big win. He matched the first five numbers—05, 24, 26, 29, 53, according to a press release. "When I saw that I won, I had to check my ticket again and again to make sure it was indeed a winner. I like to check my tickets online because it's coming straight from the Lottery and narrows the margin of error, so I knew for sure I was a winner," he said. Let Patch save you time. Get stories delivered to your inbox—sign up for our email newsletter. Fast signup here. You can also like us on Facebook. …
Friday, April 6, 2012
Instead of playing the lottery, just send me the money care of Patch.
No! I did not buy a lottery ticket, thank you very much! In fact, I haven’t purchased a heinous slip of paper in more than 20 years. I know y’all love to label me as a liberal, but this fiscal conservative refuses to fall prey to what’s nothing more than a voluntary tax. Because when it comes to winning the ping pong ball sweepstakes, you have a better chance of dying in an asteroid strike, being struck by lightning, dying of a snake bite, being attacked by flesh easting bacteria, or watching your golf foursome hit two holes-in-one on the same hole. But despite those incredible odds, apparently everyone in this bloody country but interim Patch editor Dan Campana and myself shelled out $1.5 billion for the privilege of participating a one …
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Here is a wrap-up of some of the latest political news.
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
U.S. Dick Durbin (D-IL) has introduced legislation that would allow private student loan debt to be discharged in bankruptcy. The bill does not include federal student loans. This may be a boon to some senior citizens who are more concerned about having money for student loans rather than for golf or cruises. These senior citizens are still paying their college loans; others are paying costs incurred when they returned to college later in life; and others are strapped with loans they co-signed for their children who cannot, in this job market, afford to pay their loans. The Washington Post reported that new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows that Americans 60 and older still owe about $36 billion in student loans, …
Monday, April 2, 2012
OK, you would not be in Bill Gates' league, but it's fun to fantasize.
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Somewhere in Illinois, Maryland and Kansas there is someone nearly $219 million rich. Three people hit Friday’s Mega Millions lottery jackpot. The largest U.S. lottery prize jumped to $656 by the time of the drawing, after the frenzy of ticket buying ended in the 42 states, the District of Columbia and the U. S. Virgin Islands, where Mega Million tickets are sold. One of the winning tickets was sold in downstate Illinois. "This is what the lottery is about. You risk a small amount of money, and it's long odds, and it happens to a person who walks into a Motomart in Red Bud, Illinois that wins $213 million," Illinois State Lottery Director Mike Jones told ABC7 News. (The amount was higher at the end of the selling period.) "Around the …
Friday, March 30, 2012
The jackpot of Friday night's drawing is worth $640 million.
Friday night's Mega Millions lottery jackpot has reached $640 million as of 1:20 p.m., according to the Mega Millions website. In an All Things Considered segment that aired on NPR Thursday, mathematician Aaron Abrams said the odds of a player winning the record jackpot is 1 in 176 million and, even for the paltry $1 price, buying a lottery ticket for this jackpot is a bad economic decision. Mathematician, schmathematician. One buck for a crack at more than half a billion? Forget the numbers, it's all about luck, baby. (Some might say.) Have you bought—or are you planning to buy—a ticket for Friday's big drawing? Vote in the poll below and tell us why or why not in the comments! To those who have bought a ticket, good luck! You're …
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10:50 am on Sunday, December 2, 2012
Oops - missed the Tax Increase TALK ! Guess just listing the many ways local Self Governing Issues are being pushed though assures taxes will increase while property values in real estate market continues to decrease ! Here we are at 1 in 9 employees work for government pushing hard toward 1 in 8 ! more ›