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The inability of Winfield and Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, pictured here, to finalize a deal to bring downtown redevelopment has become a source of debate in the village trustee race.

Politics | Winfield candidates talk about stalled deal with Central DuPage Hospital

The inability of Winfield and Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital to finalize a deal to bring downtown redevelopment has become a source of debate in the village trustee race.
Popular country band Rascal Flatts was including The Arboretum of South Barrington in its nationwide rollout of namesake restaurants and entertainment venues. However, the establishment no longer will open. This was an artist’s rendering of the South Barrington location submitted to the village in 2017.

News | Rascal Flatts restaurant not coming to Arboretum of South Barrington

Amid problems across the United States, popular country band Rascal Flatts won't bring a proposed namesake restaurant and bar to The Arboretum of South Barrington and is distancing itself from the developer behind the eatery.
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi

Politics | Suburban Democrats call for release of full Mueller report

Suburban Democrats are calling for the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's full report, but a Republican colleague said it's time to move forward.
President Donald Trump gestures Sunday while walking across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington after stepping off Marine One helicopter in Washington. The Justice Department said Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation did not find evidence that President Donald Trump’s campaign “conspired or coordinated” with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election.

Politics | 4 takeaways from Barr's letter about Mueller investigation

We finally got our first glimpse of special counsel Robert Mueller's final conclusions from his Russia investigation, with Attorney General William Barr summarizing them on Sunday. Below are the big excerpts, with some analysis.
Justin Dalcollo
Crime | Registered sex offender charged in sexual assault, kidnapping in Bloomingdale
A registered sex offender, still on parole in Ohio, for unlawful sexual contact with a minor is is scheduled to be in DuPage County bond court this morning after his weekend arrest in Bloomingdale.
Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo directs his team during a first round men's college basketball game against Bradley in the NCAA Tournament, Thursday, March 21, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Columns | Rozner: Izzo reactions offers fine glimpse
MSU's Tom Izzo yelled at a player and social media collapsed in on itself. This is the world we live in.
Education | Why Illinois lawmakers want to change teacher licensing tests
Looking for ways to ease the state's growing teacher shortage, some Illinois lawmakers are again turning their attention to the battery of tests that prospective teachers must take to be licensed, arguing those tests deter many college students from trying to enter the profession.
Upper from left, Jillian Barker, Michael Bryant, Kathy Hewell and, lower from left, Rebecca McCabe, Garrett Seaman are candidates for the St. Charles Unit District 303 school board.
Politics | St. Charles District 303 candidates weigh in on future of Haines building
Building utilization is a pressing issue for the seven candidates running for St. Charles Unit District 303 school board this spring, particularly regarding the fate of the soon-to-be-vacant Haines Middle School.
Since February WRLR’s Studio B has been located in the Metra train station’s vacant ticket-agent office in north suburban Round Lake Beach.
Columns | Feder: New radio studio keeps 'Voice of Lake County' on track
WRLR 98.3-FM, the low-power nonprofit community radio station that bills itself as "The Voice of Lake County," has a new claim to fame: It boasts the only broadcast studio inside a train depot, Robert Feder writes.
Although owned by Lake Villa School District 41, Pleviak School is leased to Round Lake Area Unit District 116. Campus improvements are proposed as part of a $50 million package that’ll be decided by District 41 voters on April 2.
Politics | How far will Lake Villa District 41 taxes fall? Voters to decide
The property tax rate in Lake Villa Elementary District 41 is set to decrease on next year's bills -- but voters will determine by how much.
Houston players celebrate Sunday after beating Ohio State in the NCAA Tournament in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Houston won 74-59.
College Sports | There's only one perfect NCAA tournament bracket left. It probably isn't yours.
Picking 48 straight games correctly actually is quite the accomplishment. The NCAA says it's the longest streak of correct picks it's ever seen, shattering the previous record of 39 games in 2017.
Fire-blackened wreckage of a KLM Boeing 747 jetliner litters the field at Los Rodeos Airport at Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, on the day after it collided with a Pan Am 747. All 248 crew and passengers on the KLM flight were killed, but 61 of the 396 on the Pan Am jet survived.
Columns | Constable: How a suburban couple survived world's worst plane disaster
Northbrook vacationers Caroline and Warren Hopkins survived the world's worst aviation disaster on March 27, 1977, with a miraculous escape from the collision of two jumbo jets that killed 583 people. It took author Jon Ziomek more than four decades to explain what happened.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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