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According to a national study, 1.3 percent of children born in 2015 weren’t vaccinated, which is a small minority but represents an increase of 44 percent when compared to the vaccination rates of children born in 2011.

Columns | Constable: Why hail medical advances when we don't vaccinate?

We all hail the medical advances that are helping us live longer and better. But new evidence suggests that not all of us are moving in the right direction when it comes to an obvious method to keep our health.
An effort to recall Wheeling Village President Pat Horcher failed Monday after organizers fell about 200 signatures short of the minimum needed to put the question on an election ballot.

Politics | Recall effort against Wheeling village president fails

Organizers of the effort to oust Village President Pat Horcher through a recall election said they did not have enough signatures by a Monday deadline to put the measure on the ballot in April.
Ron Olbrysh, chairman of the National Association of Retired Sears Employees, retired in 1996 after 24 years with the company. The Lombard resident says the retail giant failed to adapt to the shopping habits of the American consumer. “We were the number-one retailer for many years. We may have gotten a big ego,” said Olbrysh.

News | 'Frankly, I'm surprised it took so long': Sears retirees not surprised by bankruptcy filing

Sears retirees and shoppers from the suburbs said they were saddened by news of the company's bankruptcy filing Monday -- and even a bit nostalgic about its heyday -- but can't say they didn't see it coming. "Frankly, I'm surprised it took so long," said Ron Olbrysh, of Lombard, chairman of the National Association of Retired Sears Employees, a Chicago-based group representing former workers.
Cubs president Theo Epstein, left, and manager Joe Maddon share a moment in the Cubs dugout during a workout before Game 3 of the 2015 NLDS at Wrigley Field. It would be difficult for Epstein to blame Maddon for the Cubs’ disappointing postseason showing this year, although he did fire pitching coach Chris Bosio and hitting coach John Mallee a year ago after three straight NLCS appearances and a World Series title.

Columns | Rozner: Cubs coaching carousel adds to palace intrigue

With the offseason having only just begun, there's already plenty of intrigue as the Cubs point toward 2019.
Lake County | Police: Man shot to death during robbery at Lindenhurst home
Lake County authorities are investigating a shooting that left a man dead during an apparent robbery at a Lindenhurst home early Tuesday morning.
Education | Dist. 203 to vote no on armed teachers proposal
Naperville Unit District 203 is one suburban district standing against a downstate idea to allow armed teachers or administrators in schools.
The DuPage Children’s Museum’s property at 301 N. Washington St. in Naperville is among city-owned land included as part of a redevelopment project along 5th Avenue near the train station. The museum could stay there, with new uses built around it, or officials could decide to move it to one of four other sites in town.
DuPage County | Naperville considering 4 sites for popular kids museum
Four sites are in consideration if officials decide to move the DuPage Children's Museum to make way for redevelopment in Naperville.
Federal authorities say this is Eric M. Dill, 39 of Barrington, in an image captured during an Oct. 10 robbery of the BMO Harris Bank in Carpentersville. Dill was captured the next day, authorities say.
Crime | FBI: Bank robbery suspect captured after trying to use stolen cash
A 39-year-old Barrington man linked to three recent suburban bank robberies was captured last week after he tried to use stolen cash to make a wire transfer at his own bank, authorities said.
News | Woman who refused to let black neighbor into building fired
A white woman who refused to allow a black neighbor into their downtown St. Louis apartment building because he wouldn't show her proof that he lived there has been fired.
Dream Place, a Chinese restaurant, will open in Dundee Road space previously occupied by India Bhawan in Palatine, which shut down in late 2017 amid allegations it didn’t take precautions to prevent illegal drug sales on the premises and allowed another eatery to operate in its building without a license.
Business | New Chinese restaurant set to open in shuttered Palatine space
A Chinese restaurant will open in space previously occupied by India Bhawan in Palatine, which shut down in late 2017 amid allegations it didn't take precautions to prevent illegal drug sales on the premises and allowed another eatery to operate in its building without a license.
Chuck Adams, the executive director of Indivisible Aurora, is urging the city to replace Columbus Day with a celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day.
News | Aurora activist: Replace Columbus with Indigenous Peoples Day
Chuck Adams, the executive director of Indivisible Aurora, says he hopes this most recent Columbus Day is the last one observed in Aurora as he works with city and school leaders to instead celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day.
A former Sears Holdings Corp. store stands in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
News | Sears' 'radical' past: How mail-order catalogs subverted the racial hierarchy of Jim Crow
Monday's announcement that Sears would file for bankruptcy and close 142 stores came as little surprise to anyone who has followed the retail giant's collapse in recent years. Still, the news inspired a wave of nostalgia for a company that sold an ideal of middle-class life to generations of Americans.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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