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A Lombard police officer and a suspect in an armed robbery at The Smoke Shop were shot Thursday, sources told the ABC 7 I-Team.

Crime | Cop, armed robbery suspect shot in Lombard

A Lombard police officer and a suspect in an armed robbery were both shot late Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
Robert Justen of Justen Funeral Home & Crematory holds the cremated remains of a person who was returned to the funeral home after many years for burial. Justen is seeking a liquor license for his business to accommodate people who want to grieve their loved ones with celebration of life ceremonies versus traditional funerals.

News | Funerals are changing. One McHenry funeral home wants liquor license to adapt to those changes.

A McHenry funeral home would like the opportunity to serve alcohol during its memorials. It's a trend that started in Wheeling in 2015 when Kolssak Funeral Home became a "pioneer" in the practice of serving alcohol during funerals and wakes to keep up with the changing ways people are celebrating the death of loved ones.
The 40-unit condominium building at 1 N. Chestnut Ave. in Arlington Heights will be converted back to apartments, under a $9.7 million sale that recently closed.

News | $9.7 million sale will make downtown Arlington Heights building apartments

A 40-unit condominium building in downtown Arlington Heights has been sold for $9.7 million in a deconversion deal that will make the five-story building apartments again.
Rabbi Meir Moscowitz lights the Menorah at Chabad of Northbrook. Every seventh year on the Jewish calendar is a year of assembly — hakhel. An apt custom for coming out of a pandemic, Moscowitz said.

Lifestyle | Hanukkah and hakhel: Jewish 'year of assembly' even more meaningful after pandemic

Hanukkah events this year also bring about the spirit of the Jewish tradition of assembly -- hakhel.
Jill Koski is returning to her career roots as the Morton Arboretum’s new president and CEO. Koski is only the fourth leader in the 100-year history of the arboretum and the first woman selected for the role.
News | Q&A: What the first woman to be Morton Arboretum's CEO plans for its future
Jill Koski is taking on a new yet familiar role as president and CEO of the Morton Arboretum in Lisle.
WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner sits in a plane from Russia as she flies Friday to Abu Dhabi to be exchanged for Russian citizen Viktor Bout.
News | WNBA star Brittney Griner freed in U.S.-Russia prisoner swap
Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic prisoner exchange, as the U.S. released notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout but failed to win freedom for another American, Paul Whelan, who has been jailed for nearly four years. The swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden but carried a heavy price.
James K. Anderson
Crime | Prosecutors say ex-Campton Hills man, now a Batavia resident, secretly recorded minors for child porn
A former Campton Hills resident who now lives in Batavia is facing 70 charges that he made child pornography by secretly recording minors.
James T. Kimbrough
Crime | Man sentenced for carjacking and armed robbery in Addison
A South suburban man was sentenced Thursday to decades in prison for a carjacking and an armed robbery in Addison in 2020.
News | Hey, Griswold, there's still time to enter the Daily Herald's holiday lights contest
Entries in the Daily Herald's annual holiday lights contest will be accepted until noon Friday at events.dailyherald.com.
Kim and Garrett Seaman will open Chicken Salad Chick on Tuesday in Batavia. It will be the national chain’s first location in the Chicago area.
Business | Chicken Salad Chick opens in Batavia Tuesday; first location in the suburbs
St. Charles residents Kim and Garrett Seaman are the franchise owners of a Chicken Salad Chick restaurant opening Tuesday in Batavia. It will be the national chain's northern-most restaurant and its first in the Chicago area.
Surrounded by soldiers the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a national flag-raising ceremony in the freed Izium, Ukraine. A tart retort by Zelenskyy to a U.S. offer of help and a call by former U.S. President Donald Trump for the “termination” of parts of the Constitution top a Yale Law School librarian’s list of the most notable quotations of 2022.
News | 'I need ammunition, not a ride': Zelenskyy quip leads 2022 notable quote list
A tart retort by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to a U.S. offer of help and a call by former U.S. President Donald Trump for the "termination" of parts of the Constitution top a Yale Law School librarian's list of the most notable quotations of 2022.
Singer Celine Dion performs during her Courage tour in Quebec City on Sept. 18, 2019.
Music | Rare neurological disorder forces Celine Dion to stop performing
In an emotional video messages posted in French and English on Thursday on Instagram, Celine Dion said stiff person syndrome was causing spasms that affect her ability to walk and sing.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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The Electric Christmas Parade, part of St. Charles’ Holiday Homecoming festivities, makes its way down Main Street Saturday. The events were hosted by the St. Charles Business Alliance.
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