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Upper from left, Tina Garrett, Gene Haring and Patrick Maag and, lower from left, Elizabeth Massa and Beth Morley are candidates for Des Plaines Elementary School District 62 board.

Politics | Des Plaines school board member says schools shouldn't celebrate Columbus Day

A Des Plaines Elementary School District 62 board member who's seeking reelection said educators need to "fix our history books" and stop honoring Christopher Columbus' expeditions to the Americas.
Bulls players Patrick Williams and Coby White, after practice Tuesday March 14, 2023 at the Advocate Center in Chicago. The two North Carolina natives have bonded since being with the Bulls.

Bulls | Bulls buddies: Williams, White bring Carolina cool to the locker room

Coby White and Patrick Williams are probably the closest friends inside the Bulls' locker room. They known each other for a long time, since both grew up in North Carolina, and both are trying to accelerate their path to becoming winning NBA players.
Some Republicans are trying to prevent Kane County Clerk Jack Cunningham’s office from getting a $2 million grant from a nonprofit group that they believe comes with liberal strings. Cunningham also is a Republican.

Kane County | Kane County GOP sees $2M grant as Democratic election interference

Kane County Republicans are rallying to block a $2 million grant they believe is a Trojan horse that will introduce Democratic influence into how local elections are run.
Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson was run out of the top job at Indiana in 2008 due to a flurry of high-scope infractions. He was dealt a five-year “show-cause” exile by the NCAA, essentially banning him from the organization’s big courts for that period.

College Sports | Jim O'Donnell: Sampson and Houston vs. Alabama for the NCAA title would sour the Sweet

Jim O'Donnell says it wouldn't be a good look for the NCAA national championship game to feature either slide-and-hide programs of Houston and Alabama. That would not be recommended family viewing on CBS.
Buffalo Grove village trustees are being asked to consider a plan for a 7,000-square-foot recreational marijuana dispensary at the site of a closed bank building on Dundee Road.
Commercial Real Estate | Proposal for marijuana shop near Buffalo Grove High School faces opposition
A proposal for a recreational marijuana dispensary near Buffalo Grove High School is drawing fire from students, the high school's principal and village board members.
Schaumburg Mayor Tom Dailly
News | Schaumburg considers $1,000 'inflation relief' payments for full-time workers
Having recently approved $150 rebates for every owner-occupied household in the village, Schaumburg officials now are considering $1,000 payments for full-time employees and $500 payments for part-timers to help them bear the impacts of inflation.
A three-story, 102,008-square-foot self-storage building is proposed for the Golf Road site of a former animal supply store and shelter care home in Arlington Heights.
Commercial Real Estate | Self-storage facility to replace pet store at Arlington Heights' Golf Road entryway
A gateway site to Arlington Heights that was long home to a pet food shop and shelter care home will make way for a new self-storage facility.
Gunmen robbed two people in a car outside Rivers Casino in Des Plaines on Sunday. Suspects are in custody.
Crime | Police make arrests in armed robberies at casino, grocery store
Arrests have been made following robberies at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines and a grocery store in Park Ridge that could be related, police said Tuesday.
Scottish composer James MacMillan, center left, and British businessman and parliamentarian Robert Haldane Smith, center right, celebrated the legacy of Olympian and Christian missionary Eric Liddell during the Judson University World Leaders Forum Tuesday in Elgin. Liddell’s feats at the 1924 Paris Olympics inspired the Academy Award-winning film “Chariots of Fire.”
News | Judson's World Leader Forum celebrates Olympian who inspired 'Chariots of Fire'
James MacMillan and Robert Haldane Smith celebrated the legacy of Olympian and Christian missionary Eric Liddell on Tuesday during the Judson University World Leaders Forum in Elgin. Liddell's feats at the 1924 Paris Olympics inspired the Academy Award-winning film "Chariots of Fire."
After sitting vacant for about 14 years, a new redevelopment proposal has emerged for the former Rohrman auto dealership in Buffalo Grove. The plan includes a new dealership, a residential building and space for retail businesses.
Commercial Real Estate | Housing, auto dealership highlight new plan for long-vacant Rohrman site in Buffalo Grove
The developer who revitalized the southwest corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Deerfield Parkway in Buffalo Grove hopes to do the same for the long-vacant former Rohrman auto dealership property on the other side of town.
Tribella Bar and Grill, an Italian American bistro in Batavia, is closing its doors on Sunday, March 26.
Business | Tribella Bar and Grill in Batavia to close its doors Sunday
After 26 years of being in business, Tribella Bar and Grill in Batavia will be taking its last orders on Sunday.
News | Ecker Center in Elgin opens new program to help offset mental health ER visits
Ecker Center for Behavioral Health in Elgin has opened its new Crisis Stabilization Program, an alternative to those in a mental health crisis instead of going to a hospital emergency room.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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The Buffalo Grove-Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce Chamber Member Lunch featured keynote speaker Scott Tillema on March 7 at The Continental in Buffalo Grove. Scott is a member of The Negotiations Collective and is an FBI trained hostage negotiator who is a leader in the field of negotiation and conflict resolution. He talked about how to develop powerful techniques of negotiation and influence that people can use both professionally and within all aspects of life.
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Anderson Humane in South Elgin has a new program called Doggie Day Out that enables people to sign up as temporary fosters and take a shelter dog out for a day. Erin Linton, who works at the shelter, picked up Willie for the day just to get him out of the chaos of the shelter for the day and was rewarded with a sloppy kiss.
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Halle Berry arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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The Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce and the village of Barrington gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 1 to celebrate the new location of Laura George Consulting at 509 W. Main St., 2nd floor, in Barrington. Attendees at the Laura George Consulting ribbon-cutting ceremony included: Laura George, Susan Kurland and Laura Harman (Laura George Consulting); Bob Finley (Virtue Asset Management); Scott Anderson (Village of Barrington); Martha Goodman Stack (Wells Fargo Advisors); Jen Frey (Jen Frey Coaching); Steve Wilson (CBIZ, Inc.); John Corey (Responsible Financial Guidance, A Private Wealth Advisory Practice of Ameriprise Financial, LLC); and Suzanne Corr (Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce).
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