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Tuesday, July 23, 2019

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A new Hoffman Estates location of South Elgin-based Panic Escape Room is expected to open in early September in the basement of the medical office building at 990 Grand Canyon Parkway.

News | Multithemed escape-room business to open in Hoffman Estates

Hoffman Estates officials Monday unanimously approved a multithemed escape-room business in the basement of a four-story medical office building.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has now signed more than 100 bills into law since he took office this year.

Transportation | Newest state laws: Added texting-and-driving penalties, limits on municipal term limits

Gov. J.B. Pritzker surpassed 100 bills signed as he put his signature on more than 30 new laws last week. They included a measure to increase penalties on texting drivers who cause great bodily harm, another to allow certain recipients of food stamps to use them at state-contracted restaurants, and another putting a limit on municipal term limits.
Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle, left, is embraced by teammates including catcher Ramon Castro after throwing a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays in a baseball game, Thursday, July 23, 2009, in Chicago. The White Sox won 5-0. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching)

White Sox | Buehrle won't be celebrating 10-year anniversary of perfect game

Mark Buehrle never sought out the spotlight during his 12 seasons pitching for the Chicago White Sox. The left-hander said he never even thinks about the perfect game he threw vs. Tampa Bay a decade ago.
Jeanne Ives of Wheaton is running against former Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti in the Republican primary to seek the 6th District U.S. House seat now held by Democrat Sean Casten of Downers Grove.

Politics | Ives seeks 'more freedom' for 6th District in campaign to unseat Casten

Jeanne Ives challenged then-Gov. Bruce Rauner in a 2018 Republican primary and now is running for U.S. representative in the 6th District. She says the race is all about freedom from excessive government control.
Construction of a 63,538-square-foot Jewel-Osco grocery store is set to begin this fall at the northeast corner of Route 47 and Reed Road in Huntley. The project cost is estimated at $11.5 million and expected to bring 160 new jobs to the area.
Business | Construction of second Huntley Jewel store set to begin this fall
Construction of a new Jewel-Osco store on the north side of Huntley is expected to begin this fall.
Chicago Bears outside linebacker Leonard Floyd reacts after he forced Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford to throw an incomplete pass Sunday at Soldier Field in Chicago.
Bears | Why Chicago Bears GM Pace is excited about Leonard Floyd, Mitch Trubisky
It was fascinating to hear the contrast from Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace on Sunday at team brass' annual pre-training camp news conference as he discussed arguably his two most important players not named Khalil Mack.
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Kane County | Judge: Geneva man's anonymous racist, homophobic letters were 'vulgar' but not criminal
Citing freedom of speech, a Kane County judge on Monday found a Geneva man who sent anonymous, racist, homophobic and harassing letters to people in a "What's Happening" Facebook group not guilty of misdemeanor disorderly conduct.
This newly released architectural image shows a curving pedestrian overpass near Mundelein’s Metra station. A long bridge would connect a condominium building east of the tracks and a spot at the south end of Plaza Circle.
News | Mundelein scaling back plans for pedestrian overpass at Metra station
Concerned about rising cost estimates, Mundelein officials are scaling back plans for a pedestrian overpass at the railroad tracks near the village's Metra station.
Courtesy 101 WKQX Walter Flakus, assistant program director, music director and on-air host at WKQX 101.1-FM, is leaving the Cumulus Media alternative rock station to join KNDD in Seattle as assistant program director and afternoon host.
Columns | Feder: Walter Flakus calls it a night at 101 WKQX
Walter Flakus, assistant program director, music director and on-air host at WKQX 101.1-FM, is leaving the Cumulus Media alternative rock station to join KNDD in Seattle as assistant program director and afternoon host, Robert Feder writes.
Wheeling native and “American Idol” alumna Haley Reinhart replaces Winnetka native Christine Ebersole in a joint concert with Michael Feinstein at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park on Thursday, Aug. 29. Ebersole dropped out of the concert due to scheduling conflicts.
Music | Wheeling's Haley Reinhart among additions to Ravinia lineup
The Ravinia Festival in Highland Park has gained and lost two different two-time Tony Award winning actresses.
A group of good Samaritans came to the rescue of a driver of a pickup truck that flipped over Monday morning on I-88 in Oak Brook.
Transportation | Good Samaritans rescue man on I-88 after pickup truck flips over
A group of good Samaritans came to the rescue of a driver of a pickup truck that flipped over Monday morning on I-88 in Oak Brook.
Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada in an undated photo from the Council Bluffs Police Department.
News | A supermarket worker vanished 10 years ago. He was trapped behind a cooler the whole time.
The coolers made so much noise that Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada's cries for help were likely muffled, police said.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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