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Friday, April 19, 2019

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Rescuers search for a missing 9-year-old boy who fell off a paddleboard Friday night on Bangs Lake in Wauconda. A 10-year-old child, who also fell, was rescued by a passing fisherman.

News | Crews searching for boy who fell into Bangs Lake in Wauconda

Wauconda police and fire officials confirmed crews were searching for a person in Bangs Lake Friday night.
Jesus, portrayed by Jaime Aguilera, is whipped during the Via Crucis procession from St. Thomas of Villanova School in Palatine to Mision San Juan Diego in Arlington Heights.

News | Via Crucis processions take place in the suburbs for Good Friday

Arlington Heights, Palatine and Elgin were among the suburbs where worshipers participated in outdoor processions on Good Friday.
Keri Isacovici, director of Early Child Development at the Jewish Center for Youth Services in Buffalo Grove, leads a community Seder event to mark the start of Passover Friday at the Northwest Family Center.

News | Passover begins with Seders throughout the suburbs

Passover began at sunset Friday, with families gathering around the seder table to recall the Jews' exodus from slavery in ancient Egypt.
Onlookers photograph the aftermath of the Notre Dame Cathedral fire from the other side of the Seine.

News | Straight From the Source in Paris: 'A tableau of collective grief' in Notre Dame fire's aftermath

George Harmon, an assistant professor emeritus at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism, was vacationing in Paris this week and wrote down some observations on how the city and its people are coping with the fire that gutted Notre Dame Cathedral.
Six Flags Great America in Gurnee opens for the 2019 season starting Friday, April 19.
Music | 5 things to do this weekend in the suburbs
It's thrill time this weekend with the season opening of Six Flags Great America in Gurnee and the Walker Stalker Convention and Heroes and Villains Fanfest in Rosemont.
Harvest Bible Chapel’s Elgin campus, where a church school also operates.
News | Harvest Bible loses financial stamp of approval
Harvest Bible Chapel has lost the stamp of approval from an organization that evaluates the finances of Christian organizations. The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability's board terminated Harvest's membership Wednesday.
The rendering of some of the units at Canterbury Estates, a 40-unit townhouse development approved by the village board this week.
News | 40-unit townhouse development near downtown Lake Zurich approved
A plan to build a 40-unit townhome development north of Route 22 and west of Old Rand Road was approved by the village of Lake Zurich this week. The development, which will be near two rail lines and is on a state highway, received unanimous approval by the board but not before tough questions from elected officials about whether the townhouses would sell.
The 18-screen AMC movie theater in Rosemont may eliminate six screens and parcel out that space to a new user, village officials said.
News | Redevelopment at AMC movie theater in Rosemont?
The 18-screen AMC movie theater in Rosemont's entertainment district may shut down six of those screens and parcel out that space to another user, village officials said.
Art Fessler
Education | Lame-duck District 59 board could give raise, contract extension to Fessler
Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 Superintendent Art Fessler could get a raise and contract extension from the outgoing school board just before new members are seated.
The Rev. John Smyth
News | Visitation, funeral set for the Rev. John Smyth, former Maryville Academy leader
Funeral arrangements have been set for the Rev. John P. Smyth, the longtime leader of Maryville Academy in Des Plaines, who died Tuesday.
President Donald Trump arrives for a Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride event in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 18, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics | Read the full Mueller Report
Public at last, special counsel Robert Mueller's report revealed to a waiting nation Thursday that President Donald Trump had tried to seize control of the Russia probe and force Mueller's removal to stop him from investigating potential obstruction of justice by the president.
Diesel, a 10-year-old Belgian Malinois, died of liver cancer Wednesday. The tracker had worked with Elmhurst police for almost nine years.
News | Elmhurst mourns death of police dog Diesel
A police dog named Diesel who has served in Elmhurst for nearly nine years died this week from liver cancer, officials said Friday. A 10-year-old Belgian malinois, Diesel was trained as a tracker to lead officers to evidence at crime scenes and to be protective of his handler and partner, officer Tony Poli.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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