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Palatine police plan to step up enforcement of the village’s vehicle sticker program. As many as 30% of vehicle owners in Palatine don’t have stickers, costing the village as much as $700,000 a year.

News | $700,000 reasons why Palatine wants to get tough on vehicle sticker scofflaws

Scofflaws are costing Palatine as much as $700,000 annually by not purchasing vehicle stickers, and village officials want to do something about it.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, speaks as, from left, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat, Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, a Massachusetts Democrat, listen during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. Long before President Donald Trump attacked the four Democratic congresswomen of color, saying they should “go back” to their home countries, they were targets of hateful rhetoric and disinformation online.

Politics | Illinois GOP group apologizes for sharing meme calling 4 Democrats 'Jihad Squad'

The fake movie poster is another broadside against the four minority congresswomen in the wake of Trump's racist tweets toward them.
Elk statues dot the landscape of the $1 billion Elk Grove Technology Park that is being built on 85 acres in Elk Grove Village. The land was the longtime Busse farm, and twice proposed for a Chicago Bears stadium.

Business | Former Elk Grove Village farm takes shape as high tech hub

On land once envisioned for the gridiron of the Chicago Bears, likenesses of elk roam today instead. Those 29 bronze figures represent the massive $1 billion Elk Grove Technology Park under development on what had been the largest remaining tract of land in the O'Hare industrial market.
Burlington-based Central Unit District 301 launched the state’s first veterinary program at the high school level last school year. Housed at Central High School, the program is growing in enrollment with students from Elgin Area School District U-46 and Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300 taking classes there this fall.

News | State's first high school veterinary science program to get bigger this fall

A regional veterinary science program at Central High School near Burlington -- the first of its kind in the state -- will see a surge in enrollment this fall as more Kane County high school districts join.
Crime | Chicago man dead after hit-and-run crash on I-294 near Rosemont
A hit-and-run crash killed a Chicago man and injured one other person on southbound I-294 near Rosemont early Sunday morning, Illinois State Police said.
College of DuPage is receiving priority capital improvement funding from the state for grounds and pond improvements after years of not receiving any state money for construction.
Columns | $300 million quickly for community colleges from state capital program: Is it for the right projects?
More than $300 million has been earmarked for capital improvement projects at community college campuses across the state through Gov. J.B. Pritzker's "Rebuild Illinois" campaign, even though enrollment continues a steady decline statewide.
Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace talks with media during an NFL football news conference Sunday, July 21, 2019, during a "Return to Decatur" at the Decatur Civic Center in Decatur, Ill., to celebrate the team's origins. (Clay Jackson /Herald & Review via AP)
Columns | Pace on Bears' kicking dilemma: 'It's kind of an open competition'
The Bears officially ended their 5-and-a-half-week summer vacation Sunday and kicked off the 2019 NFL season with their traditional general manager, head coach news conference to start the season four days prior to training camp opening Thursday in Bourbonnais.
San Diego Padres' Francisco Mejia, right, watches his solo home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Chicago, Sunday, July 21, 2019.
Cubs | Big picture could come into focus for Chicago Cubs over next 10 days
The pictures are coming in to focus for the Chcago Cubs. Small picture, things look good even after Sunday's 5-1 loss to the San Diego Padres at Wrigley Field. Big picture? That will come into focus over the next 10 days.
A dispute between CBS and AT&T has left thousands of DirecTV and U-verse viewers of CBS 2 in the dark.
Columns | Feder: CBS 2 goes missing from DirecTV, AT&T U-verse
Just when you thought WBBM-Channel 2's ratings couldn't go any lower, the CBS-owned station can't even be seen in thousands of Chicago area homes, Robert Feder writes.
Tom Kern
News | Retiring director 'has been an amazing gift' to Wauconda Area Library
Wauconda Area Library Director Tom Kern will retire in September after leading the library for more than 27 years. "I have lived and breathed this library since the day I became director," he says.
Emily Thompson, 17, of St. Charles, gives her Hereford steer a wash before showing him at last year’s DuPage County Fair. Hundreds of farm animals will move into the fairgrounds’ barns.
Entertainment | Yeehaw! 7 things to do at the DuPage County Fair
The DuPage County Fair opens Wednesday in Wheaton. Here's our guide to living your best farm life at the fair.
The Recall, a band with members from Wheaton and Glen Ellyn, is a Top 10 finalist of Suburban Chicago’s Got Talent for 2019.
Suburban Talent | Suburban Chicago's Got Talent: See our 10 finalists perform
Suburban Chicago's Got Talent has its Top 10 finalists for 2019. They'll take the stage of the Little Italy Fest-West in Addison at 3 p.m. Saturday, July 27, when the winners of the grand prize and the Fan Favorite will be announced.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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