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McKesson Corp. employees scan a box of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine while filling an order Monday in Kentucky. The new mass-vaccination site in Des Plaines will administer the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

News | New Des Plaines COVID-19 immunization site to use single-dose vaccine

A new mass vaccination site in Des Plaines will use the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, according to Cook County officials.
The former Kmart store at 1155 E. Oakton St. in Des Plaines will open this week as a COVID-19 mass vaccination site.

News | Where might you go for shots? Mass vaccination sites throughout the suburbs

A glance at some of the mass vaccination sites operating in the suburbs.
The pending sale of Arlington Park will bring a big change to the landscape of Arlington Heights.

Columns | Constable: From landmarks like Arlington Park to Dr. Suess, losing favorites is part of change

When change can be difficult to accept, and we lose things that were important to us, we have a tendency to look in the rearview mirror and imagine a better past.
Gifting the Arlington Park land to the village would be a welcome move by Churchill Downs Inc.

Columns | Jim O'Donnell: Churchill Inc. perfectly positioned to donate land for Halas Stadium

Jim O'Donnell: Wouldn't it be nice if Churchill Downs Inc. donated the Arlington Park land to the village?
News | No injuries reported in Naperville fire
No one was injured in a fire at a two-story apartment building Wednesday night in Naperville.
Mount Prospect village trustees approved a $26.8 million plan to tear down a downtown shopping center and replace it with a five-story, mixed-use development featuring 80 apartments and first-floor retail and restaurant space.
News | $26.8 million redevelopment of downtown Mount Prospect shopping center gets OK from board
Mount Prospect village board members voted Tuesday to approve the redevelopment of the Prospect Place shopping center, as well as a package of more than $4 million in financial incentives to support the downtown project.
Brian Pemble
Crime | 'This isn't a joke': Man shot during gas station robbery describes violent attack
It's been a week since Brian Pemble, working the overnight shift at the Marengo Circle K/Shell, was shot in the leg during an armed robbery committed by two men. Pemble, who had been working at the gas station as a second job for about three and a half to four months, says he can remember "pretty much everything" that happened that night.
Upper from left, Terri Gens, Augie Filippone and, lower from left, Peggy Pissarreck and Brian Maye are candidates for the Mount Prospect village trustee.
Politics | Another call for Mount Prospect trustee to drop out of race over slur
A Mount Prospect mayoral candidate and current village trustee is calling for trustee candidate Terri Gens to withdraw from the race and be removed from the Mount Prospect Public Library board for using a racial slur during an endorsement interview with the Daily Herald.
Jonathan Carroll
Education | Bill to curb use of isolation, restraint in public schools put on hold
Proposed legislation to curb the use of restraint and isolation as a form of punishment in Illinois public schools has been delayed after some lawmakers on a heavily suburban-influenced House education committee raised concerns.
Robin Kelly
Politics | Choosing the first woman and person of color to lead them, Democrats named U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly chair of the Democratic Party of Illinois on Wednesday -- despite concerns over limits on her ability to raise and spend funds.
Democrats choose Kelly to lead them
Cheryl Burton and Mark Giangreco
Columns | Feder: ABC 7's Mark Giangreco under fire for 'ditzy' remark about Cheryl Burton
Now it can be told: Veteran Chicago sports anchor Mark Giangreco may be on the verge of losing his job at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7 because he used the word "ditzy" in an on-air comment about news anchor Cheryl Burton.
Education | Bill would allow students with special needs to finish school year after they turn 22
The Illinois House Human Services Committee advanced two bills Tuesday, one allowing special needs students to stay with school programs past their 22nd birthday and another allowing the use of certain federal nutrition benefits to purchase feminine hygiene products.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Cook County Forest Preserves’ Jonny Brann, center, helps people learn basic cross-country skiing techniques and test out some skis while exploring the trails around Camp Reinberg Saturday, February 20, 2021 in Palatine.
An attempt to build snowmen and finding golf balls in the snow are part of The Week in Pictures photo gallery for February 20-26, 2021.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 553, Don Vickery photo: Plotting the downfall of one another are these chess club members at Arlington High School in March of 1965. Clockwise from above left are Ferdunand Korndorf, Robert Jenkins, John Simmons and Allan Swaby.
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