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Effective Monday, the federal government will mail out four free COVID-19 tests to every household that requests them. For information go to covid.gov/tests.

News | Free at-home COVID-19 test kits are back. Here's how to get yours.

Effective Monday, the government's gifting COVID-19 tests again. Here's how to get new ones and how to check if the old ones you're hoarding still work.
Drivers wait at the Illinois Secretary of State facility in Schaumburg. On Sept. 1, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias instituted an appointment only system for driver’s services that some seniors say is flawed.

Columns | Secretary of state's office makes changes amid complaints about appointment system

Secretary of state deploys more resources, opens two senior centers to handle new appointment system. Some seniors report frustration with redo.
The Forest Estates subdivision is one of two large unincorporated areas near Rolling Meadows being eyed for annexation. But homeowners, who would have to approve the change, are so far opposed. Pictured is the neighborhood looking west on Forest Lane.

Cook County | 'We do not want you as our landlords': Homeowners resist Rolling Meadows annexation push

Though they can't force them, Cook County and Rolling Meadows officials say they at least want to have a conversation with homeowners in two unincorporated subdivisions to annex into the city. But the homeowners say they've gotten that pitch before and want nothing of it.
Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus speaks during a news conference following an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. The Chiefs won 41-10.

Bears | Eberflus believes in Fields: 'We just need to see the fruits of the labor'

Bears coach Matt Eberflus focused on the individual details a day after his team suffered a 41-10 loss to Kansas City on Sunday.
A rendering of Cloud 9 Cannabis’ proposal to subdivide the 6,500-square-foot former Omega Restaurant at 1823 W. Wise Road in Schaumburg. The marijuana dispensary plans to use about 4,500 square feet of the former restaurant space.
Commercial Real Estate | Schaumburg officials to consider proposal for fourth marijuana dispensary
Schaumburg trustees will consider a plan Tuesday to allow the village's fourth recreational marijuana dispensary in a majority of the former Omega Restaurant, which closed in March at the corner of Irving Park and Wise roads.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s memoir, “Every Day Is a Gift,” came out in hardcover in 2021.
Politics | Duckworth has earned more than $1.6 million from memoir sales, documents show
Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Hoffman Estates has collected more than $1.6 million in royalties from the sales of her memoir since its initial publication more than two years ago, federal documents reveal.
Kevin Medows
News | Rolling Meadows Library director resigning little more than a year after his hiring
A little more than a year after taking the helm at the Rolling Meadows Library, Executive Director Kevin Medows is stepping down.
Martin Zaca
Crime | Aurora man pleads guilty to sexually abusing girl, takes 14-year prison sentence
An Aurora man has pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Martin Zaca, 48, of the 100 block of North Smith Street, agreed to a sentence of 14 years in prison on Sept. 21.
Jesus J. Maciel-Facio
Kane County | St. Charles-area man sentenced to 11 years for sexually assaulting child
A St. Charles-area man is sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexual assault and abuse of a child.
The Marketplace shopping center in Vernon Hills soon could be home to a Planet Fitness gym. Village official appear likely to support a plan for a Planet Fitness in a long-vacant space that previously was home to Old Navy.
Commercial Real Estate | Will former Old Navy store in Vernon Hills be converted to a fitness center?
A low-cost fitness center could fill the long vacant Old Navy space in the Marketplace of Vernon Hills shopping center.
Jesus “Chuy” Garcia
Politics | Where local members of Congress went on lobbyist-funded trips
Six members of the congressional delegation serving the North, West or Northwest suburbs took trips abroad last year funded by special interest groups, federal documents show.
Executive Director Susan Cincinelli raises a glass to her employees Tuesday during a celebration for her 50th anniversary at The Atrium at Oak Crest in Elgin.
News | 'My heart's here': Executive director celebrates 50 years at Elgin senior living facility
Susan Cincinelli recently celebrated her 50th anniversary of working at The Atrium at Oak Crest Residence in Elgin.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Elgin Mayor David Kaptain, City Councilwoman Rose Martinez, Elgin Area Chamber volunteers and staff join physicians and staff from OrthoIllinois for a ribbon cutting at their new surgery center. Located off of Randall Road on Alft Lane, the new state-of-the-art outpatient ambulatory surgery center has been opened with a commitment to comprehensive patient care. The center's physicians and staff utilize leading-edge technology and provide personalized care in a cost-effective manner.
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Retired Palatine firefighter/paramedic Mark Hallett gets emotional during the lowering of the American Flag to half staff during Monday’s Patriot Day Remembrance ceremony Monday at the Palatine Firefighters Memorial. Hallett served from 1981-2011 and was the main speaker at the ceremony.
The Week in Pictures photo gallery for September 11-17, 2023
The Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce and the village of Lake Barrington gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and after-hours networking on Sept. 7 to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Greater Chicago Kitchen and Bath in its new location at 22000 N. Pepper Road, Unit K in Lake Barrington. Greater Chicago Kitchen and Bath ribbon-cutting ceremony attendees (l-r): Suzanne Corr (Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce); Doug and Janet McAllister (Douglas Auto); Sharon Peterson (Village of Lake Barrington); Kathy Ewing (Music Connections Mobile DJ Entertainment); Jennifer and Mathew Hissa (Greater Chicago Kitchen and Bath); Jared Silver (At a Glance Marketing); Ilona House (Ilona N Company Events); Dan Boskovic (Alvearium Cyber Security); and Zach Witt (ilumen Solar).
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Elise, left, and Anna Martino play with Collision at the Mount Prospect Moose Lodge during the 56 Music Fix in August.
Collision plays the 56 Music Fix
Guitarist Ryan McQueen stepped up to the mic as Kings By Day played Rookies RocHaus in West Dundee.
Kings By Day at Rookies RocHaus
Cory McHale, of Naperville and her children, Emily, 2, and Logan 4, get a closer look at a police car at the Naper Blvd. Library on International Literacy Day Friday, September 8, 2023 in Naperville. Naperville police officer Matt Fletcher read to families at the extension and has participated in family story time at the city’s three libraries for 20 years.
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