All Stories from June 17, 2019 (Change date)
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Why has Palatine food pantry scavenger hunt grown ninefold in 10 years? 'Kids love it'Jun 17, 2019 5:33 am - An annual food pantry scavenger hunt in Palatine will travel through a record 95-block radius on its 10th anniversary next week, representing a ninefold increase since t...
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Chambers of commerce largely staying silent on marijuana salesJun 17, 2019 5:30 am - Suburban chambers of commerce are largely staying out of the debate on whether to allow or forbid recreational marijuana sales in towns across the region. The ethics be...
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Allow sales or 'incur pain'? Suburbs weighing legal pot shop regulationsJun 17, 2019 5:30 am - Recreational use of marijuana will be legal in Illinois come Jan. 1, but whether pot can be sold in our backyards is up to local officials. Each community has the author...
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Starting July 1, no more free passes for texting (or holding your phone at all) and drivingJun 17, 2019 5:00 am - Illinois' law banning driving and texting is now five years old, and drivers caught violating it will face a stiffer penalty as of July 1. Scofflaws who text, talk or us...
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How Good Samaritan Hospital's new operating room opens surgical possibilitiesJun 17, 2019 5:00 am - When doctors choose which way to perform common heart surgeries, they're typically stuck with that route — largely because of location. Operating rooms where doctors per...
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Goal of St. Charles library renovation: More of everything, in a 'neighborhood campus'Jun 17, 2019 5:00 am - St. Charles Public Library Director Edith Craig knows her patrons want more of everything. They want more programs, more materials, more community space. They want acces...
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Images: Through the Film Magnifier: Barry Manilow, Deadheads, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Connors, a fishing derby and moreJun 17, 2019 5:00 am - See vintage Daily Herald images of Barry Manilow, Deadheads in Rosemont, Jimmy Connors, Gerald Ford, O'Hare's control tower and more in our latest Through the Film Magni...
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Appeals court upholds prison sentence in brutal attack on Vernon Hills womanJun 17, 2019 1:00 am - A Des Plaines man who brutally stabbed a female co-worker outside a Deer Park movie theater in 2015 will continue serving a 27-year sentence for the crime, an Illinois a...
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Madame President: It's common elsewhere in the world; why not here?Jun 17, 2019 1:00 am - Indira Gandhi (India), Golda Meir (Israel), Margaret Thatcher (UK), Mary Robinson (Ireland), Kim Campbell (Canada), Helen Clark (New Zealand), Angela Merkel (Germany), P...
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The Drifters, Platters to play GeneseeJun 17, 2019 1:00 am - Two new concerts featuring bands of yesteryear are coming to the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan. Fans of classic doo-wop, R&B and soul won't want to miss seeing The Drifter...