All Stories from May 3, 2021 (Change date)
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Report into LaSalle home deaths raises questions about criminal probeMay 03, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Some Republicans in the General Assembly, including House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, are calling for a criminal investigation into the COVID-19 deaths at ...
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Longtime Itasca public works director dies at 58May 03, 2021 1:00 am - Less than three months after his retirement, former Itasca public works Director Ross Hitchcock died of a heart attack Thursday at age 58. Hitchcock retired in early Feb...
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Addison man remembered for giving inspiration to teens via performancesMay 03, 2021 1:00 am - Editor's note: A previous version had an incorrect town for the founder of the MWAH! troupe. Former members of a teen performance troupe dedicated to giving inspira...
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Threat leads to brief evacuation of Palatine elementary schoolMay 03, 2021 1:00 am - A threat left on the voicemail of a Palatine elementary school led officials to send students to another building "out of an abundance of caution" before the start of cl...
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Neuqua Valley grad Gronowski leads South Dakota State past SIU in playoffsMay 03, 2021 1:00 am - BROOKINGS, S.D. — Mark Gronowski threw two touchdown passes to Jadon Janke and ran 67 yards for the go-ahead score to help South Dakota State rally from a 13-point defic...
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Illinois economy shrinks 4% in 2020 despite 4th-quarter growthMay 03, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois economy shrank by 4% in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on many of its sectors, although there were signs of a recovery taking pla...
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Why DuPage County residential property owners could see increase on tax billsMay 03, 2021 1:00 am - With commercial vacancies on the rise, DuPage County homeowners and landlords could see an increase in their 2020 property tax bills as residential sites bear a greater ...
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Road improvements planned near two Lake Zurich schoolsMay 03, 2021 1:00 am - Road improvements are scheduled to take place from mid-May through late August to improve traffic flow at Lake Zurich Unit District 95 schools along Church Street/Midlot...
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The challenges of crunching numbers on Election NightMay 03, 2021 1:00 am - "All results are unofficial." That caveat was included in every local election story we published in the April 7 edition. And, indeed, there were scores of races that we...
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Aurora reopens grant program for eventsMay 03, 2021 1:00 am - Aurora has reopened an annual grant program for local events in light of progress with COVID-19 guidelines laid out by the CDC and Illinois Department of Public Health. ...