All Stories from October 1, 2021 (Change date)
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Rides to remember: 9/11 memorial bike rides trigger emotions for cyclistsOct 01, 2021 6:00 am - A sunny blue-sky morning, hauntingly familiar, greeted us Sept. 9 for a 9/11 Remembrance Ride in Schaumburg. The 20-mile bike ride, followed by silence and prayers at Zu...
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Bartlett's Centennial Elementary School students working to spread kindnessOct 01, 2021 6:00 am - Though still feeling the regulatory impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in their classrooms, students, staff and parents at Centennial Elementary School in Bartlett are hop...
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'A dream come true': 4 brain surgeries, 24/7 headaches won't keep runner from Boston MarathonOct 01, 2021 6:00 am - Headache sufferers generally take some medication and take it easy until the pain subsides. But when every day of your life starts and ends with a headache, the only cho...
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'The Sopranos' prequel is made for the TV fansOct 01, 2021 6:00 am - “The Many Saints of Newark” - ★ ★ ½ When “The Sopranos” is brought up these days, it's usually for the nebulous way it ended: That now-famous cut-to-black in a crowded d...
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Lake County 211 system has fielded 100,000 requests for help in first two yearsOct 01, 2021 5:25 am - Lake County's 211 service, an information and referral hotline, has passed the milestone of serving 100,000 combined calls, texts and online requests for help, officials...
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Schaumburg Boomers following up championship with renovations to Wintrust FieldOct 01, 2021 5:15 am - The Schaumburg Boomers clinched their fourth Frontier League championship this week, and one of their rewards will be a seven-part renovation this offseason at their hom...
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New downtown Arlington Heights block party modeled off old oneOct 01, 2021 5:10 am - Arlington Heights' annual downtown summer festival - the Mane Event and Taste of Arlington Heights - is no more, with its ending the result of the pandemic and a success...
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Ethylene oxide emissions down significantly at two Lake County companies, EPA data showsOct 01, 2021 5:05 am - Emissions of cancer-causing ethylene oxide from two Lake County businesses dropped significantly after controls were installed and now are well below permitted levels, a...
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'It made me who I am': What students say it was like growing up on the Arlington backstretchOct 01, 2021 5:00 am - The official farewell fanfare at Arlington Park is over. The final photo finish flashed on the screen and the grandstands have emptied. Likely the last horse racing seas...
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'Nothing short of incredible': Arlington backstretch children share stories in essaysOct 01, 2021 5:00 am - Thirteen college students received scholarships from the Chicago Thoroughbred Horsemen's Foundation this summer after writing unusually compelling and revealing essays a...