All Stories from October 6, 2021 (Change date)
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Annual Great Highwood Pumpkin Fest, Skeleton Invasion combine for fall funOct 06, 2021 6:01 am - After The Great Highwood Pumpkin Fest was canceled in 2020, the community still celebrated the season with 300 life-size skeletons descending upon town to entertain loca...
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PBS Kids introduces a 6-year-old heroine with 'Alma's Way'Oct 06, 2021 6:00 am - Alma has a dilemma: The 6-year-old New Yorker has tickets for a baseball game on Saturday with her grandfather, but she told her uncle she'd help him with a dance recita...
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Jorja Fox hopes 'CSI: Vegas' will spark science appreciationOct 06, 2021 6:00 am - Some familiar faces will join the investigation into gruesome murders when "CSI: Vegas" premieres Wednesday on CBS. Wallace Langham's David Hodges, William Petersen as G...
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Weeknight pasta comes with tasty shortcutOct 06, 2021 6:00 am - On the Italian island of Sardinia, we were smitten with a richly flavored pasta with ground pork and wild fennel. It came loaded with a host of spices and herbs, includi...
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Part of American culture: Elk Grove Village mom helps American Girl create Eid outfit for dollsOct 06, 2021 5:30 am - When Yasmina Blackburn's 8-year-old daughter, Aliya, came home in tears after a holiday celebration at school, it broke her heart. Aliya and her classmates made artwork ...
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Kane County mental health providers detail crisis-level waiting listsOct 06, 2021 5:30 am - More than a dozen mental health service providers in Kane County detailed an unprecedented wave of local people needing counseling, addiction treatment and suicide preve...
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Lake County's first female police chief calls it a career after 16 years in Hawthorn WoodsOct 06, 2021 5:30 am - A new era of policing is underway in Hawthorn Woods with the resignation of Chief Jennifer Paulus. After 23 years with the force, the last 16 years as chief, Paulus' fin...
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Townhouses approved for Wheeling's Prairie Park developmentOct 06, 2021 1:00 am - Wheeling's Prairie Park condominium complex will get a little architectural variety under a plan approved by the village board this week. Six townhouse buildings contain...
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Glenview women's rights march draws nearly 300 supportersOct 06, 2021 1:00 am - Angered over new laws in several other states that restrict reproductive options, nearly 300 people showed up at a women's rights rally and march Saturday in Glenview as...
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Girls volleyball: Maine West downs Leyden to keep designs on 20-win seasonOct 06, 2021 1:00 am - It was Teacher's Appreciation Night for Maine West's girls volleyball team on Wednesday night in Des Plaines. The Warriors' powerful attacker Viviana Ramirez' honorary t...