All Stories from April 8, 2024 (Change date)
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False alarm triggers lockdown at Gurnee middle schoolApr 08, 2024 1:26 pm - A lockdown Monday morning at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee was the result of a false alarm triggered by the installation of a new security system, police said. The ala...
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Third place winners in 2024 District 214, Daily Herald Community Art & Writing ContestApr 08, 2024 1:07 pm - Visual art, poetry and prose: We share the work of the third place winners in the Arts Unlimited District 214 and Daily Herald Community Art & Writing Contest.
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Aiming to be ‘ultimate wing experience,’ Wing Snob opens in Mount ProspectApr 08, 2024 1:06 pm - With the opening of his new Wing Snob in Mount Prospect, Mihir Patel is building on his success in the village’s dining scene.
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How Des Plaines History Center, Park District are supporting Earth MonthApr 08, 2024 12:43 pm - With April being Earth Month, it is only natural that we focus on … nature. And there certainly are many opportunities to do so.The Des Plaines Park District will celebrate Earth Day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 20.
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My Sister’s Dress Sale raises over $11,000 for Education to Empowerment scholarship programApr 08, 2024 12:33 pm - The Friends of McHenry County College Foundation recently teamed up with nonprofit organization My Sister’s Dress to raise funds for scholarships and make prom more affor...
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'Shirley' portrays the power of compassionate leadership in politicsApr 08, 2024 12:23 pm - One of the recently released spring biopics that I looked forward to is the Netflix film on Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman to be elected to Congress i...
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Palestinians returning to Khan Younis after Israeli withdrawal find an unrecognizable cityApr 08, 2024 12:23 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Streams of Palestinians filed into the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Monday to salvage what they could from the vast destruction left i...
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A bridge solutionApr 08, 2024 12:17 pm - According to a recent Daily Herald article, the Long Grove Covered Bridge has been hit 66 times since 2020. It is surprising that this continues to happen and that they k...
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County chair’s decision avoided polarizationApr 08, 2024 12:16 pm - After thinking of the recent letter from Kane County Treasurer Chris Lauzen regarding a board meeting where Chair Corinne Pierog declined to cast a vote in a tie on the, ...
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A severe absence of ratsApr 08, 2024 12:10 pm - Sitting in courtrooms isn't an art. It is the process of hibernation, being asleep enough not to hear everything but awake enough to hear anything important. It is the li...