All Stories from August 15, 2024 (Change date)
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50th annual Elgin Road Race Car Show SundayAug 15, 2024 12:23 pm - The 50th annual Elgin Road Race Car Show will take place Sunday, Aug. 18, and feature a car parade retracing the race’s original course.
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Girls golf season preview: Scouting Fox and DuPage CountyAug 15, 2024 12:22 pm - The high school golf season always seems to go by in the blink of an eye, the first of the 10 IHSA fall sports to start and the first to finish, gone as quickly as today'...
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Wrigley Field will host a pair of college hockey doubleheaders after NHL's Winter ClassicAug 15, 2024 12:12 pm - Wrigley Field will host two college hockey doubleheaders in January after the NHL's Winter Classic is played there, the Big Ten and Chicago Cubs announced Thursday. “The ...
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Elgin officials suspect illegal dumping caused fuel slicks on Fox RiverAug 15, 2024 12:02 pm - Elgin officials are trying to learn the source of two different fuel discharges into the Fox River, but say there is no significant risk to the water or wildlife.
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Man convicted of attempted murder in Aurora shootingAug 15, 2024 11:15 am - A Kane County jury has found a Chicago man guilty of attempted first-degree murder in a 2022 Aurora shooting.
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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says Kyiv troops have full control of the Russian town of SudzhaAug 15, 2024 10:53 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that the country's troops have full control of the Russian town of Sudzha in the Kursk region in the...
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Girls golf season preview: Scouting Cook and Lake CountyAug 15, 2024 10:50 am - The high school golf season always seems to go by in the blink of an eye, the first of the 10 IHSA fall sports to start and the first to finish, gone as quickly as today'...
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West Chicago teen gets 8 years in prison for brutal beating of autistic manAug 15, 2024 10:49 am - A West Chicago teenager was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted first-degree murder in the brutal 2023 beating of an autistic man.
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Taliban have deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, says UNESCOAug 15, 2024 10:46 am - KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban have deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, a United Nations agency said Thursday. Afghanistan is the ...
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U.S. shoppers sharply boosted spending at retailers in July despite higher pricesAug 15, 2024 10:42 am - Americans stepped up their spending at retailers last month by the most in a year and a half, easing concerns that the economy might be weakening under the pressure of higher prices and elevated interest rates.