All Stories from August 21, 2024 (Change date)
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Student journalist from the suburbs following in grandfather’s footsteps at DNCAug 21, 2024 2:55 pm - Ryan Kupperman, a Prospect High School graduate, is covering the Democratic National Convention as a college journalist. His grandfather covered the 1968 convention for WLS AM radio in Chicago.
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Actor Wendell Pierce makes his presence known at the DNCAug 21, 2024 2:54 pm - Actor Wendell Pierce is among the celebrities who’ve been posting photos, videos and more from the Democratic National Convention on their social media accounts.
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Second person charged in connection with huge search for murder suspectAug 21, 2024 2:15 pm - A second person has been charged in connection with a search and standoff for a murder suspect Tuesday in Lake Barrington.
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Trump is holding his first outdoor rally since last month's assassination attemptAug 21, 2024 1:35 pm - ASHEBORO, N.C. — Donald Trump is holding his first outdoor rally since narrowly surviving an attempted assassination in Pennsylvania last month. Trump's podium at the Nor...
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Attorney for far-right Oath Keepers extremist group pleads guilty to Capitol riot chargesAug 21, 2024 1:30 pm - WASHINGTON — An attorney who represented the far-right Oath Keepers pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges stemming from a mob's Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol,...
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Celebrate Highwood announces winners of Bloody Mary and Garlic festivalsAug 21, 2024 1:19 pm - Celebrate Highwood has announced the winners of this year’s Bloody Mary Fest and Garlic Fest.
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Happy homecoming: Theater veteran returns to Chicago in highly anticipated ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ tourAug 21, 2024 1:18 pm - Veteran Chicago actor and Evanston native Matt Mueller returns home to play an adult Ron Weasley in “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the Broadway hit based on J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series.
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Developer asks for $109 million in aid for controversial Sugar Grove proposalAug 21, 2024 1:01 pm - A developer is asking for $109 million worth of aid for the proposed The Grove development in Sugar Grove, according to a redevelopment agreement the village board is considering.
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95-year-old has volunteered in blood banking for a half a centuryAug 21, 2024 12:59 pm - Where’s Carol? It’s not uncommon to hear that question at a blood drive in Des Plaines.
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Elote Festival returns to Round Lake Beach Aug. 23-25Aug 21, 2024 12:55 pm - The Round Lake Beach Cultural & Civic Center and the village of Round Lake Beach have announced the annual Elote Festival starting Friday, Aug. 23, and running through Sunday, Aug. 25.