All Stories from February 19, 2025 (Change date)
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Bulls, Blackhawks owners get the OK from City Council to transform area around United CenterFeb 19, 2025 6:54 pm - The owners of the NBA's Bulls and NHL's Blackhawks got the go-ahead to transform the area surrounding the United Center on Wednesday when the Chicago City Council approved a $7 billion plan to replace the parking lots with green space, mixed-income housing, a music hall and more.
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Were there really wild turkeys roaming the streets of Wheaton?Feb 19, 2025 6:35 pm - Part 2 of “The Case of the Missing Turkeys.”
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Should sellers replace polybutylene pipe?Feb 19, 2025 6:09 pm - Housing from the 1970s and 1980s may have been built with polybutylene water piping, which is now considered substandard and must be disclosed by sellers listing their property. What should a seller do if they discover this in the home they’re listing?
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Winter-weary East Coast hit with another storm as temperatures plunge elsewhereFeb 19, 2025 6:09 pm - NORFOLK, Va. — Officials urged people to stay off the roads Wednesday in portions of Virginia and North Carolina where a storm dropped heavy snow and caused hundreds of a...
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Transit funding crisis on Pritzker’s radar but not budget proposalFeb 19, 2025 5:55 pm - RTA warns time is running out on fixing $771 million shortfall with service cuts looming. But Gov. JB Pritzker didn’t announce a proposal for dealing with the “fiscal cliff” in his budget address Wednesday.
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Starry, solid ‘Betrayal’: Go for the celebs, stay for one of Chicago’s ownFeb 19, 2025 5:41 pm - Goodman Theatre’s twice-extended “Betrayal” is one hot ticket. No surprise there considering its cast: Oscar- and Emmy Award-winner Helen Hunt, Tony Award-winner Robert Sean Leonard and Chicago’s own Ian Barford.
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League of Women Voters to host candidate forum in Sugar GroveFeb 19, 2025 5:29 pm - On Monday, Feb. 24, the League of Women Voters of Central Kane County is hosting a five-part candidate forum in Sugar Grove for candidates running in contested races for various local offices.
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Parents, friends of Barrington graduate turn tragedy into anti-fentanyl missionFeb 19, 2025 5:28 pm - Barrington High School students formed a council to educate peers on fentanyl dangers after death of former student Josh Burks.
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‘It is a black hole in our downtown area’: Mount Prospect moving ahead with buying former Chase Bank buildingFeb 19, 2025 5:20 pm - Mount Prospect trustees voted for the village to move ahead with the $5 million purchase of the former Chase Bank building.
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‘The right person for the job’: Mundelein districts 75, 120 select superintendent to leadFeb 19, 2025 5:18 pm - Two Mundelein school districts working in tandem have hired a new superintendent to continue a shared-services model adopted in 2019.