All Stories from May 5, 2025 (Change date)
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Rail project is reckless financial mistakeMay 05, 2025 4:17 pm - Glen Ellyn is on the verge of making one of the most reckless financial mistakes in its history — spending $45.1 million to demolish and rebuild the downtown train statio...
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‘I didn’t see this coming’: Wheaton teacher surprised with Golden Apple AwardMay 05, 2025 4:15 pm - James Rowe, a science teacher at Clare Woods Academy in Wheaton, was presented a Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching on Monday.
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Opinion: Illinois is on the brink of massive crypto regulation. Entrepreneurs will pay the price.May 05, 2025 4:09 pm - The Illinois General Assembly has advanced a sweeping measure that will have enormous consequences for Chicago’s tech ecosystem and the more than 300 startups and legacy institutions innovating in blockchain and cryptocurrency in Illinois.
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Stronger Together: Business Service Organizations Join Forces to Support EntrepreneursMay 05, 2025 4:08 pm - To meet the capital needs of small businesses, service organizations must be creative in expanding their impact and improving outcomes. This moment presents an opportunity for leaders across the small business ecosystem to join forces and better serve entrepreneurs.
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Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins among Pulitzer winners in the artsMay 05, 2025 3:33 pm - NEW YORK — Percival Everett's novel “James,” his radical reimagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of the enslaved title character, has won...
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The Met Gala, fashion’s biggest night of the year, is here. Here’s how to watch.May 05, 2025 3:21 pm - Pharrell Williams has high hopes for the Met Gala, the first to focus exclusively on Black designers, and the first in more than 20 years to have a menswear theme.
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Cary’s Breaking Bread teams with Wheeling bakery to sell fresh bread, dessertsMay 05, 2025 2:40 pm - Breaking Bread Catering and Deli in Cary, known for its sandwiches, has partnered with a bakery from Wheeling to sell fresh loaves of bread and desserts.
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New Italian restaurant Florio’s now open in Crystal Lake, aims to be ‘upscale and friendly’May 05, 2025 2:02 pm - After a year of planning and construction, locally owned Florio’s Italian restaurant is now open off Randall Road in Crystal Lake.
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How Alcatraz became America’s most notorious prisonMay 05, 2025 1:52 pm - President Donald Trump wants to convert Alcatraz back into a federal prison, decades after the California island fortress was converted into a U.S. tourist destination because it had become too costly to house America's worst criminals.
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Trump administration says it will pay immigrants in the US illegally $1,000 to leave the countryMay 05, 2025 1:49 pm - Pushing forward with its mass deportation agenda, President Donald Trump's administration said Monday that it would pay $1,000 to immigrants who are in the United States illegally and return to their home country voluntarily.