All Stories from May 20, 2025 (Change date)
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Batavia church to host barbecue fundraiser May 21May 20, 2025 4:04 pm - Unity of Fox Valley in Batavia invites the community to a BBQ Drive Thru Fundraiser from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, in the back parking lot of the church, 230 Webster...
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Arrested New Orleans jail worker says he helped inmates to escape after stabbing threatMay 20, 2025 4:03 pm - NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans jail maintenance worker has been arrested after admitting he turned water off to a toilet covering a hole in a cell wall, allowing 10 men to s...
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UK suspends free trade talks with Israel and announces sanctions over West Bank settlersMay 20, 2025 3:49 pm - LONDON — The U.K. suspended free trade talks with Israel on Tuesday and hit West Bank settlers with sanctions, less than a day after vowing “concrete actions” if Israel d...
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Romance and writer’s block in bilingual rom-com ‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’May 20, 2025 3:45 pm - Agathe is celibate by choice. The 30-something hero of filmmaker Laura Piani’s feature debut “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” played by the luminous Camille Rutherford, hasn’t so much been ruined by Austen as she has been made acutely aware of her own limitations in both romance and literature.
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George Wendt, who played a beloved barfly on ‘Cheers’ and found another home onstage, dies at 76May 20, 2025 3:19 pm - George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy “Cheers” and later crafted a stage career that took him to Broadway in “Art,” “Hairspray” and “Elf,” has died. He was 76.
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Maryville Crisis Nursery to host Family Health & Safety Fair June 14May 20, 2025 2:37 pm - Maryville Crisis Nursery will host its first Family Health and Safety Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 14, at the Maryville Youth Center, located at 5022 W. Madison St., Chicago.
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Summer Fun Guide: May 18-31May 20, 2025 2:32 pm - Sunday, May 18 Spring Has SpRUNg, 5K Fun Run: 8 a.m. Sunday, May 18, at Central School, 620 Greenwood Ave., Glencoe. Scenic walk/run around Glencoe. $15. glencoe...
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Arlington Heights spending $3.5 million to rebuild roads this summerMay 20, 2025 2:32 pm - Arlington Heights will spend $3.5 million on road reconstruction this summer. The project involves rebuilding 1.62 miles of deteriorated roads in residential neighborhoods on the north and south sides of town.
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Pedal power: Schaumburg gears up for a month of biking funMay 20, 2025 2:20 pm - Schaumburg encourages biking in June with events like a police-escorted tour, business and family challenges to record miles, and a Bike to Metra Day.
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Schaumburg announces Main Stage entertainment for 2025 SeptemberfestMay 20, 2025 2:20 pm - The village of Schaumburg has announced Septemberfest’s main stage entertainment lineup with Danny Seraphine & CTA, Cinderella’s Tom Keifer and Sister Hazel scheduled to perform as headliners of the popular three-day festival that will be taking place Aug. 30 through Sept. 1.