All Stories from August 1, 2025 (Change date)
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Des Plaines council to commemorate theater’s centennialAug 01, 2025 1:56 pm - The Des Plaines City Council will honor the Des Plaines Theatre with a proclamation marking its centennial Monday night.
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Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment reportAug 01, 2025 1:52 pm - President Donald Trump on Friday called for the firing of the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures after a report showed hiring slowed in July and was much weaker in May and June than previously reported.
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Disaster recovery company planning move to WheelingAug 01, 2025 1:49 pm - A suburban disaster recovery company is planning a move to Wheeling.
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Wheaton All-Night Flea Market offers celebrity guests, antiques, and collectiblesAug 01, 2025 12:47 pm - The World Famous Wheaton All Night Flea Market will be held Aug. 16, featuring celebrity guests, thousands of items for sale from Midwest dealers, and food trucks.
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Construction begins on controversial 761-acre development in Sugar GroveAug 01, 2025 12:17 pm - Construction has begun on a much-protested 761-acre mixed-use development in Sugar Grove.
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Now playing in movie theaters: 73 minutes of cat videos, for a good causeAug 01, 2025 11:16 am - The best of the internet’s cat videos are coming to the big screen this weekend. Cat Video Fest is a 73-minute, G-rated selection of all things feline — silly, cuddly, sentimental and comedic — that’s playing at the Wayfarer Theaters in Highland Park.
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Lake in the Hills man sexually assaulted girl ‘multiple’ times, gave her a wedding ring, authorities sayAug 01, 2025 11:13 am - Prosecutors have accused a Lake in the Hills man of sexually assaulting a child over several years and buying her a wedding ring to wear out of jealousy, while his defense attorney says the accusations were made with a vague timeline.
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Railroad tie project will temporarily slow, cancel some Metra UP Northwest trainsAug 01, 2025 11:07 am - Union Pacific is replacing thousands of rail ties between Jefferson Park and Barrington.
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A betrayal of our kidsAug 01, 2025 11:02 am - Lee Zeldin and the EPA plan to rescind the 2009 declaration that planet-warming greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health. This underpins the government’s legal aut...
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The true impact of ‘trickle-down’Aug 01, 2025 11:02 am - I never believed in trickle-down economics. Until now. Trickle-down economics insists that tax cuts for the wealthy and businesses eventually “trickle down” to those who ...