All Stories from August 13, 2025 (Change date)
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Don’t underestimate a groanAug 13, 2025 3:09 pm - Annettee Budzban says that sometimes a groan is all it takes.
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Ex-GOP leader Don Tracy running for Durbin’s U.S. Senate seatAug 13, 2025 3:09 pm - Former Illinois Republican Party Chair Don Tracy on Wednesday announced his bid for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Dick Durbin.
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2025 Buffalo Grove Community Pageant names QueensAug 13, 2025 3:07 pm - Buffalo Grove welcomed the 2025 Buffalo Grove Community Pageant Queens on Sunday, Aug. 10.
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Mundelein School Board adjusts school calendar during high school constructionAug 13, 2025 3:00 pm - In an effort to allow for construction at Mundelein High School to proceed as effectively as possible, the District 120 School Board on Aug. 12 adjusted the school year calendar for the next two years.
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Venus Williams to get new Barbie as part of Inspiring Women collectionAug 13, 2025 3:00 pm - Venus Williams has a new Barbie, this one part of the dollmaker’s Inspiring Women collection.
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Prosecutors won't charge Chicago officers who fired nearly 100 times during a deadly traffic stopAug 13, 2025 2:58 pm - Five Chicago police officers from a tactical unit who fired their guns nearly 100 times during a 2024 traffic stop that killed a 26-year-old man won't face criminal charges, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
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$62K grant supports library catalog upgradeAug 13, 2025 2:54 pm - Vernon Area Public Library District has received a $62,000 grant from the Reaching Across Illinois Library System to support a major upgrade that will make borrowing faster, easier and more convenient for cardholders.
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Trump names Strait, Stallone and KISS for Kennedy Center Honors and says he’ll host the awards showAug 13, 2025 2:39 pm - President Donald Trump on Wednesday named country music star George Strait, “Rocky” actor Sylvester Stallone, singer Gloria Gaynor, the rock band KISS and actor-singer Michael Crawford among the first batch of Kennedy Center Honors nominees under his leadership as the center's chairman and said he'll host the awards program.
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Man in custody, no injuries reported, after 4-hour standoff at Schaumburg condominium buildingAug 13, 2025 1:41 pm - A man is in custody and no injuries have been reported after a four-hour police response to the report of an armed person at a condominium building in Schaumburg.
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Back-to-school: Blessing kids' backpacks, adults' work bags at Aurora churchAug 13, 2025 1:21 pm - Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora will hold a blessing of the backpacks on Aug. 17 during 10:30 a.m. worship. They also will bless work bags for adults.