All Stories from October 28, 2025 (Change date)
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Home & garden calendar, Nov. 2-8Oct 28, 2025 5:53 pm - Upcoming events and workshops hosted by various garden clubs and organizations in the Chicago area, covering topics like glaciers' impact on landscape, houseplant care, holiday tablescaping, and more.
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CorrectionOct 28, 2025 5:43 pm - An Oct. 28 article gave an incorrect first name for Kane County treasurer candidate Scott Johansen.
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7 small swaps to live with fewer toxic chemicalsOct 28, 2025 5:16 pm - Experts share seven strategies for keeping yourself safe from toxic chemicals.
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From errant birdseed to mint mishaps, gardening can be as scary as any Halloween nightOct 28, 2025 4:54 pm - There may be a 20-foot-tall skeleton on your next-door neighbor’s lawn, but the real horrors often lie in unmarked graves in the gardens of those you least suspect — maybe even your own.
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‘Leading the way’: DuPage’s new Crisis Recovery Center making an early impactOct 28, 2025 4:54 pm - The new DuPage Crisis Recovery Center is off to a “very strong start,” the county’s top public health official said Tuesday.
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Former Lake County judge authors book about Supreme Court justice, Lincoln confidant David DavisOct 28, 2025 4:52 pm - Former Lake County judge Raymond K. McKoski published a book this summer about Supreme Court judge David Davis, a close Lincoln confidant and Illinoisan.
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Dining out: National Sandwich Day, Thanksgiving pizza, spooky cocktails and moreOct 28, 2025 4:51 pm - National Sandwich Day is Monday, plus Frato’s Thanksgiving turkey pizza returns and Shaw’s in Schaumburg is celebrating 25 years with 25 days of specials in November.
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Best bets: Immersive Wondra opens at Woodfield and 312 Comedy Fest returnsOct 28, 2025 4:48 pm - The immersive, nature-centered Wondra opens at Schaumburg’s Woodfield Mall, Rosemont hosts Halloween revelers, the New Philharmonic performs classical music by candlelight in Glen Ellyn and Chicago’s Lyric Opera stages a double bill set in Sicily.
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Is the Bears’ offense regressing?Oct 28, 2025 4:00 pm - Sunday’s Bears loss to the Baltimore Ravens felt like a regression to the mean.
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Democratic states sue to force SNAP payments during shutdownOct 28, 2025 3:54 pm - With the nation’s primary anti-hunger program on the verge of running out of money, a group of 23 Democratic attorneys general sued the Agriculture Department on Tuesday to force it to make billions of dollars in contingency funds available to help feed the most vulnerable individuals and families.