All Stories from December 18, 2025 (Change date)
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Reimagining Chase Plaza: Developer outlines plans for Buffalo Grove shopping centerDec 18, 2025 5:49 pm - Plans for Buffalo Grove’s Chase Plaza revealed this week call for a complete overhaul of the moribund shopping center that was left with a gaping hole after the exit of a Dominick’s grocery store more than a decade ago.
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Man suspected in Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s killing found dead, officials sayDec 18, 2025 5:38 pm - Authorities said Thursday that they're looking into a connection between last weekend's mass shooting at Brown University and an attack two days later near Boston that killed a professor at another elite school, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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IHSA playoff football expansion is here, ready or notDec 18, 2025 5:33 pm - Ready or not, IHSA playoff football expansion is coming.
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In recorded message, Rob Reiner urges resiliency for Holocaust survivors at Hanukkah eventDec 18, 2025 5:25 pm - In a video message recorded weeks before he was killed, Hollywood icon Rob Reiner urged Holocaust survivors participating in a Hanukkah ceremony on Thursday to “be resilient” during difficult times.
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Coast Guard policy on swastikas, nooses will be revised, Noem saysDec 18, 2025 4:42 pm - The U.S. Coast Guard will remove language from its new workplace harassment policy that downgraded the definition of swastikas and nooses from overt hate symbols to “potentially divisive,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem said Thursday, an abrupt turnaround after the more lenient interpretation took effect this week despite objections from Congress.
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Justice Department sues for access to Illinois voter rollsDec 18, 2025 4:16 pm - The U.S. Department of Justice filed suit Thursday against the state of Illinois seeking access to its complete, unredacted voter registration database, including sensitive personal data such as dates of birth, driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers.
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Last-minute shopping? Visit Lake County’s largest vendor fairDec 18, 2025 3:57 pm - Santa’s Winter Wonderland Market, Lake County’s largest holiday vendor fair, will be held from 12 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20 at The Ten Hotel, 6161 W. Grand Ave., Gurnee.
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Geneva panel again rejects request to demolish historic blacksmith shopDec 18, 2025 3:52 pm - The Geneva Historic Preservation Commission unanimously denied a third request Tuesday from developer Shodeen to demolish a circa-1840 former blacksmith shop after a 90-minute public hearing.
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Deferred, not defeated: Wreaths Across America hosted Dec. 15 in BarringtonDec 18, 2025 3:25 pm - Snow cover and single-digit temperatures conspired to postpone this year’s Wreaths Across America Day at Evergreen Cemetery in Barrington, but members of the Signal Hill Chapter, NSDAR in Barrington were undaunted in their mission to honor all veterans there.
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Mental health services expanded while township levies remain flatDec 18, 2025 3:09 pm - The Palatine Township Board approved the inaugural Community Mental Health Board levy, approximately $1.7 million, fully funding the program for its first year and marking a significant milestone in the township’s commitment to resident well-being.