All Stories from February 17, 2026 (Change date)
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Papa Johns is taking on Pizza Hut (and Domino’s) pan pizza. We tried all 3.Feb 17, 2026 12:03 pm - In a crowded landscape, Papa Johns is going deep. In an effort to compete with its fellow pie-slinging rivals — not to mention apps that can deliver stay-at-home diners anything from sushi to burritos — the chain has introduced a new pan-crust option.
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Schaumburg presents Black History Month play, ‘School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls’Feb 17, 2026 11:17 am - Schaumburg’s usually annual Black History Month play returns next week after a year’s hiatus with a new nonprofit production company.
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GOP hopefuls in 9th Congressional District differ on immigration policyFeb 17, 2026 10:54 am - The Republicans running for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District seat have different ideas for U.S. immigration policy.
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Beloved Elk Grove bakery opens new digs just in time for Paczki Day rushFeb 17, 2026 10:53 am - Jarosch Bakery experienced high demand at its new location on Paczki Day, with a crowded parking lot and long lines for the pre-Lenten Polish deep-fried and sugar-filled doughnutlike delights, offered in more than 30 varieties.
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First Lava Island indoor playground/adventure park in Illinois set to open in KildeerFeb 17, 2026 10:44 am - The first Lava Island Play Oasis indoor playground/adventure park in Illinois is opening Thursday in the former Best Buy store in Kildeer.
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Stephen Colbert says network lawyers pulled James Talarico interview over FCC equal time fearsFeb 17, 2026 10:30 am - Late-night host Stephen Colbert said his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico was pulled from Monday night’s broadcast over network fears it would violate regulatory guidance from the Trump administration on giving equal time to political candidates.
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Penny shortage causes headaches for retailers in the Land of LincolnFeb 17, 2026 10:09 am - Illinois citizens and retailers are grappling with the slow disappearance of the penny in the Land of Lincoln. The lack of fixed guidance at the state and federal levels on how to address the scarcity of new pennies has left some businesses at a loss.
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Hoffman Estates’ February water bills delayed by billing system switchFeb 17, 2026 10:06 am - February water bills in Hoffman Estates were processed Feb. 14 following a delay caused by a changeover in billing systems.
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Spotlight: Metropolis revives backstage farce ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’Feb 17, 2026 9:59 am - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre revives the backstage farce “The Play That Goes Wrong,” Writers Theatre produces “Two Sisters and a Piano,” and Goodman Theatre stages the English adaptation of Junot Díaz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.”
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‘Leaving Home’ turns a troubled childhood into a gripping memoirFeb 17, 2026 9:47 am - Mark Haddon, the best-selling author of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” was an anxious and depressed child. His anxieties, he claims in “Leaving Home: A Memoir in Full Colour,” were unremarkable. But the deeper the reader gets into this unusual and gripping book, the more remarkable Haddon — anxieties, insights and all — seems.