News Stories from June 23, 2022
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Glen Ellyn voters to decide $15.9 million funding request for Sunset Pool, park projectsJun 25, 2022 11:07 AM - The Glen Ellyn Park District is asking voters in Tuesday's primary election to approve a property tax increase to pay for $15.9 million in projects at Sunset Pool, Ackerman Sports & Fitness Center and decades-old park sites.
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Concerts in the park: Here's where you can see summer music in Northbrook, Glenview and DeerfieldJun 25, 2022 8:36 AM - The Student Body and Rick Kelley kicked off the Northbrook Park District's Tuesdays in the Park summer concert series. Here's the lineup for the season on the North Shore.
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'Gender Queer' novel's inclusion on reading list sparks debate in Barrington school districtJun 24, 2022 2:13 PM - The inclusion of controversial graphic novel "Gender Queer" on a reading list has fueled outrage among some parents in Barrington Community Unit School District 220.
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EXPLAINER: How parade crash insanity plea will work
Jun 24, 2022 11:05 AM - A man accused of driving his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee has served notice that he'll try to convince a jury that he was mentally ill during the incident and shouldn't go to prison
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Protecting Free Speech!Jun 24, 2022 10:49 AM - While Jehovah's Witnesses have chosen to temporarily suspend their door-to-door ministry due to the pandemic, their activity was almost permanently banned by one U.S. village in the late 1990s -- that is until the United States Supreme Court stepped in with a historic 8-1 decision on June 17, 2002, declaring the local ordinance unconstitutional.
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The Most Popular Video Game In Each State
Jun 24, 2022 10:01 AM - What's the hottest video game around now? It all depends on who you talk to. Everyone has their favorite - and more and more often, it's not something like Call of Duty, Resident Evil or Mario Cart, but instead something tied to, in the words of Obi-Wan Kenobi, "a larger world." Yes, even as original video game IP continues to cross over into other realms, like Halo on Paramount+, Sonic, and the upcoming Super Mario Brothers animated film, many of the most searched for video games are still tied to bigger universes - like Star Wars, the MCU, and Sony's Spiderverse. But even among these leaders, there is a clear winner. games are the most trending in America, with seven states recording significant recent increases in searches for the franchise.
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Hugh Brady of NAMI Barrington Area recognized nationally for mental health advocacyJun 24, 2022 9:06 AM - Hugh Brady, board member of NAMI Barrington Area, was honored this month with the Rona and Ken Purdy Award for Distinguished Service, an award given at the National Alliance on Mental Illness' annual conference.
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For two teachers, Career Pathway leads to homeJun 24, 2022 8:56 AM - This is how it's meant to work. This is what District 214 envisioned: A redesigned and robust Education Pathway and Education Academy experience that would send graduating seniors off to college with a big head start in teaching experience and, eventually, bring those same graduates home to teach in District 214.
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Summer swelter: Persistent heat wave breaks records, spirits
Jun 24, 2022 8:37 AM - A heat wave that's already lasted more than a week keeps on baking the US, Asia and even the Arctic
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Takeaways: Trump risked provoking 'constitutional crisis'
Jun 24, 2022 8:18 AM - The House Jan. 6 committee used its hearing Thursday to show how Donald Trump tried to install a loyalist atop the Justice Department who would pursue his false claims of voter fraud and stop the certification of the 2020 election that Democrat Joe Biden won
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