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'A beautiful person inside and out': GoFundMe set up for South Elgin High student killed in crashSep 02, 2023 1:00 am - The sister of one of the South Elgin High School students killed Thursday when the Honda Civic they were riding in collided with a dump truck in Bartlett has established...
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Grammar Moses: Pray tell me, what's a petard?Sep 02, 2023 1:00 am - It's fun - and sometimes surprising - to learn the literal meanings of everyday phrases you use. At least it is for Bill Murray and me. Bill, of Palatine, is a very funn...
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Facts Matter: Florida shooter's manifestos have not been releasedSep 02, 2023 1:00 am - A gunman, on Aug. 26, killed three Black people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida. Angela Michelle Carr, 52, A.J. Laguerre, 19, and Jerrald Gallion, 29,...
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Why so many communities are adopting bike plans - and how they benefit ridersSep 01, 2023 6:00 am - "2023 is a turning point for bike plans," observes Ryan Peterson, senior planner at Epstein Global, a Chicago-based firm specializing in bicycle and pedestrian planning....
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Shear success: Meet the St. Charles barbershop owner still cutting hair at 82Sep 01, 2023 6:00 am - Herb Knight held his walker tightly as he slowly made his way out of a busy Avenue Two Barbershop in downtown St. Charles on a recent Friday morning. "This is a real, un...
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'A passion project for us': Kane County jail's Recovery Pod makes Amazon Prime time in documentarySep 01, 2023 5:00 am - Fernando Marin, in a cocaine-fueled mania, once fired a gun over the head of Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain as Hain was trying to arrest him. It wasn't an ideal start to t...
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Cyclists will take over Lake Shore Drive SundaySep 01, 2023 1:00 am - More than 16,500 cyclists participated in the Fifth Third Bike the Drive fundraiser in 2022, and there's still time to swell the ranks this Sunday. Online registration f...
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Ramps reopening on the Kennedy in September as rehab shimmies alongSep 01, 2023 1:00 am - A massive rehabilitation project focused on the inbound Kennedy Expressway this year is on track with several closed ramps reopening this month, state officials said. Th...
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It's time for law school grads to promise to pursue justiceSep 01, 2023 1:00 am - It turns out the brains behind the plan to steal the 2020 presidential election using fake electors was a little-known lawyer named Kenneth Chesebro. According to an ema...
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Trump's enemies come up with new scheme to take him outSep 01, 2023 1:00 am - Let's say you hate Donald Trump and really, really, really don't want him to become president of the United States again. How do you prevent that? Well, most would agree...