Barrington Hills
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‘It’s all about the bumblebees’: Dogs looking for nests help effort to boost pollinator habitats and populationAug 16, 2024 5:06 pm - Specially-trained dogs were used in Lake County forest preserves this year to locate bumblebee nests in an effort to improve pollinator habitat.
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Cook County jail corrections officer charged with drug possessionAug 16, 2024 4:58 pm - The Cook County sheriff’s department announced the arrest of a corrections officer at the Cook County jail on drug charges following an internal investigation of reports of individuals attempting to smuggle drugs into the facility.
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Rust-Oleum yard sale Tuesday to benefit veteransAug 16, 2024 4:02 pm - Rust-Oleum Corporation is hosting its first yard sale open to the public from 12 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20. The cash-only event will be held in the parking lot at the c...
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District 220 seeks $64 million tax hike for new auditorium, curriculum improvementsAug 16, 2024 2:25 pm - The Nov. 5 ballot is asking Barrington Area Unit District 220 voters for a $64 million property tax hike to build a high school auditorium, improve safety and security in the district, and enhance the science, math and arts curriculum.
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Lemont businessman sentenced to five years in prison for bribeAug 16, 2024 9:45 am - A Lemont businessman was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison after admitting he bribed an employee of the Cook County assessor’s office to lower taxes on his family’s properties.
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‘It’s going to happen again’: Biting mites an issue for some following cicada emergenceAug 15, 2024 6:57 pm - Like 17 years ago, a corollary effect of the periodical cicada emergence has left some people scratching unexplained red welts appearing seemingly out of nowhere.
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Antioch’s Sequoit Creek Park opens SaturdayAug 15, 2024 5:29 pm - Antioch officials will host the grand opening of Sequoit Creek Park at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 17. Mayor Scott Gartner and the village board will cut the ribbon on the $1...
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Ray Bradbury arts and music fest this SaturdayAug 15, 2024 2:22 pm - The 24th annual Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine Arts & Music Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 4:51 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17 at Bowen Park, 1800 N. Sheridan Road, Waukega...
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Sheriff warns of drug-soaked pieces of paperAug 14, 2024 8:55 pm - Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart issued a warning Wednesday about the danger of paper soaked with synthetic drugs, after his investigators seized several pieces from inmates at the county jail recently.
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‘It’s very unique’: Lake County forest preserves to buy and protect sensitive rookery property near AntiochAug 14, 2024 8:55 pm - The largest heron and egret rookery in Lake County will become a conservation preserve under forest preserve control.