Barrington Hills
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Calls for speed limit come after high-speed fatal crash on the Fox RiverSep 07, 2026 8:03 am - Boaters often wave as they pass each other on the water. Jeff Matheson, a boater on the Chain O’ Lakes, proposed a modest change in honor of the woman who was struck and killed recently by an allegedly intoxicated boater. Instead of waving, Matheson proposed flashing a peace sign to signify safer boating. “Let’s make this tragedy mean something and attempt to make change for the future,” he wrote on Facebook.
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Community honors Hamas hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin with first kosher fridgeSep 06, 2026 1:18 pm - A new initiative in Skokie is honoring the legacy of 23-year-old Hersh Goldberg-Polin, the Israeli-American citizen with Chicago ties who was kidnapped during the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel. Hersh’s Fridge, as organizers call it, is the nation’s first completely kosher fridge.
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Which Chicago-area lawmakers went on foreign trips funded by special interest groups?Sep 05, 2026 9:00 am - Several congressional representatives serving the North, West and Northwest suburbs traveled abroad last year at the expense of special interest groups.
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Brooks, Naperville North pick off BarringtonSep 05, 2026 7:14 am - Naperville North’s stifling defense kept Barrington’s offensive at bay for a 21-7 Huskies nonconference win Friday night in Barrington. Naperville North’s defense interc...
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Affordability is key as Lake election races enter stretch run: ‘We may have a higher turnout than usual’Sep 04, 2026 12:44 pm - Leaders of the Democratic and Republican parties in Lake County agree on the most important issue — affordability — for voters in the Nov. 3 federal, state and local elections, but they offer different explanations for their reasoning.
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How $650,000 in stolen Nikes ended up in Des PlainesSep 04, 2026 5:56 am - The Cook County Sheriff’s Organized Retail Crime Unit tracked a truckload of stolen Nike shoes to a cargo facility in Des Plaines. Here’s how it got there.
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Rabid bat found in Hoffman EstatesSep 03, 2026 11:30 am - A bat found in the 1000 block of Worthington Drive in Hoffman Estates Wednesday has tested positive for rabies, according to Cook County Animal and Rabies Control officials.
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Barrington parents ask District 220 to reduce students’ screen timeSep 03, 2026 11:15 am - More than 1,200 parents, educators, and community members have signed a petition calling on Barrington Area Unit School District 220 to take meaningful action to address the use of technology in the district.
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Girls flag football: Rolling Meadows battles through heat, two overtimes to get by BarringtonSep 03, 2026 5:40 am - Rain fell at a Rolling Meadows flag football practice earlier this season. The Mustangs kept playing. “Let’s keep going,” coach Todd Schaap remembered his players telling...
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Harper College to commemorate 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 with remembrance ceremonySep 02, 2026 10:43 pm - Harper College will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with a remembrance ceremony honoring those who lost their lives and the heroes who responded.