Des Plaines
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Best Bets: Hey Nonny celebrates women in jazzDec 30, 2024 9:13 pm - Start 2025 with music and laughter courtesy of Hey Nonny’s Women’s Jazz Festival, comedian Jeff Dye at Zanies Rosemont, and comics Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood at the Rialto.
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St. Emily Catholic School second graders spread holiday cheer with Heartfelt CardsDec 30, 2024 3:37 pm - The spirit of the holiday season came alive at St. Emily Catholic School as Mallory Letica’s second-grade class crafted handmade holiday cards during their class Christmas party for the residents of Alden Des Plaines.
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‘Profound impact’: Opiod settlement funds to enable counseling at Buffalo Grove High SchoolDec 30, 2024 2:04 pm - The new year will see the reinstatement of a student counseling program at Buffalo Grove High School made possible by the use of opioid settlement funds given to the village of Buffalo Grove.
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‘The greatest former president’: Suburban admirers reflect on Carter’s legacyDec 30, 2024 10:42 am - Chicago-area admirers of Jimmy Carter are paying tribute to the former president and humanitarian, who died Sunday.
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Experience the Thrill of Local Sports Through Our LensDec 29, 2024 2:08 pm - Each week Daily Herald photographers capture high school athletes at their peak. We hope that you enjoy the Week in sports photos through our lens as much as we enj...
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Bears’ stadium quest took twists and turns in 2024, but Arlington Heights still in playDec 29, 2024 8:55 am - After unveiling plans for a $4.7 billion lakefront stadium complex in Chicago earlier in the year, the Bears reached a property tax agreement in Arlington Heights, keeping suburban relocation hopes alive.
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Bidding adieu to suburban businesses that closed in 2024Dec 29, 2024 5:08 am - Patrons bid farewell to neighborhood haunts, chain eateries, mom-and-pop operations, longtime community staples and shuttered shopping malls that were among a slew of business closures in the suburbs this year. Here, we mark the demise of a sampling of those ventures, some of which left lingering memories in the hearts of their loyal customers.
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Saving lives is the name of the game at Wolves blood driveDec 28, 2024 4:12 pm - Two hundred people participated in the Chicago Wolves blood drive Saturday, held in partnership with Vitalant across the street from the Allstate Arena in Rosemont. Blood...
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County official charged with DUI will keep driver's license, judge rulesDec 28, 2024 10:30 am - Prosecutors argued Samantha Steele’s license should be revoked, but her lawyer convinced the judge to block the revocation, arguing she wasn’t properly warned before refusing to submit to DUI testing. Steele — a member of the county’s property-tax appeal panel — was arrested last month after crashing into parked cars.
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Girls basketball: Nordstrom, Lake Zurich pull out OT thriller over Hersey in Loyola semifinalsDec 27, 2024 9:56 pm - A berth to the championship game of the Loyola Academy Christmas Tournament was on the line when Hersey and Lake Zurich squared off in the semifinals Friday night. The co...