Vernon Hills
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Team effort sparks Wauconda's hot start to seasonJan 06, 2022 12:00 am - The positives keep rolling in for the Wauconda boys basketball team. The Bulldogs were 10-2 heading into the new year after winning the Marengo E.C. Nichols tournament. ...
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Come out of hibernation for Long Grove Cocoa CrawlJan 05, 2022 10:00 pm - Historic downtown Long Grove is putting a new design twist on its first major event of 2022 - the annual Cocoa Crawl - from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 5. Rathe...
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It's National Blood Donor Month - be a lifesaver and sign up for donationJan 05, 2022 10:00 pm - During National Blood Donor Month in January, local civic organizations and churches are partnering with Versiti Blood Center of Illinois to host blood drives. One dona...
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Vernon Area named top US librariesJan 05, 2022 10:00 pm - Vernon Area Public Library is counted among America's Star Libraries for 2021. The distinction places the Lincolnshire-based library among the top 4.5 percent of all pub...
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The year in crime: First-degree murder, DUI-related deaths, sexual assault among the major suburban crimes for 2021Jan 05, 2022 5:00 am - For the first time in 27 years, the Cook County medical examiner's office registered more than 1,000 homicides in 2021. While a majority of the 1,087 homicides - 836 - ...
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'It has no place': How a Mundelein-area woman is deleting a painful relic of race and housingJan 05, 2022 4:20 am - For 40 years beginning in the late 1920s, it was not uncommon for restrictive covenant clauses to prohibit the sale or lease of property to certain racial or ethnic grou...
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State legislature approves remap of judicial subcircuitsJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill to redraw judicial subcircuit maps in Cook County and some of the surrounding collar counties while creating ...
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Woman killed in crash on Route 173 near AntiochJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - A woman was killed Wednesday morning in a three-vehicle crash on Route 173 near Antioch, authorities said. About 10:45 a.m., the woman was driving a 2013 Chevrolet Equi...
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Round Lake's season becoming a memorable oneJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - The Round Lake girls basketball team is on a nice roll. The Panthers barreled into 2022 with a robust 12-3 record after going 4-1 and taking second at the 16-team Northe...
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Lake County recorder's office closed because of rising COVID-19 casesJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - The Lake County recorder's office has suspended in-person services and the Lake County jail remains under enhanced restrictions as a result of rising COVID-19 cases. Rec...