Cook County
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A ‘little stressful’: U of I, suburban school students deal with Canvas outage caused by cyberattackMay 08, 2026 10:00 am - As a result of the Canvas outage, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign postponed all final exams and assignments scheduled for Friday or this weekend. The outage hit not only higher academia. It also disrupted suburban Chicago school districts.
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No human remains found after search of South Elgin homeMay 08, 2026 9:52 am - No human remains were found at a South Elgin home, after authorities did a forensic excavation looking for evidence in connection with the 2016 disappearance of teen Kianna Galvin.
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2nd man charged with hate crime in 2024 attack of Jewish DePaul student from Buffalo GroveMay 08, 2026 8:52 am - A second man faces hate crime charges in a 2024 attack of two Jewish DePaul University students. In November 2024, Max Long and Michael Kaminsky were outside the DePaul s...
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Softball: Carter’s blast lifts Fremd over ConantMay 07, 2026 10:26 pm - Fremd softball coach Josh Teschner has talked all season about the resiliency of his team. That intangible was on display in emphatic fashion Thursday at Conant. After l...
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Schaumburg man charged with murder in slaying of woman he was datingMay 07, 2026 9:38 pm - A 56-year-old Schaumburg man faces a first-degree murder charge in the killing last week of a woman he previously had been accused of battering, police said Thursday.
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Movies returning to Des Plaines Theatre for $1-a-ticket seriesMay 07, 2026 8:06 pm - Movies will return to the Des Plaines Theatre this spring.
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Judge denies release for teen charged with taking police officer’s gun from schoolMay 07, 2026 8:02 pm - A teen who authorities say took the firearm an Arlington Heights police officer left in a school restroom on Monday will remain in jail while his case is pending, a Cook County judge ruled Thursday.
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Mount Prospect Fatpour still on tap, as developer’s criminal history surfacesMay 07, 2026 6:16 pm - Mount Prospect officials say a proposed Fatpour Tap Works location for the downtown remains a priority, even as the project sits in a holding pattern — and with information surfacing about the developer's checkered legal history.
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Pen pups: Why more police dogs are going to work in jailsMay 07, 2026 6:12 pm - We’re used to seeing police dogs out on the street alongside officers and deputies, but these days a growing number of K-9 units are at work out of the public eye and behind steel doors in jails.
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Homeowners association wants Arlington Heights to end pool attendant requirementMay 07, 2026 5:41 pm - Arlington Heights officials may eliminate a 40-year-old ordinance that requires attendants at the outdoor pools of hotels, condos and apartments.