Cook County
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Grief & healing: It can be sad to remember fun vacationsJul 05, 2024 1:30 am - It’s strange how memories can be both happy and sad at the same time. So it is with grief — happy and sad mixed together.
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New Hanover Park parks chief aims to transform once-struggling agencyJul 04, 2024 8:15 pm - Newly appointed Executive Director Steve Bessette is eager to step up the improvements to the Hanover Park Park District he’s been trying to implement from less influential positions since joining the once struggling agency three years ago.
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Suburbs celebrate Fourth of July, including return of parade in Highland ParkJul 04, 2024 5:23 pm - Thousands of revelers clad in red, white and blue lined dozens of Fourth of July parade routes throughout the suburbs Thursday. That included Highland Park, where a community parade returned to downtown streets two years after the mass shooting that left seven people dead and 48 others wounded.
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Jelly Belly closing North Chicago plant, laying off 66 workersJul 04, 2024 2:32 pm - Jelly Belly Candy Co. will close its plant in North Chicago about Oct. 11 and lay off 66 employees, according to its Chicago-based parent company Ferrara Candy.
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Opened during Prohibition, Kane County bar celebrates 100th anniversaryJul 04, 2024 2:10 pm - The year was 1924, during the Prohibition era in the United States. Even though consuming alcoholic beverages was illegal, it didn’t stop Flora and Albert Mott from opening a bar in western Kane County.
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Brat Fest set for July 13 in WheelingJul 04, 2024 2:09 pm - The Wheeling Helping Hands community group will hold its fourth annual Brat Fest fundraiser July 13.
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State lawmakers host blood drive in Arlington Heights July 11Jul 04, 2024 7:49 am - State Rep.Nicolle Grasse and state Sen. Mark Walker will team to host a blood drive next week in Arlington Heights.
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Where to watch fireworks in the suburbs this weekJul 04, 2024 7:00 am - With the Fourth of July upon us, communities are readying their fireworks displays. Here’s where you can see them.
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‘Team USA was always the dream’: The son of immigrants, Juda proud to represent his country in the OlympicsJul 04, 2024 6:00 am - For as long as he can remember, Deerfield resident Paul Juda has been traveling to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Former Palatine athletic director Dobbs was a natural-born hall of famerJul 04, 2024 6:00 am - Retired Palatine High School athletic director Jerry Dobbs earned induction into the Illinois Athletic Directors Association Hall of Fame.