Cook County
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Project Backpack served 1,680 students in need during 2023Feb 06, 2024 9:28 pm - Elgin Community College and its partners served 1,680 students in 2023 through Project Backpack, a community-based initiative to benefit area students in need from Elgin ...
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How Barrington parents, village officials are trying to make train crossing safer after tragic accidentFeb 06, 2024 7:39 pm - Roma Khan was in mourning after 17-year-old student Marin Lacson was struck and killed by a train while walking to Barrington High School on Jan. 25. Four days later, Khan turned her grief into action when she created the Barrington Student Safety Organization. Within a day, 200 others had joined the group.
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‘This is Arlington Heights history’: Board rejects developer’s bid to tear down 19th-century homeFeb 06, 2024 7:24 pm - A late 19th-century house — one of only three Italianate architecture style structures left in Arlington Heights — is being spared from the wrecking ball.
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What to know about early voting in the primary electionFeb 06, 2024 7:09 pm - Early voting kicks off Thursday in DuPage, Kane, Lake and McHenry counties, giving residents more than a month to cast their ballots in person before primary election day...
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Laugh Out Loud Theater leaving Streets of Woodfield in SchaumburgFeb 06, 2024 6:10 pm - The Laugh Out Loud Theater will leave its permanent location at Streets of Woodfield in Schaumburg in April after 17 years to become an itinerant troupe of improv com...
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Barrington area economic summit set for Feb. 14Feb 06, 2024 5:39 pm - The Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual State of the Greater Barrington Area Economic Summit will take place from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14. Held at Bar...
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Elgin’s St. Hugh of Lincoln to offer ‘Drive-through Ashes’ Feb. 14Feb 06, 2024 5:31 pm - On Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14, the Rev. Marion Phipps will once again offer drive-through ashes from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the church parking lot of St. Hugh of Lincoln Episcopal...
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Next Hilltop Community Supper set for Feb. 13Feb 06, 2024 5:19 pm - First Congregational Church of Dundee hosts Hilltop Community Suppers, an outreach effort that offers a free meal on the second Tuesday of the month. The suppers are open...
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Will the Headless Horseman arcade ride after all? Man finds new space for business in WheelingFeb 06, 2024 5:01 pm - Like a kid plugging more quarters into a video game coin slot, an entrepreneur has given extra life to his plan to open an arcade in Wheeling. In 2022, Udey Kumra propose...
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Elgin U-46 approves four-year teacher contractFeb 06, 2024 3:19 pm - Teachers in Elgin Area School District U-46 will be getting more pay and more planning time in a four-year deal approved by school board members Monday. The contract rais...