Cook County
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Roads among top priorities of Schaumburg’s capital improvement plan for next yearDec 24, 2023 9:54 am - The village of Schaumburg is proposing a $224 million multi-year capital improvement plan that includes $62 million in projects slated for the fiscal year that begins May...
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Counterfeit bills discovered at Des Plaines businessDec 24, 2023 9:53 am - Someone reportedly got change for eight counterfeit $20 bills at a Des Plaines business, police said Friday. The exchange occurred Thursday night at a business on the 250...
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Still in the game: These suburban students find competition as practice players for some of the country’s best women’s basketball teamsDec 24, 2023 6:15 am - Sloan Kipley and Sam Millstone were not ready to stop playing highly competitive basketball when they headed off to college. Both of them played on successful high school...
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The Biz Week That Was: Cafe closure, new grocer, and rise in self-checkout among highlightsDec 24, 2023 6:00 am - Arlington Heights’ Uptown Cafe closes After the deaths of owners Georgios and Georgene Avgeris just days apart last year, family members soldiered on to keep the cou...
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How one pool, spa company turned making holidays bright into their businessDec 24, 2023 6:00 am - It used to be decorating the outside of your house for Christmas was simple. You dug strings of lights out of the boxes in your garage and untangled them. Then you risked...
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Mount Prospect foam recycling program underway as legislative efforts to ban the plastic mountDec 24, 2023 5:30 am - When Kristina Jakupovic went through recycling bins in a Mount Prospect neighborhood last year, the public works administrative superintendent found one of the most commo...
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Bears chairman texts Arlington Heights mayor: ‘The kid QB played pretty well’Dec 23, 2023 9:09 pm - Property taxes, zoning issues and politics aside, Chicago Bears Chairman George McCaskey and Arlington Heights Mayor Tom Hayes couldn’t help but share in the excitement o...
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Grayslake Central starts defense of tourney title with a victory vs. BartlettDec 23, 2023 8:21 pm - Xavi Granville wasted no time displaying his enthusiasm for the opportunity to begin Grayslake Central's defense of its Hinkle Holiday Classic boys basketball tournament ...
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St. Viator rallies from 10 points down to beat short-handed cross-town rival HerseyDec 23, 2023 7:12 pm - A little neighborhood tuneup turned into a battle Saturday in Arlington Heights. With their respective holiday tournaments looming just a few days away, St. Viator and He...
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How DuPage Forest Preserve’s plan to buy horse farm led to a lawsuitDec 23, 2023 5:18 pm - East of the Danada Forest Preserve near Wheaton lies a 37-acre horse farm that has belonged to the Bolger family for 56 years. The DuPage County Forest Preserve District ...