Cook County
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ARPA interest funds benefit small DuPage County agenciesNov 18, 2023 12:00 am - DuPage County small nonprofit agencies got a boost thanks to interest earned on federal recovery grants. County board members recently awarded more than $650,000 to 38 s...
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A defining moment: New DuPage council to address mental health and substance abuse care needsNov 18, 2023 12:00 am - As she looked around the room Friday, DuPage County Board Chairwoman Deborah Conroy told those gathered they were part of a defining moment in the county's efforts to ad...
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Three charged with scamming woman out of more than $20,000 in AddisonNov 17, 2023 10:00 pm - Three people were arrested after authorities said they used a fake lottery ticket to scam an elderly woman out of more than $20,000 earlier this month in Addison. Miguel...
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Chicago man charged with promoting prostitution, who skipped court date, arrested at Naperville motelNov 17, 2023 10:00 pm - Officers from the Cook County Sheriff's Fugitive Apprehension Unit arrested a man at a Naperville motel after he'd failed to appear for a court hearing, officials said S...
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What's behind the surge in deadly crashes involving drugged driversNov 17, 2023 4:30 am - Illinois has a drugged driving problem, and it began well before the legalization of recreational marijuana in 2020. That's among the key findings of a new analysis of t...
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Ex-District 300 employee pleads not guilty to charges involving child sex abuse imagesNov 17, 2023 12:00 am - In a second case filed against him this year, a former Community Unit District 300 employee pleaded not guilty to charges alleging he solicited a child for sexually expl...
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Scouting Cook County semifinal playoff football gamesNov 17, 2023 12:00 am - Class 8A No. 3 Barrington (12-0) at No. 2 Lincoln-Way East (12-0) When: Saturday, 1 p.m. Last week: Barrington 42, Maine South 40; Lincoln-Way East 24, Warren 0 Last mee...
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5 high school football semifinals to watch SaturdayNov 17, 2023 12:00 am - Of the IHSA's 16 semifinal football games in eight classes Saturday, two of them match a pair of 12-0 teams. One of them pits Greenfield-Northwestern Co-op at Camp Point...
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'We're respecting the voters': Why land at heart of controversial real estate deal in South Barrington is headed back to auction blockNov 17, 2023 12:00 am - Undeveloped, publicly owned land in South Barrington at the heart of a controversial - and now-scrapped - real estate deal earlier this summer is headed back to the auct...
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Prospect Heights man accused of setting fires in Des PlainesNov 17, 2023 12:00 am - A Prospect Heights man is accused of setting two fires at a Des Plaines shopping center this week, police said Friday. Daniel Vences, 32, of the 800 block of East Old Wi...