Cook County
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Two Maine West Students Awarded Full Scholarships to College through QuestBridgeJan 14, 2026 1:55 pm - QuestBridge, a national nonprofit organization that connects high-achieving students from low-income backgrounds with transformative educational, career and life opportunities, recently announced the results of the 2025 QuestBridge National College Match.
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Don’t Let Holiday Stains Ruin Your Holiday MemoriesJan 14, 2026 1:44 pm - Zengeler Cleaners offers tips on cleaning holiday stains.
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Fank! teen rock band ignites the stage at Madame Zuzu’sJan 14, 2026 1:03 pm - Fank!, a Chicago-based, high-energy, psychedelic band will take the stage from 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, at Madame Zuzu’s, 1876 1st Street, Highland Park, performing their original songs, including their upcoming new single, dropping Jan. 23.
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All Palatine High musicians will unite to debut song for school’s 150th anniversaryJan 14, 2026 12:03 pm - Hours before kickoff for Super Bowl LX, all Palatine High School musicians and choir members will join forces for the debut performance of a song composed specifically to celebrate the school’s 150th anniversary.
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Bruce Leon drops out of 9th Congressional race, endorses Phil AndrewJan 14, 2026 8:49 am - Entrepreneur Bruce Leon has formally withdrawn from the 9th Congressional District race and endorsed a rival candidate.
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One dead, three hurt in Deer Park multivehicle crashJan 14, 2026 7:54 am - A 95-year-old Palatine man was killed and three others injured in a three-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon in Deer Park.
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Best bets: Disney on Ice returns, Griffin, Cleve Carney museums debut new exhibitionsJan 14, 2026 7:38 am - This week Disney on Ice returns to Allstate Arena and the United Center, The Cleve Carney Museum of Art and the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry debut new exhibitions, and suburban venues celebrate Elvis Presley and doo-wop.
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How DuPage Wildlife Conservation Center is designed for climate-friendly ‘net-zero’ statusJan 14, 2026 6:00 am - The DuPage Wildlife Conservation Center has set a new bar for the county forest preserve system. The visitor center and animal hospital is the district's first “net-zero” designed building.
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New DuPage wildlife hospital shows care for creatures great and small in ‘real time’Jan 14, 2026 6:00 am - A new visitor center exhibit hall is now open at the DuPage Wildlife Conservation Center as part of a yearslong transformation of Glen Ellyn campus. A series of large windows will let you observe incoming patient exams, procedures in a surgical suite, hand feedings and how orphans are being reared until they’re old enough to hack it out on their own.
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Boys basketball: Day powers Downers Grove South past WillowbrookJan 13, 2026 10:24 pm - Twenty seconds. That was how long it took Downers Grove South senior forward Sean Day to realize it was going to be a good night. Day took a pass from senior center Linas...