Cook County
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Elmhurst History Museum teams with Pro Football Hall of Fame on century of Chicago football storiesAug 25, 2026 2:48 pm - The Elmhurst History Museum will present “Bear Down: Football in the Windy City” Aug. 28 through Jan. 24.
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Schaumburg’s 55th annual Septemberfest also celebrates village’s 70th anniversaryAug 25, 2026 2:19 pm - This year’s Septemberfest over Labor Day weekend in Schaumburg will be an extra special one for a number of reasons. Not only is it the 55th staging of the festival itself, but it will be the village’s largest celebration of its 70th anniversary and accompany the final stages of construction on the new village hall at the heart of the Robert O. Atcher Municipal Campus.
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The Drake Oak Brook hotel earns arboretum status for its groundsAug 25, 2026 11:54 am - The Drake Oak Brook property is one of a very small number of hotels in the United States that has earned ArbNet arboretum accreditation.
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Prospect Heights backs tax break to bring Marriott brands to shuttered hotelAug 25, 2026 11:17 am - A Cook County tax incentive is hoped to bring a pair of Marriott brands to a Prospect Heights hotel that’s been closed for about two years.
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Former Aurora engineer convicted of stealing secrets for Chinese companyAug 25, 2026 11:05 am - An engineer for a medical supplies company formerly operating in Aurora has been convicted of federal charges alleging he conspired to steal trade secrets for a Chinese competitor.
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Spotlight: Janus Theatre revives ever-timely ‘An Iliad’ with all-female castAug 25, 2026 10:59 am - Ten years after it staged Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare’s “An Iliad,” Elgin’s Janus Theatre remounts the play with an all-female cast; TimeLine launches its 30th season with the premiere of “The Birth of the Pill” about the development of the life-changing oral contraceptive; and Promethean Theatre Ensemble stages “Blood of the Lamb,” a Kafkaesque thrill about reproductive rights.
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Man fatally shot at Wheeling hotel identified as ChicagoanAug 25, 2026 9:34 am - The man who was fatally shot at a Wheeling hotel over the weekend was a 60-year-old Chicagoan, police said.
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Girls flag football: Fremd’s defense, young playmakers set tone in 33-14 season-opening win over HerseyAug 25, 2026 6:49 am - There was no scoreboard at Hersey’s North Field on Monday evening. Fremd’s defense provided the first announcement. Senior defensive back Jill Simonian returned an interc...
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Brother of Rosemont mayor, the chairman of Triton College, arrested on felony drug chargeAug 24, 2026 7:05 pm - The chairman of a suburban community college, who is also the brother of Rosemont’s mayor, was arrested on a felony drug charge last month, authorities said.
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The $6 billion plan that would give the suburbs control over supplying Lake Michigan waterAug 24, 2026 6:57 pm - DuPage and Cook county leaders announced details of a seismic project Monday that will put control of supplying Lake Michigan water into suburban hands. Not so fast, city officials said.