Cook County
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Dining out: Giordano’s adds tavern-style pizza to its menuOct 21, 2025 1:23 pm - Giordano’s is adding tavern-style pizza to its menu starting this week. Plus, Halloween-themed dining events are haunting the suburbs and Truluck’s in Rosemont is celebrating Florida stone crab season.
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DuPage County recorder asks county board to reconsider budgetOct 21, 2025 1:01 pm - DuPage County Recorder Elizabeth Chaplin is asking county board members to reconsider her initial ask for a $1.8 million budget for the coming fiscal year.
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Schaumburg launches new 24/7 AI assistant, a resource for residents with questionsOct 21, 2025 12:56 pm - Schaumburg launched “Serena Says” today, an AI assistant capable of answering the community’s questions and referring residents to services.
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Despite earlier assurances, Cinergy Entertainment rejects mural planned for Wheeling cinemaOct 21, 2025 12:54 pm - Much-anticipated plans for a public mural near Wheeling’s Metra train station have been scrapped by the company that was to partner with the village on the project.
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Schaumburg wins grant to present Choral Masterwork Concert Oct. 26Oct 21, 2025 10:45 am - The village of Schaumburg has been awarded a $12,000 Creative Project Grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency in support of its upcoming Choral Masterwork Concert at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, at the Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts.
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Wife of Mount Prospect mayor, longtime volunteer diesOct 21, 2025 8:19 am - Linda Hoefert, wife of Mount Prospect Mayor Paul Hoefert, died over the weekend following a long illness.
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Shift in work hours for Arlington Heights patrol officers, under new contractOct 20, 2025 9:43 pm - All police officers in Arlington Heights will receive a 3% raise - while those who work a beat will get new work hours - under a new one-year labor agreement approved Monday.
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Lights, camera, construction: Cinergy Cinemas gets Wheeling grantOct 20, 2025 7:40 pm - Wheeling’s Cinergy Cinemas will receive a $91,300 grant from the village to help pay for building improvements.
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‘Temerity to honk his horn:’ Elgin road rage murder trial beginsOct 20, 2025 6:00 pm - A jury trial began Monday in an Elgin road rage case, where one man was killed and another was injured.
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Palatine post office could be named after Ghost Army vetOct 20, 2025 5:09 pm - The Palatine post office could be renamed after Bernie Bluestein, a 102-year-old veteran of the “Ghost Army” in World War II.