Cook County
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Local law enforcement goes gold to support Pediatric Cancer Awareness MonthSep 12, 2025 1:04 pm - The Kane and Cook County sheriff's departments are handing out gold pins for deputies to wear this month, including a SWAT team member whose daughter is a pediatric cancer survivor and was helped by Cal's Angels.
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New restaurants, shops to open in Yorktown Center in LombardSep 12, 2025 12:55 pm - Yorktown Center will welcome new restaurants, stores and expand the mall with a communal green space adjacent to new residential complexes.
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Finn McCool’s Irish Pub now planned for vacant Wheeling Town Center spaceSep 12, 2025 12:54 pm - A Finn McCool’s Irish Sports Pub is coming to the Wheeling Town Center complex.
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ICE officer shoots, kills suspect who dragged officer with car near Chicago, says Homeland SecuritySep 12, 2025 12:40 pm - A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a suspect who tried to evade arrest Friday in Franklin Park by driving his car at officers and dragging one of them, officials said.
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‘Absolutely one of a kind’: 1860 banner links Libertyville to Lincoln electionSep 12, 2025 11:51 am - A delicate maneuver has ensured Libertyville’s tie to a short-lived but influential political movement that helped elect Abraham Lincoln president in 1860 will be preserved.
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Hoffman Estates to hold fire station open houses Oct. 4, 11Sep 12, 2025 10:38 am - The Hoffman Estates Fire Department is kicking off Fire Prevention Month by hosting a pair of fire station open houses in October.
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Students honor local heroes on Patriot DaySep 12, 2025 10:24 am - Students of Immanuel Lutheran School in Palatine are too young to have lived through the events of Sept. 11, 2001, but teachers are committed to ensuring that the lessons of that day — and the heroism it revealed — are never forgotten.
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West Dundee to cover cost to replace lead water service linesSep 12, 2025 8:17 am - West Dundee trustees are reversing course on a plan to have residents pay part of the costs to replace lead water service lines.
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Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts hosts fotoMuses exhibit on ‘The House — Personal Environments’Sep 11, 2025 11:13 pm - The fotoMuses, a group of women photographers, present their newest exhibit "The House - Personal Environments" at the Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts.
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Algonquin Garden Club gets grants to fund Miyawaki Mini-ForestSep 11, 2025 10:53 pm - The Algonquin Garden Club secured $6,100 in grants for its Miyawaki Mini-Forest project, which aims to plant a dense, biodiverse forest at the Dixie Briggs Nature Preserve.