Cook County
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Gardner’s interception sets Batavia on a path past Hoffman EstatesOct 31, 2025 10:32 pm - After a scoreless first quarter, Batavia rolled to a 56-0 victory against Hoffman Estates in a Class 7A playoff football game Friday night.
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South Elgin to celebrate opening of new accessible boat launch MondayOct 31, 2025 9:34 pm - A new accessible paddle sport launch in South Elgin will make it easier for people of all abilities to launch kayaks, canoes and paddleboards into the Fox River.
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Three infected bats identified on Cook County’s annual ‘Halloween Rabid Bat Map’Oct 31, 2025 6:54 pm - Cook County has released an interactive map every Halloween for the past eight years showing where rabid bats have been identified.
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‘Overwhelmed already’: Food banks, pantries carry on with SNAP emergency plansOct 31, 2025 5:31 pm - The Greater Chicago Food Depository will set up temporary distribution sites in areas with the highest concentration of SNAP participants starting Saturday. Though a federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture must use contingency funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during the federal government shutdown, nonprofits that were bracing for a cutoff in benefits along with surging demand are still keeping emergency response plans in place.
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Candy bridges generational gap at senior center in BartlettOct 31, 2025 5:13 pm - They may not have understood each other’s costumes when the witch encountered the K-pop demon hunter Friday in Bartlett, but Halloween candy was the equalizer once again.
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Route 14, Lake Zurich Road in Barrington reopen amid ongoing underpass projectOct 31, 2025 4:19 pm - Route 14 in Barrington reopened Friday afternoon on its new temporary four-lane roadway along with the temporary two-lane Lake Zurich Road.
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Daily Herald takes top honors in regional journalism awardsOct 31, 2025 4:06 pm - For both its print and online editions, the Daily Herald has won top honors in the 2025 Northern Illinois News Association contest, and individual Daily Herald staff members were recognized with 47 first-, second- and third-place finishes in the annual competition.
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Schaumburg gives apartment buildings more flexibility on switching between heating and A/COct 31, 2025 11:28 am - Schaumburg trustees this week granted landlords of properties with boiler systems more flexibility on when heating and air conditioning replace one another at the change of seasons.
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Arlington Heights hosts blood drive Nov. 5Oct 31, 2025 11:07 am - The village of Arlington Heights will host a blood drive from 8 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, in the Buechner Room at village hall, 33 S. Arlington Heights Road.
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Girls volleyball: Lyons ends York’s season in tight regional finalOct 30, 2025 10:20 pm - Junior outside hitter Taylor Carroll and her Lyons Township volleyball teammates were determined to sustain any momentum against rival York for the Class 4A York Regional...