Cook County
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Elgin Community College to open Criminal Justice Conversations with justice reform advocateSep 24, 2025 10:22 am - Elgin Community College will host “Criminal Justice Conversations” featuring Marshan Allen, director of Policy and Communications at the Illinois Prison Project, on Oct. 1.
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Schaumburg Halloween Carnival, House of Creeps moving into Wintrust Field againSep 24, 2025 10:19 am - The Schaumburg Boomers baseball team have begun their off-season, allowing a spookier type of fun to take over Wintrust Field and its grounds for three extended weekends in October.
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South Elgin man charged in Lake Zurich attackSep 24, 2025 10:17 am - A South Elgin man was arrested Tuesday for beating someone in the head with a firearm.
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Oath Keepers founder, Jan. 6 planner speaks at Elgin church after 3 other venues cancel amid outcrySep 24, 2025 10:16 am - A Geneva-based conservative group successfully scrambled Tuesday to find a venue to host Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers and a convicted Jan. 6 organizer.
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Best Bets: Virtual reality EXP opens, Cirque Italia extravaganza and moreSep 24, 2025 8:51 am - Immerse yourself in ancient Egypt when the new virtual reality venue EXP opens in Rosemont, be wowed by Cirque Italia, and laugh along with comedians Paula Poundstone, Doug Benson and Steve Solomon this week.
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‘Are there sharks?’ Schakowsky aide tries to win votes in tropical ‘Survivor’ premiereSep 23, 2025 7:44 pm - Among the 18 contestants competing for $1 million on the new season of “Survivor” is U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s communications director, Alex Moore. Set in Fiji, the reality show’s 49th season debuts Wednesday.
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M.o.v.e. program in Lombard helps slow Parkinson’s progressionSep 23, 2025 6:48 pm - Lombard is now home to an innovative program called m.o.v.e. (Multimodal Overexaggerated Volitional Exercise) designed to help people with Parkinson's disease take control of their health and slow the progression of symptoms.
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Former Illinois public health director among speakers scheduled for TEDx in Arlington HeightsSep 23, 2025 6:33 pm - Dr. Ngozi Ezike, former director of the Illinois Department of Public Health during the pandemic, will be among the speakers at the TEDxArlington Heights conference on Oct. 4.
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25 years of play, healing and hope: How St. Alexius’ Child Life internship reshaped pediatric caregivingSep 23, 2025 5:49 pm - For 25 years, the Child Life internship program at St. Alexius Women & Children’s Hospital in Hoffman Estates has been paving career paths in a service integral to most pediatric departments.
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Schaumburg celebrates start of ‘Main Street’-like development of The District at VeridianSep 23, 2025 5:14 pm - Attendees of Tuesday’s groundbreaking ceremony for The District at Veridian, at the east end of Schaumburg’s former Motorola campus, got to see two months of progress on a nine-story apartment building above a ground-level restaurant and retail area.