Cook County
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‘Edgy’ Tim O’Halloran: Getting a live look at some great prep football playersSep 28, 2025 4:44 pm - Recruiting analyst “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran writes about the many high-level prep football players from the area he watched in person last weekend.
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SUV driver dies after hitting parked truck on I-90 shoulder near ElginSep 28, 2025 11:07 am - An SUV driver died after crashing into a parked semitruck on Interstate 90 near Elgin on Saturday.
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‘A sense of comfort and peace’: How some suburban care facilities are using doll therapy for dementia and Alzheimer’s patientsSep 28, 2025 4:00 am - About a month after her mother moved into an Elmhurst memory care facility, Gail Bekin bought her a doll. “She never put it down,” said Bekin. For decades, health care providers have incorporated certain techniques — music, art and pet therapy as well as caring for baby dolls — to help treat people with dementia or Alzheimer’s.
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‘A thorough check is the key’: Cooler weather approaching but ticks still with usSep 28, 2025 12:00 am - Cooler days are coming but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the figurative woods when it comes to ticks, whose bites can cause serious illnesses.
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Rolling Meadows, Hersey, Wauconda, Carmel score winsSep 27, 2025 10:18 pm - A roundup of weekend football games from Cook and Lake counties.
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West Aurora, Elgin, Glenbard South, Streamwood secure victoriesSep 27, 2025 8:31 pm - A roundup of DuPage County and Fox Vallley football games from this weekend.
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Cook sparks Barrington to MSL West victory against PalatineSep 27, 2025 8:03 pm - Barrington defeated Palatine 42-21 Saturday afternoon in Barrington in a Mid-Suburban League West Division football game.
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Boys soccer: Checking in on conference races at the midway point of the seasonSep 27, 2025 5:05 pm - Things are beginning to sort themselves out in conference play as we pass the midway point in the season.
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Long Grove’s Apple Fest draws a big crowdSep 27, 2025 4:57 pm - There's nothing like a festival to draw a crowd to downtown Long Grove and Apple Fest lived up to its billing as people lined up to buy apples, enjoy prepared food, visit vendors' booths and listen to live music Saturday.
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Scammer sold stolen SUV in Des Plaines for $15,000: policeSep 27, 2025 3:07 pm - A Chicago man is facing charges after selling a stolen, inoperative SUV to someone in Des Plaines, police said.