Cook County
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Want to vote by mail? Here's howMar 31, 2022 1:00 am - The campaign season is already here with partisan ads for the June 28 primary dominating local broadcasts, and as of Wednesday, voters could begin applying to use the ma...
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Hinz: Cook County property tax bills will likely be 6 months late. Whose fault is that?Mar 30, 2022 1:00 am - A verbal political brawl has broken out over who will wear the jacket for a huge delay in issuing second-half Cook County property tax bills, a lag that could push payme...
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Map reveals widespread lead pollution in Chicago backyards, parkwaysMar 27, 2022 11:00 pm - In backyards and community gardens across Chicago, growers tend fruit and vegetable crops as diverse as the city they live in. Most have one thing in common - lead lurki...
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Cook County property transfers for Dec. 28, 2021, to Jan. 21, 2022Mar 25, 2022 1:00 am - Arlington Heights $490,000; 15 W Cedar St., Arlington Heights; Sold on Dec. 30, 2021, by George Bagyan to James L Wyrick $480,000; 117 W Appletree Lane, Arlington Height...
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Fix your car, unload unwanted prescription drugs at Maine Township eventMar 24, 2022 1:00 am - Maine Township officials and the Cook County sheriff's office are offering free car light repairs on March 31. Headlights, taillights and lights above license plates are...
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MWRD offering rain barrels to Cook County residentsMar 22, 2022 1:00 am - The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District is offering a rain barrel program to Cook County residents. Rain barrels connect to downspouts and collect water flowing fro...
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Woman charged after parking lot fight in Wheeling TownshipMar 20, 2022 1:00 am - A 24-year old woman sustained minor injuries in a fight early Saturday morning in a Wheeling Township bar parking lot. The Cook County Sheriff's office said a 21-year-ol...
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DCFS director held in contempt for 7th time in 10 weeksMar 18, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - For the seventh time in 10 weeks, a Cook County judge found Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith in contempt for failing...
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Cook County property transfers for Dec. 15, 2021, to Jan. 12, 2022Mar 18, 2022 1:00 am - Arlington Heights $545,000; 1131 N Harvard Ave., Arlington Heights; Sold on Dec. 21, 2021, by RAS Closing Services LLC to Tanya Walter $537,500; 1114 S Vail Ave., Arling...
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Elk's death in Busse Woods pasture may have been caused by pneumoniaMar 14, 2022 1:00 am - Pneumonia may have caused the death last week of an elk that had been part of the herd at Busse Woods, Forest Preserves of Cook County officials said Monday. The 4-year-...