Cook County
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‘Choose love, be the light and change the world’: Church food drive stresses MLK messageJan 20, 2025 4:43 pm - In the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service, volunteers operated a drive-up collection of food and household goods Monday at the First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights.
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One person treated for burns after Palatine house fireJan 20, 2025 4:34 pm - One person was taken to a hospital with nonlife-threatening burns after a fire Sunday morning at a Palatine home.
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Mount Prospect pedestrian bridge still faces funding gapJan 20, 2025 4:24 pm - Mount Prospect trustees have done substantial engineering work and landed on a design for the pedestrian bridge linking Meadows and Melas parks. But the village still needs to bridge an approximately $1.6 million funding gap before it gets built.
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Former Arlington Heights pastor accused of earlier sexual abuse of a minorJan 20, 2025 2:26 pm - The Rev. Matt Foley, former pastor of St. James Parish in Arlington Heights and whose name was borrowed for a recurring “Saturday Night Live” character in the 1990s, is being investigated for sexual abuse against a minor approximately 30 years ago.
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Registration open for spring session of Arlington Heights Citizen Police AcademyJan 20, 2025 1:45 pm - Registration is now open for the Spring 2025 session of the Arlington Heights Police Department’s Citizen Police Academy.
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Hoffman Estates buying back yard waste stickersJan 20, 2025 1:45 pm - With Hoffman Estates eliminating yard waste stickers starting April 1, a sticker buy-back program is running at village hall.
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‘There’s such a need’: Gluten-free restaurant opens in GenevaJan 20, 2025 1:42 pm - Ugly Noodle, a new celiac-safe, gluten-free restaurant, has opened in downtown Geneva.
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Prominent civil rights attorney Fred Gray delivers keynote address at sold-out MLK Unity BreakfastJan 20, 2025 1:21 pm - Civil rights attorney and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Fred Gray delivers keynote at sold-out DuPage County MLK Unity breakfast supporting diversity grants.
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14th annual bags tournament raises funds for Brian E. Wagner ScholarshipJan 20, 2025 12:17 pm - The 14th annual Bags for Wags tournament on Feb. 8 supports Brian E. Wagner scholarship fund, which has awarded over $100,000 in college tuition to exemplary high school students.
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Campton Twp. Cemetery District asks voters for rate increaseJan 20, 2025 12:17 pm - Voters in the Campton Township Cemetery District will have a referendum on April 1 asking for a rate increase that officials say is necessary to maintain its four cemeteries.