Cook County
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Curing the common cold, 1890s styleJan 07, 2025 8:01 am - Long before there were cough drops, decongestants and zinc pills, there was warm lemonade, chicken jelly and arrowroot gruel. Those 19th century cold remedies were on display Sunday when Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago hosted “Farmhouse Tour: Curing a Cold in the 1890s.”
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Who had the area’s top holiday tournament performances?Jan 07, 2025 6:00 am - This week’s High Five looks at the area’s top holiday basketball tournament performances.
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Elgin church celebrates music heritage in hymn festival Jan. 19Jan 07, 2025 12:13 am - Christ the Lord Lutheran Church in Elgin is hosting the first of three 2025 Hymn Festivals on Jan. 19, tracing church music from the Reformation to the present.
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French horns take center stage at Chamber Music on the Fox concertsJan 06, 2025 11:14 pm - Chamber Music on the Fox spotlights the French horn in its first concert of the year, featuring works by Beethoven and Brahms performed by horns, strings, and piano.
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Driver charged in double-fatal crash sent to jail for violating pretrial releaseJan 06, 2025 9:29 pm - A man charged with reckless homicide in a crash that killed two of his friends has been jailed for violating the terms of his pretrial release.
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National title in hand, it’s finally time for North Central to change QBsJan 06, 2025 7:32 pm - North Central quarterback Luke Lehnen finished an amazing college career by throwing for 4 touchdowns in Sunday’s victory over Mount Union in the Stagg Bowl. Now the Cardinals need to figure out what to do next at the position.
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A bridge to somewhere? $9 million price tag for pedestrian overpass into Busse WoodsJan 06, 2025 7:06 pm - A $9 million project to build a pedestrian bridge over Arlington Heights Road near Busse Woods will connect the forest preserve to a new mixed-use development in Elk Grove Village.
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Apartments at Buffalo Grove’s The Clove almost ready for residentsJan 06, 2025 5:12 pm - The 250 Residences, the seven-story apartment building at Buffalo Grove’s The Clove is nearly ready for occupancy in some of its units.
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‘First of a kind’: Nurse earns award at Advocate Sherman in ElginJan 06, 2025 5:06 pm - Brittany Holliday, Advocate Sherman Hospital’s first staff-nominated nurse staff president, was named the hospital’s “nurse of the year.”
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Elgin Symphony Orchestra showcases principal cellist in Saint-Saëns concertoJan 06, 2025 5:01 pm - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra, led by Chad Goodman, will perform Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto No. 1 featuring principal cellist Matthew Agnew, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6, and Missy Mazzoli’s “These Worlds in Us.