DuPage County
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He was sentenced to 5 years in prison. Why did he spend just 14 days behind bars?Jun 28, 2024 5:15 am - Jonathan Franco was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to reckless homicide in connection with a 2019 crash that killed a 35-year-old father from Carol Stream and then spent just 14 days behind bars. Here’s how that happened.
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Lombard Historical Society presents ‘Flavor Bombs & Compound Butters’Jun 28, 2024 1:52 am - The Lombard Historical Society will present a program on “Flavor Bombs & Compound Butters” on Thursday, July 11.
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Clicking on all three phases: Maine South, St. Francis take step forward at Naperville North 7-on-7Jun 27, 2024 10:08 pm - Class 5A St. Francis reached the title game against Maine South at Naperville North’s Windy City Classic 7-on-7 competition.
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Authorities: Relative of man killed by police accused of making threatJun 27, 2024 8:47 pm - A niece of the late Isaac Goodlow III has been charged with threatening to blow up the Carol Stream Police Department during a protest Wednesday about a police officer not being prosecuted for shooting and killing Goodlow.
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Lalo’s Mexican Restaurant abruptly closes Schaumburg locationJun 27, 2024 6:07 pm - The Lalo’s Mexican Restaurant location in Schaumburg closed this week due to slow business, a company representative said Thursday.
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Des Plaines shrine welcomes national pilgrimage with special MassJun 27, 2024 5:58 pm - A few hundred members of the Catholic faithful gathered Thursday at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines for a special Mass held as part of a national pilgr...
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Woodfield Mall hosts entrepreneurial teens running stands on Lemonade DayJun 27, 2024 5:45 pm - For generations, lemonade stands have been the first entrepreneurial experience of many youngsters -- but would the lessons learned mean more at age 16 than 6? Woodfield Mall helped entrepreneurial teens from the Boys & Girls Clubs of North Central Illinois find out on nationally recognized Lemonade Day.
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Plumbing torch sparks fire in West Chicago apartment buildingJun 27, 2024 4:32 pm - No one was injured in an accidental fire in a West Chicago apartment building Thursday, authorities said.
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3 downtown Batavia businesses to each receive $10,000 grantJun 27, 2024 2:09 pm - Three downtown Batavia businesses — Limestone Coffee & Tea, Sturdy Shelter Brewing, and Sidecar Supper Club — each have been awarded a $10,000 Backing Small Business Gran...
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Herrick Lake fishing derby canceled due to algae bloomJun 27, 2024 1:25 pm - Organizers have canceled a fishing derby on Herrick Lake near Wheaton after an algal bloom was detected by a DuPage County Forest Preserve District’s ecologist.