Kane County
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Palatine High School, District 211 celebrate start of 150th school yearAug 11, 2025 11:32 am - Palatine High School — the seed of Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 — celebrated the start of its 150th school year Monday.
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Former Wheaton woman pleads guilty to abducting her daughter in 2017Aug 11, 2025 11:12 am - A woman accused of kidnapping her daughter and found almost six years later because of a crime TV show, pleaded guilty Monday morning to child abduction.
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U-46 marks firsts and lasts as school year beginsAug 11, 2025 10:46 am - More than 33,000 kindergartners through seniors and transitional students returned to classrooms Monday across Elgin Area School District U-46 schools for the first day of classes.
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Elburn Days returns with tractor pulls, live music and moreAug 11, 2025 10:31 am - Elburn Days returns for its 95th year on Aug. 15-17. The three-day festival features live music, movie night, tractor pulls, mud volleyball, bingo, craft show, and carnival rides.
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Paramount leads all theaters with 26 equity Jeff nominationsAug 11, 2025 10:30 am - Aurora’s Paramount Theatre led all Chicago-area theaters with 26 equity Joseph Jefferson Award nominations, including multiple nominations for the regional premiere of “Frozen,” its revival of “Cats” revival, the long-running “Million Dollar Quartet” and five nominations for the recently shuttered Bold Series.
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Suspect in Aurora double shooting turns himself inAug 11, 2025 8:31 am - The suspect wanted in connection with the shooting of two people in Aurora over the weekend turned himself into police.
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Corgi love on display at Hoffman Estates dog raceAug 11, 2025 6:31 am - Crowds gathered around the racing field Saturday during the Shenanigans on the Green festival in Hoffman Estates to cheer on corgis racing to their owners, vying for the overall title.
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‘Development friendly and ready’: Bartlett to pay $3 million for Lake Street siteAug 10, 2025 9:00 pm - Bartlett plans to purchase approximately 20 acres of vacant land on West Lake Street in hopes of seeing it redeveloped with a large-scale, mixed-use project.
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Powering down: School districts adopt new procedures to limit cellphone distractionsAug 10, 2025 9:00 pm - Some suburban students will be asked to power down as schools enact new procedures this year to quiet cellphone distractions in the classroom.
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‘Edgy’ Tim: Preseason prep football player of the year candidatesAug 10, 2025 5:01 pm - With IHSA prep football practice beginning Monday, “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran writes about several preseason player of the year candidates in the Daily Herald coverage area.