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Mount Prospect announces 2025 class of Shining StarsDec 08, 2025 1:15 pm - Mount Prospect has announced its 2025 class of Shining Stars, who represent individuals and organizations that have made their mark on the village.
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Arctic blast to hit northern Illinois: Wind chills could plunge to -20 this weekend
Dec 08, 2025 12:43 pm - Northern Illinois is staring down another blast of bitter Arctic air later this week, capping off what has already been one of the most aggressive starts to winter in decades.
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Junk pile found in forest preserveDec 08, 2025 12:11 pm - Kane County Forest Preserve District staff recently discovered a large junk pile in the Stony Creek Forest Preserve near South Elgin, according to a staff report to the forest preserve commission.
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Man gets 10 years for drug-induced homicideDec 08, 2025 12:10 pm - A Skokie man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for supplying the fentanyl that killed a West Chicago-area woman.
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‘This should have been avoided’: Late warnings raise red flags in fatal train crashDec 07, 2025 8:45 pm - State says gates and lights are “operating as designed” in Elgin after a man was killed at a crossing. Questions abound over a NTSB report indicating there wasn’t enough notice of an oncoming locomotive.
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‘They always provide’: JOURNEYS offers a lifeline and a path out of homelessnessDec 07, 2025 8:45 pm - Palatine-based JOURNEYS The Road Home provides shelter and other assistance to hundreds of suburban residents facing homelessness. It’s one of five charitable organizations set to receive grants from the Daily Herald/Robert R. McCormick Foundation's Neighbors in Need fundraising campaign.
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‘Travesty’: Elgin mayor blasts federal agents’ actions against protestersDec 07, 2025 5:28 pm - Elgin Mayor David Kaptain sharply criticized federal immigration agents after they used tear gas and pepper spray on protesters who gathered outside a city apartment complex during an hourslong standoff Saturday morning.
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AI-powered police body cameras, once taboo, get tested on Canadian city's 'watch list' of facesDec 07, 2025 4:40 pm - Police body cameras equipped with artificial intelligence have been trained to detect the faces of about 7,000 people on a “high risk” watch list in the Canadian city of ...
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The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump’s immigration crackdownDec 07, 2025 4:36 pm - WAUKEGAN, Ill. - If you rolled past Bedrosian Park after the final bell rang at Waukegan High School on any given weekday this fall, you were likely to find Diego Rosales...
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Netanyahu says Israel and Hamas will enter ceasefire's second phase soonDec 07, 2025 4:20 pm - TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel and Hamas are “very shortly expected to move into the second phase of the ceasef...