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Vernon Hills trustee race features four familiar names with the community at heartFeb 26, 2025 10:58 pm - Candidates for three seats on the Vernon Hills village board are well-known to each other and in the community, with three incumbents seeking reelection and a longtime village employee making her first run for public office.
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Egg prices could jump 41% this year, USDA says, as Trump’s bird flu plan is unveiled
Feb 26, 2025 8:26 pm - WASHINGTON — The U.S. Agriculture Department predicts record egg prices could soar more than 40% in 2025, as the Trump administration offered the first new details Wednes...
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Federal agencies given deadline for plans to move offices out of D.C. area
Feb 26, 2025 8:12 pm - The Trump administration is giving federal agencies until mid-April to suggest relocations of bureaus and offices out of the D.C. region, a move that would have widesprea...
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Federal board halts firings of six probationary employees amid Trump cuts
Feb 26, 2025 8:05 pm - An independent federal board on Tuesday granted a request from the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) to halt the termination of six probationary government employees a...
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Keir Starmer heads to Washington with UK defense spending pledge to help sway Trump over Ukraine
Feb 26, 2025 7:41 pm - ABOARD THE PRIME MINISTER’S PLANE — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer flew to Washington on Wednesday after announcing a big increase in the British defense budget, an inv...
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Clinic memorializing Arlington Heights deacon to open soon in UgandaFeb 26, 2025 7:31 pm - After a lifetime helping people in need and ministering in Uganda, Deacon Patrick Sheehan’s legacy clinic will open next month, helping impoverished mothers and babies.
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Bloody crime scene photos play key role in trial of man accused in Palestinian American boy’s death
Feb 26, 2025 7:08 pm - Photos of a child's bloody body, a black knife holder and other crime scene evidence took center stage Wednesday at the murder and hate crime trial for an Illinois landlord accused of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy in 2023.
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Mayor: Victim in Mount Prospect garage shooting improvingFeb 26, 2025 7:05 pm - A 63-year-old Mount Prospect woman who was shot multiple times Monday afternoon by her 53-year-old ex-boyfriend, who then shot himself to death, was moved Wednesday from the intensive care unit to a regular room at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital.
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EPA tells White House to strike down landmark climate finding
Feb 26, 2025 7:00 pm - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has privately urged the White House to strike down a scientific finding underpinning much of the federal governme...
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Watch: Candidates for Gurnee mayor debate the issuesFeb 26, 2025 6:51 pm - Incumbent Tom Hood and challenger Quin O’Brien discuss their qualifications and the issues in the race for Gurnee mayor.