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RTA drills down into costs of fiscal crisis from ‘pizza tax’ to 10% higher faresAug 16, 2025 12:30 pm - Can this transit doomsday be averted? Here’s a look at challenges and options facing Metra, Pace and the CTA.
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Two arrested in connection with Carpentersville shootingAug 16, 2025 12:24 pm - A 21-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy were arrested Friday in connection with a Wednesday shooting in Carpentersville that injured three people.
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Park Ridge man celebrates heart health by ringing his own bellAug 16, 2025 12:16 pm - Park Ridge resident Paul Sheehan, a heart patient at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, on Friday rang the bell he’d previously donated for patients celebrating the end of their cardiac rehabilitation.
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A balm for the bereaved: Geneva woman seeks to install wind phone where grieving people can ‘talk’ to lost loved onesAug 16, 2025 12:15 pm - A Geneva mother seeks to establish a wind phone, a disconnected phone that allows grieving people to “talk” with their departed loved ones, in her community in honor of her 18-year-old son James who died unexpectedly in 2021.
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Politicians must prioritize saving public transitAug 16, 2025 10:45 am - Access. That one word summarizes why public transportation is so crucial to small businesses across the region.
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Texas GOP chair says Illinois is winnable ‘purple state’
Aug 16, 2025 4:00 am - Texas GOP chairman says Illinois is winnable for Republicans in 2026 due to Trump's improving results there. He pointed to Trump getting 43.5% of the Illinois vote in 2024.
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Joining the fray: Candidates for governor, Senate lead GOP surge for state offices
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9-year-old sets up stand, offers free compliments to anyone who stops by
Aug 16, 2025 4:00 am - 9-year-old Ethan Wargo sets up a compliment stand in his front yard, offering free, personalized compliments to anyone who stops to chat. His kindness goes viral.
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Ukraine attacks Russian refinery with Trump, Putin set to meet
Aug 15, 2025 9:07 pm - Ukraine attacked another Russian refinery just as Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are poised to meet in Alaska on Friday to discuss a potential ceasefire. The strike on t...
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Trump administration agrees to keep DC police chief in place, but with immigration enforcement order
Aug 15, 2025 8:48 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday reversed course and agreed to leave the Washington, D.C., police chief in control of the department, while Attorney Genera...