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John Hooker, first of ‘ComEd Four’ to be sentenced, gets 1½ years in prisonJul 14, 2025 8:25 pm - CHICAGO — A former executive for electric utility Commonwealth Edison has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in bribing ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan for jobs and contracts for the Democratic power broker’s political allies.
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Trump threatens Russia with tariffs and boosts US weapons for UkraineJul 14, 2025 8:10 pm - President Donald Trump on Monday threatened Russia with steep tariffs and announced a rejuvenated pipeline for American weapons to reach Ukraine, hardening his stance tow...
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Illinois firefighters join disaster response in TexasJul 14, 2025 7:35 pm - A team of Illinois firefighters has begun working search-and-rescue missions in flood-ravaged Texas as part of a national response to the crisis there.
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‘Getting the job done is what counts’: Mundelein mayor taps ex-rival for new village roleJul 14, 2025 7:30 pm - Rather than metaphorically burying her most recent political rival, Mundelein Mayor Robin Meier has selected him for a prominent village post.
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‘They’re in shock’: Family mourns death of Streamwood man pulled from Centennial Beach in NapervilleJul 14, 2025 6:11 pm - The DuPage County coroner’s office has identified the 27-year-old who was pulled unresponsive from the water at Centennial Beach in Naperville last week.
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‘Near and dear to my heart’: Retired Metra CEO leaves board, union leader joinsJul 14, 2025 6:08 pm - Railroader Don Orseno rose to Metra’s executive suite and boardroom. Incoming director Brian Shanahan wants to grow regional rail.
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Buffalo Grove gathering public input on Clove ParkJul 14, 2025 5:19 pm - The Buffalo Grove community will have a say in determining the future of a public park in the middle of The Clove, the village’s redevelopment of the Town Center at Lake-Cook and McHenry roads.
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New youth soccer headquarters, domed field coming to ElginJul 14, 2025 5:00 pm - The Illinois Youth Soccer Association plans to construct a new headquarters and training facility in Elgin, complete with a 78-foot-tall, air-supported dome and indoor turf field.
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‘Reopened wounds’: Fourteen years after murder conviction, Marni Yang returns to courtJul 14, 2025 4:18 pm - The lawyer for Marni Yang, convicted in the 2007 shooting death of Rhoni Reuter and her unborn child in Reuter’s Deerfield home, argues for a new trial citing DNA and other crime scene evidence which he says exonerates his client.
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Mount Prospect mulling ban on unregulated THC products, Kratom and TianeptineJul 14, 2025 4:15 pm - Mount Prospect is considering an ordinance that would ban the sale and possession of unregulated THC products and the psychoactive substances Kratom and Tianeptine.