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Barrington the latest to adopt local grocery taxApr 29, 2025 6:45 am - Barrington has become the latest village to adopt a local grocery tax to replace the state-collected version that will soon be eliminated.
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Mundelein Mayor Steve Lentz honored as he prepares to leave officeApr 28, 2025 8:30 pm - After 12 years as mayor and four before that as a trustee, Steve Lentz’s time as an elected official in Mundelein is coming to a close.
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Resident suffers serious burns after cooking mishap in Algonquin garageApr 28, 2025 8:21 pm - An Algonquin man suffered serious burns in a cooking-related mishap inside a garage on the 0-100 block of Tregonwell Court Monday.
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Authorities believe crash through Illinois after-school building that killed 4 wasn’t targeted
Apr 28, 2025 8:04 pm - CHATHAM — A crash through an after-school building in a small city outside of Springfield, Illinois, that killed three children and a teenager and left several others inj...
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Civil rights lawyers leave en masse as Justice Department mission shifts
Apr 28, 2025 7:56 pm - The new head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division is dramatically reshaping the office to propel President Donald Trump’s social agenda, prompting the depart...
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White House focuses on border crackdown as it marks 100 days for Trump's second term
Apr 28, 2025 7:42 pm - WASHINGTON — The White House on Monday opened a weeklong celebration of Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office by focusing on his border crackdown, an area of relative s...
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‘The drunk driving of our time’: Teens must now watch distracted driving video to get learner’s permitApr 28, 2025 7:41 pm - Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias says new rule will impact about 165,000 students this year.
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‘It’s an amazing opportunity’: Hersey’s Hackathon sparks innovation, collaborationApr 28, 2025 5:29 pm - A day of coding and collaboration unfolded at John Hersey High School as the third annual Hackathon brought together more than 70 students from Northwest Suburban High School District 214 and surrounding suburbs.
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'Exceptional' power outage in Spain and Portugal affects millions of people
Apr 28, 2025 5:25 pm - BARCELONA, Spain — An unprecedented blackout brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill Monday, stopping trains, cutting phone service and shutting down traffic l...
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Palatine Jaycees’ free STEAM fair a successApr 28, 2025 5:17 pm - The Palatine Jaycees hosted their most successful and largest-ever free STEAM Fair for elementary students on March 18.