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Regulators OK statewide electric grid upgrades, rate increasesDec 20, 2024 9:11 pm - Editor’s note: This story was changed to reflect the correct amount approved for Ameren. Illinois utilities are set to invest more than a billion dollars into upgrad...
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Trump taps West suburban Catholic school leader as next Vatican ambassador
Dec 20, 2024 8:53 pm - President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced he’ll nominate West suburban Catholic school board leader Brian Burch as the next U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Burch, ...
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Giannoulias debuts new drive-through DMV in Lombard, a first for IllinoisDec 20, 2024 5:06 pm - Do you want fries with that sticker? New Lombard DMV has drive-through service.
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New Year’s Eve family party at Sullivan center in Vernon HillsDec 20, 2024 4:33 pm - Celebrate New Year’s Eve family-style from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Dec. 31 at the Sullivan Community Center, 635 N. Aspen Dr., Vernon Hills. The Vernon Hills park District ev...
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Hanover Township receives $600,000 open-space grant for park in BartlettDec 20, 2024 3:30 pm - Hanover Township has received a $600,000 state grant for its planned development of eight acres of green space on its Tiknis Campus in Bartlett.
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Three robbed outside Des Plaines restaurantDec 20, 2024 3:28 pm - Three people were robbed by a gunman Thursday night outside a Des Plaines restaurant.
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District 211 board election uncontested after two candidates’ paperwork rejectedDec 20, 2024 3:20 pm - The April 1 board of education election for Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 became officially uncontested Friday when a Cook County electoral board sustained objections against two of the filed candidates’ nominating petitions.
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Woman evades would-be car thieves in Des PlainesDec 20, 2024 3:19 pm - Two would-be thieves tried to force a woman out of her SUV on Wednesday evening in Des Plaines, but the driver escaped unharmed, police said.
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‘Literally filled with love’: How the #LovePurse campaign helps domestic violence survivorsDec 20, 2024 2:26 pm - Maria Castro started #LovePurse to provide domestic violence survivors with toiletries and uplifting notes in new purses, sparking a movement to help women in need.
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‘He’s always helping others:’ Students land Schaumburg HS resource officer big awardDec 20, 2024 2:19 pm - A Schaumburg High School resource officer, nominated by students, has won an award from a youth development coalition.