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Shifting USDA plant hardiness map reflects changing climate, changes for plantsJan 12, 2024 3:26 pm - URBANA, Ill. — On a cold, blustery January day, it may be hard to remember that 2023 was the hottest year on record. But the newest update to the plant hardiness map, in...
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Mardell Schumacher, one of longest-serving school board members in Northwest suburbs, steps down from District 59 seatJan 12, 2024 3:03 pm - Mardell Schumacher, one of the longest-serving school board members in the Northwest suburbs, has stepped down. Schumacher, first appointed to the Elk Grove Township Elem...
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Buffalo supermarket gunman who killed 10 will face the death penalty in federal hate crimes case
Jan 12, 2024 2:18 pm - BUFFALO, N.Y. — Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket, they said in a court fili...
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Sanity evaluation ordered for woman accused of stabbing childrenJan 12, 2024 1:48 pm - Court documents allege she stopped taking medicine for psychiatric illness, and ‘the followers’ told her to stab 2 girls
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Encore Village of Schaumburg rising from bankruptcy of Friendship Village senior communityJan 12, 2024 1:47 pm - The largest continuing care retirement community in Illinois has been rebranded Encore Village of Schaumburg after 46 years as Friendship Village that ended with seven mo...
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More suburbs preparing to restrict migrant transports from TexasJan 12, 2024 1:44 pm - At least four more towns in the Northwest suburbs could take steps to restrict migrant transports from Texas next week. The Wheeling, Arlington Heights and Lake Barringto...
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Elgin may finally get its first recreational cannabis dispensaryJan 12, 2024 1:15 pm - After being given the green light by the city council last year, Elgin’s first recreational cannabis dispensary finally may have found a home. The Elgin Planning and Zon...
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Elgin’s MLK prayer breakfast postponedJan 12, 2024 12:04 pm - Organizers have postponed Elgin’s Martin Luther King Jr. prayer breakfast Saturday due to inclement weather. The event has been rescheduled for next Saturday, Jan. 20. A...
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Man pleads guilty to possessing stolen vehicleJan 12, 2024 11:54 am - Charges of fleeing police at nearly 100 mph dropped
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Man pleads guilty to robbing friend of prescription drugsJan 12, 2024 10:33 am - A man pleaded guilty Friday morning to robbing a friend of anti-anxiety medication. Xavier Garcia, 20, of Brookfield, pleaded guilty to one count of robbery in exchange f...