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Elgin to host 40th annual MLK prayer breakfastJan 07, 2025 11:56 am - Elgin’s 40th annual Martin Luther King Jr. prayer breakfast will be held at Elgin Community College on Saturday, Jan. 18.
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Grant Park Music Festival sets summer lineupJan 07, 2025 11:07 am - The Grant Park Music Festival on Tuesday announced its 2025 season, the first under new artistic director and principal conductor Giancarlo Guerrero. The free concerts June 11 through Aug. 16 include classics as well as new works.
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State task force recommends tornado shelters in warehouses following deadly 2021 storm
Jan 07, 2025 10:08 am - A task force created in the wake of a deadly downstate tornado has issued recommendations for better protecting warehouse workers.
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Thermal drone locates Charlie, a dog from Crystal Lake who was missing for a week
Jan 07, 2025 9:00 am - Charlie, a missing Bernese mountain dog, was found after a week using a thermal imaging drone that detected his heat signature. He was injured but will fully recover.
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Below average temperatures, chance of light snow in store for Chicago’s slow winterJan 07, 2025 8:54 am - Lake effect snow is back in Chicago this week, but there are low chances for accumulation. Below average temperatures are however surely expected for this winter.
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Curing the common cold, 1890s styleJan 07, 2025 8:01 am - Long before there were cough drops, decongestants and zinc pills, there was warm lemonade, chicken jelly and arrowroot gruel. Those 19th century cold remedies were on display Sunday when Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago hosted “Farmhouse Tour: Curing a Cold in the 1890s.”
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Driver charged in double-fatal crash sent to jail for violating pretrial releaseJan 06, 2025 9:29 pm - A man charged with reckless homicide in a crash that killed two of his friends has been jailed for violating the terms of his pretrial release.
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A lot of options: $5.5 million in projects suggested for Vernon Hills’ capital planJan 06, 2025 9:21 pm - A master plan for Harvey Lake, the restoration of the Seavey drainage ditch to improve water quality in Lake Charles, and a face-lift for village hall are among the capital improvements being suggested in 2025-26 in Vernon Hills.
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Chicago area ties with NYC for worst gridlock in U.S.Jan 06, 2025 7:12 pm - Drivers in Chicago spent 102 hours on average stewing in traffic in 2024, INRIX reports.
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A bridge to somewhere? $9 million price tag for pedestrian overpass into Busse WoodsJan 06, 2025 7:06 pm - A $9 million project to build a pedestrian bridge over Arlington Heights Road near Busse Woods will connect the forest preserve to a new mixed-use development in Elk Grove Village.