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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.
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West Chicago artist’s murals lend downtown a dash of vibrant colorDec 20, 2024 2:17 pm - Local artist Giovanni Arellano has created a series of vibrant murals in West Chicago featuring nature scenes related to the Illinois Prairie Path.
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Party City closing all its stores, including locations across the suburbsDec 20, 2024 2:16 pm - After more than 40 years in business, Party City is closing its stores, including more than a dozen in the suburbs, CNN reported Friday.
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Why Illinois lawmakers might change pension benefits for some employees
Dec 20, 2024 1:56 pm - Changes that would make Illinois pension systems compliant with Social Security by improving benefits for government employees hired since 2011 could be on the table when lawmakers return to Springfield in January.