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Arlington Heights mayor pushes for EV charger restrictions in basement garagesJun 11, 2025 6:31 pm - Citing national examples of long-burning fires, Arlington Heights officials are considering regulations banning electric vehicle charging stations in basement parking garages, despite state laws requiring EV infrastructure.
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Northwest Fourth Fest returns to Now Arena in Hoffman Estates July 2-6Jun 11, 2025 5:37 pm - Northwest Fourth Fest, the region’s largest free-admission Fourth of July Celebration, returns to Hoffman Estates this summer.
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Anti-ICE protests spread across the country, from New York to Seattle
Jun 11, 2025 5:27 pm - Protests over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement have spread to cities across the United States, as the president warns that the deployment of national gu...
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Barrington officials say progress is being made on pedestrian gates at UP crossingsJun 11, 2025 5:19 pm - Barrington officials said progress is being made with a plan to install pedestrian safety gates at several Union Pacific railroad crossings in town.
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Violent anti-immigrant riots follow sex assault arrests in Northern Ireland
Jun 11, 2025 5:09 pm - LONDON — Rioters broke windows, torched cars and attacked police with bricks and petrol bombs for a second night in a small Northern Ireland city late Tuesday, after publ...
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District 15 budget operating deficit could reach $7.2 million in 2026Jun 11, 2025 4:38 pm - Palatine Township District 15 is projecting a $7.2 million deficit in its operating revenues for the upcoming fiscal year and could see shrinking reserves.
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Jury convicts Harvey Weinstein of top charge in split verdict at #MeToo sex crimes retrial
Jun 11, 2025 4:34 pm - NEW YORK — Former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was convicted Wednesday of one of the top charges in his sex crimes retrial but acquitted of another, and jurors were as ye...
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Land donation will ensure age-old bur oak will be protected in perpetuityJun 11, 2025 4:31 pm - The Lake County forest preserve system again will be expanding with three acquisitions including a gift being made to protect an irreplaceable part of the landscape thought to have begun its life before the American Revolution.
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New era, old name? Debate grows over honoring former mayor at new Schaumburg village hall as construction nearsJun 11, 2025 4:21 pm - While the family of Schaumburg’s influential early mayor Bob Atcher believes the next village hall should continue to be named in his honor, current Mayor Tom Dailly doesn’t see that as a foregone conclusion.
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For a couple of years, Beach Boy Brian Wilson called St. Charles homeJun 11, 2025 3:25 pm - Legendary Beach Boys leader and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Brian Wilson, who died Wednesday at 82, spent some time in Illinois, living in a five-bedroom St. Charles home with a custom-built basement recording studio.