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Aurora police investigate shooting threat at businessNov 17, 2023 12:00 am - Aurora police say someone brandishing a firearm outside a business on Kirk Road late Thursday led to a massive police response and false active shooter reports. Police o...
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Ex-District 300 employee pleads not guilty to charges involving child sex abuse images
Nov 17, 2023 12:00 am - In a second case filed against him this year, a former Community Unit District 300 employee pleaded not guilty to charges alleging he solicited a child for sexually expl...
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Thousands of bodies lie buried in rubble in Gaza. Families dig to retrieve them, often by hand
Nov 17, 2023 12:00 am - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip - The wreckage goes on for block after devastated block. The smell is sickening. Every day, hundreds of people claw through tons of rubble with...
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Images: Morton Arboretum's “Illumination” holiday lights showNov 17, 2023 12:00 am - Morton Arboretum's “Illumination” holiday lights show in Lisle features 18 displays on a mile-long paved walking trail. ...
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Ukrainian marines claim multiple bridgeheads across a key Russian strategic barrier
Nov 17, 2023 12:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's marine corps said Friday it has secured multiple bridgeheads on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region in fighting it desc...
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'We're respecting the voters': Why land at heart of controversial real estate deal in South Barrington is headed back to auction blockNov 17, 2023 12:00 am - Undeveloped, publicly owned land in South Barrington at the heart of a controversial - and now-scrapped - real estate deal earlier this summer is headed back to the auct...
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Prospect Heights man accused of setting fires in Des PlainesNov 17, 2023 12:00 am - A Prospect Heights man is accused of setting two fires at a Des Plaines shopping center this week, police said Friday. Daniel Vences, 32, of the 800 block of East Old Wi...
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Proposed Wheeling restaurant seeks a liquor licenseNov 17, 2023 12:00 am - Wheeling's liquor control commission meets Monday night to discuss creating a liquor license for a proposed restaurant. The owners of Armo Grill, 516 N. Milwaukee Ave., ...
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Wisconsin woman dies in head-on crash near ZionNov 17, 2023 12:00 am - A 68-year-old woman from Burlington, Wisconsin, died Friday morning in a head-on crash in Newport Township near Zion. Authorities say the woman was driving west on Route...
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Attracting, keeping employees a priority in Lake County's $640 million budgetNov 17, 2023 12:00 am - Lake County's property tax levy will increase for the first time in five years to help fund a variety of programs and initiatives in a $640 million budget, including com...