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Here’s how the Smithsonian Zoo grows bamboo for its pandas
Oct 18, 2024 12:18 pm - At a 3,200-acre facility in rural Virginia, the zoo harvests over 13,000 bamboo stalks a year. The process is ramping up for the new pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao.
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Man charged with possessing cocaine, heroin in NapervilleOct 18, 2024 11:59 am - A man was charged Tuesday with possessing cocaine, heroin and fentanyl after a Naperville police investigation into drug dealing near Route 59 and Pebblewood Lane.
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Worker injured at tollway building in Gurnee after being run over by mini-dozerOct 18, 2024 11:21 am - A construction worker contracted to do work at an Illinois Tollway Authority building in Gurnee was injured Friday morning after a coworker ran over him with a “skid steer.”
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Disruptions over war in Gaza prompt early end to Casten town hallOct 18, 2024 11:21 am - Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten of Downers Grove ended a scheduled suburban town hall shortly after it started Thursday night because of disruptions by protesters angry about the war in Gaza.
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Palatine police officers, firefighters welcome back boy who is now cancer freeOct 18, 2024 11:08 am - The last time Angel Becerra visited the Palatine police department, he was undergoing chemotherapy treatment. He returned recently, cancer free.
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Naperville woman charged in crash that killed motorcycle passenger in AuroraOct 18, 2024 11:08 am - A Naperville woman is facing criminal charges in connection with a crash earlier this year in Aurora that killed a motorcycle passenger.
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Fire leaves Mettawa home uninhabitableOct 18, 2024 8:51 am - A house fire in Mettawa late Thursday morning resulted in no injuries, but did leave the home uninhabitable, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District officials said.
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$9.2 million lottery ticket ‘accidentally’ bought at Addison grocery storeOct 18, 2024 8:42 am - An unnamed Illinois Lottery player won a $9.2 million jackpot recently after the lottery machine at an Addison grocery store wouldn’t let him purchase the lottery ticket he wanted.
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Norma Hernandez: 2024 candidate for Illinois House District 77Oct 18, 2024 8:20 am - Norma Hernandez is a Democrat running for Illinois House District 70.
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Gabby Shanahan: 2024 candidate for Illinois House District 97Oct 18, 2024 8:19 am - Gabby Shanahan is a Republican running for Illinois House District 97.