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Quantum campus project raises questions about residents’ agency in community development
Aug 09, 2026 1:47 pm - In Steelworkers Park, butterflies and dragonflies flit around native plants and flowers that have grown waist-high. Public art and concrete ore walls stand tall, telling visitors the U.S. Steel South Works left an indelible environmental footprint during the last industrial age. Now, a trek through the area means looking and listening to construction.
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‘Honoring those who came before us’: State program preserves pioneer cemeteriesAug 09, 2026 1:43 pm - Milton Township and Palatine Township each received $20,000 from the new Illinois Cemetery Relief Grant Program under the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
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Want to ditch the drop-off line? Maybe there’s a Bike Bus in your kid’s futureAug 09, 2026 1:35 pm - Active Transportation Alliance experts give tips on how Chicagoans and suburbanites can set up a parent-led Bike Bus program for school kids.
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Riding into the new school year: Suburban students to face new e-bike regulationsAug 09, 2026 1:28 pm - In the wake of recent deaths and major injuries of kids on e-bikes, e-scooters and e-motos, public safety advocates are looking to this month’s return to school as a fresh opportunity to educate students about such vehicles and their regulations.
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Suburban business owner gets 15 months in prison for failing to pay taxesAug 09, 2026 12:38 pm - A business owner from the Northwest suburbs was sentenced last week to 15 months in federal prison on charges he failed to pay the government more than $1 million in payroll taxes.
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Driver killed when pickup truck crashes into mailboxes, tree in LisleAug 09, 2026 10:07 am - A 33-year-old man died after a single-vehicle crash early Sunday morning in Lisle, authorities said.
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One dead in early morning Lake Forest house fireAug 09, 2026 8:21 am - Authorities are investigating the cause of a deadly fire early Sunday morning at a home in Lake Forest.
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Dangerous wildfire keeps crews from reaching helicopter crash in Utah
Aug 08, 2026 5:29 pm - A large Utah wildfire kept emergency responders from safely reaching the remote site of a helicopter crash on Saturday as other fires burned across several Western states, including one that closed part of Mount Rainier National Park.
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Lake Mead hits historic low water level as Colorado River struggles
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ICE says it expects to equip every field officer with body cameras by the end of August