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Carol Stream’s Evergreen Elementary looks to add classroomsApr 29, 2024 9:51 am - Forecasting a growth in student population, Benjamin School District 25 intends to add six new classrooms at Evergreen Elementary School in Carol Stream. Carol Stream off...
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Merge CTA, Metra and Pace? Lawmakers debut fix amid pushback from suburbs, transit agenciesApr 29, 2024 9:16 am - State lawmakers unveiled an ambitious plan Monday to fold Metra, Pace and the CTA into one supersized agency that would replace the Regional Transportation Authority. Pro...
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‘Theatrical limbo’: Wheaton Grand Theater continues to sit idleApr 29, 2024 5:30 am - Smack dab in the middle of downtown Wheaton, surrounded by the bustling businesses of Hale Street, sits an empty old theater with a red-and-black marquee. The Wheaton Gr...
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‘No Mow May’ is a little helpful, but native plants are better, experts sayApr 29, 2024 5:30 am - Several suburbs will see hundreds of unwieldy lawns next month as homeowners partake in “No Mow” programs, which exempt residents from local mowing codes in the name of p...
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Metra aims to give UIC students a break on fares; pilot program may expand to colleges across regionApr 29, 2024 5:30 am - Metra is poised to launch a pilot program offering reduced fares to University of Illinois Chicago students, an idea that could expand across the region. The Chicago Tran...
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Time capsule opens window into Arlington Heights church’s pastApr 28, 2024 5:23 pm - A recently discovered time capsule from the 1950s offered parishioners attending Sunday Mass at St. James Parish in Arlington Heights a glimpse into the Catholic church’s...
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Gages Lake man charged with slicing open man’s stomachApr 28, 2024 2:59 pm - A Gages Lake man faces felony charges alleging he sliced open another man’s stomach during an argument Saturday morning, authorities said. Anthony E. Osmena, 23, of the 1...
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Lake in the Hills carnival shuts down early due to unruly teens, fightsApr 28, 2024 2:55 pm - Amid numerous fights, unfounded reports of shots fired and unruly groups of teens, a carnival in Lake in the Hills was shut down early Saturday evening and its planned re...
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‘So much joy’: At 66, suburban figure skater still competing for national titlesApr 28, 2024 2:11 pm - Crystal Lake resident Cindy Crouse picked up the ice skates again at age 46 to take her niece ice skating. She hadn’t been on the ice for about 35 years, but immediately ...
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Man injured, person in custody after Elgin shootingApr 28, 2024 8:12 am - One person is hospitalized and a second is in custody after an early morning shooting Sunday in Elgin, police said. According to Elgin police, officers responded at about...