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‘It takes a while’: Arlington 425 closer to getting a shovel in the groundApr 19, 2024 5:47 pm - Nearly five years after receiving zoning approvals, Arlington 425 — the proposed three-building residential and commercial campus that is touted to be the largest develop...
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Earth Day 2024: How suburban communities are celebrating the historic environmental holidayApr 19, 2024 5:44 pm - Many Aprils ago, 10% of the entire U.S. population demonstrated in cities across the nation for the first Earth Day celebration. It was April 22, 1970, and there was no E...
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Hoffman Estates officials take last look inside former Sears HQ before its demolitionApr 19, 2024 5:38 pm - Current representatives of the Hoffman Estates village board, that approved the once-mighty Sears’ corporate headquarters to move from downtown Chicago to 273 vacant acre...
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Hundreds of students at Batavia High School walk out of class to protest gun violence
Apr 19, 2024 5:22 pm - Batavia High School students wore orange and walked out of class early on Friday in protest of gun violence in schools. Orange has become the color associated with the an...
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Woman charged with theft, forgery related to boat rental businessApr 19, 2024 4:22 pm - A 36-year-old woman is facing a string of new charges, including theft and forgery, following an investigation into her boat rental business. Kristen Wooden, of the 41000...
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New superintendent starting earlier in Villa Park District 45Apr 19, 2024 4:13 pm - Brian Graber was supposed to take over in July 2025 Villa Park District 45 has moved up the start date of its new superintendent. Brian Graber was supposed to take o...
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Pritzker’s health insurance reforms clear House, move to Senate
Apr 19, 2024 2:55 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker celebrated a partial legislative victory Thursday night when the House passed his initiative to end some practices health insurance compa...
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Crime novelist to lead writing workshop at Des Plaines LibraryApr 19, 2024 2:52 pm - Crime-fiction writer Libby Fischer Hellman will lead a workshop about building suspense in your writing Wednesday at the Des Plaines Public Library, 1501 Ellinwood Ave. T...
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Wheeling expands, renames business grant programApr 19, 2024 1:27 pm - A Wheeling grant program that helps business owners pay for renovations and other site improvements is expanding again — and getting a new name. Perhaps most significantl...
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Bartlett resident charged with battery to police officer, DUI, resisting arrestApr 19, 2024 1:24 pm - A Bartlett resident who reportedly came to the village’s police station to make a complaint was charged with aggravated battery to a peace officer, driving under the infl...