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‘It gives you goose bumps’: 2,000 flags fly in Wheaton to welcome July FourthJun 29, 2024 4:23 pm - Volunteers on Saturday turned a Wheaton soccer field into a patriotic display of 2,000 American flags.
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‘Really cool to be on a runway’: Runners take off during airport 5KJun 29, 2024 3:40 pm - At least 1,000 competitors enjoyed the unique opportunity to run on an airport runway during the Rock 'n' Run the Runway 5K race at Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling Saturday.
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Chicago man accused of threats against public officials, Lake County CourthouseJun 29, 2024 3:03 pm - A Chicago man convicted in 2016 of making a terrorist threat directed at the Lake County courthouse again is being held for threatening the courthouse, authorities said Saturday.
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Singer, songwriter, provocateur and politician Kinky Friedman dead at 79Jun 29, 2024 2:08 pm - AUSTIN, Texas — Singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist Kinky Friedman, who led the alt-country band Texas Jewboys, toured with Bob Dylan, sang with Willie Nelson, and ...
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Martin Mull, hip comic and actor from ‘Fernwood Tonight’ and ‘Roseanne,’ dies at 80Jun 29, 2024 2:05 pm - LOS ANGELES — Martin Mull, whose droll, esoteric comedy and acting made him a hip sensation in the 1970s and later a beloved guest star on sitcoms including “Roseanne” an...
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Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effectJun 29, 2024 2:03 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court said Friday the state’s strict abortion law is legal, telling a lower court to dissolve a temporary block on the law and al...
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Carol Stream man ordered held pretrial in road-rage related shooting in home improvement store parking lotJun 29, 2024 1:16 pm - A Carol Stream man was ordered detained Saturday by a DuPage County judge in connection with a road rage-related shooting.
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Three states issued warnings about an unregulated boarding school for youth with autism. Illinois has 15 kids there.
Jun 29, 2024 12:27 pm - Editor’s note: This story was originally published by ProPublica. Two more states are now scrutinizing a New York boarding school for autistic students and have warned s...
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Decades after retiring from major leagues, Lisle’s Jack Perconte still in baseball as a coachJun 29, 2024 12:21 pm - Once a Major League Baseball player, Lisle’s Jack Perconte now is a coach, an author and a marathon runner.
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Bob Beal, Illinois boxing and martial arts hall of famer, diesJun 29, 2024 12:21 pm - Once described as having fists “like hammers from hell,” Bob Beal was an inductee into the Illinois Boxing Hall of Fame and the Illinois Martial Arts Hall of Fame, both in 2015. He died May 27.