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School backpack overload: Heavy bags can strain kids’ bodies
Aug 04, 2026 4:26 pm - Backpacks can be fashionable and functional, but they can also be too heavy — weighed down by digital devices, musical instruments, sports equipment and more. Some kids c...
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Services in South Carolina for Stevenson grad, sheriff’s deputy who died during underwater trainingAug 04, 2026 4:04 pm - Services are being held Wednesday morning in Lexington, South Carolina, for 29-year-old Stevenson High School graduate Jillian Olson, a sheriff’s deputy who died during a diving training session.
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‘Happy to show people around’: Lake Zurich will ask voters to fund and equip new fire stationAug 04, 2026 4:00 pm - Lake Zurich officials have agreed to ask voters Nov. 3 to authorize $20.3 million to build and equip a new fire station.
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Body of missing man found on Des Plaines River shoreline identifiedAug 04, 2026 3:34 pm - A missing man whose body was recovered Friday evening along the shoreline of the Des Plaines River near West Oak Spring Road in Libertyville has been identified as Julian Newman, 30, of Evanston. Authorities confirmed Tuesday that he drowned.
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Senior apartment building’s 4-story height next to homes not ‘going to fly,’ Arlington Heights mayor saysAug 04, 2026 3:27 pm - Despite supporting the concept, Arlington Heights village board members said a proposed four-story, 60-unit affordable senior housing development on Golf Road is too tall and too close to neighboring homes.
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Filmmaker making documentary on East Dundee’s residents, legacy
Aug 04, 2026 3:24 pm - It may not become a Hollywood blockbuster, but a full-length documentary about East Dundee will capture the voices of its residents and the village’s identity and roots, local filmmaker Dave Hudson says.
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Palatine police arrest two for vehicle burglaries, graffiti in public parking garageAug 04, 2026 2:59 pm - Palatine police said two men have been arrested for burglarizing multiple vehicles and tagging a village-maintained public parking garage in June.
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Aurora man charged with murder, held pending trial after deadly wrong-way crash on Dan Ryan
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RISE business incubator opens as Roosevelt University’s Schaumburg campus marks 30 yearsAug 04, 2026 2:31 pm - Roosevelt University and the village of Schaumburg Tuesday launched a new business incubator program to assist suburban entrepreneurs at the now 30-year-old campus just north of Woodfield Mall.
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South Barrington looking at creating special taxing district to improve old Allstate headquarters siteAug 04, 2026 2:29 pm - South Barrington officials are taking steps to create a special taxing district that would help fund improvements at the former Allstate headquarters and in a neighboring office complex.