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Cook County wins 54 awards from national association of countiesJun 28, 2024 8:21 am - Cook County has received a record 54 achievement awards from the National Association of Counties, recognizing innovative, effective county government programs, officials announced this week.
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Vernon Area Public Library drive-up window closed for constructionJun 28, 2024 8:21 am - The drive-up window at Vernon Area Public Library in Lincolnshire is closed for work to improve access. When the project is complete, visitors will find the window easier...
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Woman killed in Elk Grove Village house fireJun 28, 2024 7:41 am - An Elk Grove Village woman is dead following an early Friday morning house fire.
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He was sentenced to 5 years in prison. Why did he spend just 14 days behind bars?Jun 28, 2024 5:15 am - Jonathan Franco was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to reckless homicide in connection with a 2019 crash that killed a 35-year-old father from Carol Stream and then spent just 14 days behind bars. Here’s how that happened.
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First presidential debate: Biden, Trump slam each others’ presidencies as ‘worst’ in historyJun 27, 2024 11:09 pm - ATLANTA — A raspy President Joe Biden repeatedly sought to confront Donald Trump in their first debate ahead of the November election, as his Republican rival countered B...
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Authorities: Relative of man killed by police accused of making threatJun 27, 2024 8:47 pm - A niece of the late Isaac Goodlow III has been charged with threatening to blow up the Carol Stream Police Department during a protest Wednesday about a police officer not being prosecuted for shooting and killing Goodlow.
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Prospect Heights officials aim for less stringent backyard chicken rulesJun 27, 2024 6:35 pm - Feedback from ardent chicken-keepers in Prospect Heights and members of the planning & zoning board have sent a proposal for the city’s first true regulations of the practice back to the drawing board for three months to be less stringent.
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Lalo’s Mexican Restaurant abruptly closes Schaumburg locationJun 27, 2024 6:07 pm - The Lalo’s Mexican Restaurant location in Schaumburg closed this week due to slow business, a company representative said Thursday.
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Des Plaines shrine welcomes national pilgrimage with special MassJun 27, 2024 5:58 pm - A few hundred members of the Catholic faithful gathered Thursday at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines for a special Mass held as part of a national pilgr...
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Woodfield Mall hosts entrepreneurial teens running stands on Lemonade DayJun 27, 2024 5:45 pm - For generations, lemonade stands have been the first entrepreneurial experience of many youngsters -- but would the lessons learned mean more at age 16 than 6? Woodfield Mall helped entrepreneurial teens from the Boys & Girls Clubs of North Central Illinois find out on nationally recognized Lemonade Day.