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‘It’s a matter of when’: Roof design leaves suburban apartment buildings vulnerable to fireJun 22, 2024 5:00 pm - The fire that gutted a Mount Prospect apartment building last week, leaving some 100 residents without homes, has something in common with several similarly devastating blazes in recent years - a mansard-style roof. Here’s why fire experts say they’re a problem.
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‘They’re basically saving our wonderful community’: Sylvan Lake dam modification finally underwayJun 22, 2024 4:00 pm - After years in the making, a $3.4 million project to modernize the 100-year old Sylvan Lake dam is underway.
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Biden and allied Republicans are trying to rally GOP women in swing-state suburbs away from TrumpJun 22, 2024 3:56 pm - DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — Thirty miles north of Philadelphia, upscale subdivisions such as Colonial Commons interrupt dairy farms, centuries-old roadside stone houses and the win...
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Trump endorses Ten Commandments in schools, implores evangelical Christians to vote in NovemberJun 22, 2024 3:52 pm - WASHINGTON — Donald Trump told a group of evangelicals they “cannot afford to sit on the sidelines” of the 2024 election, imploring them at one point to “go and vote, Chr...
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Investigation continues into skeletal remains found near Illinois Beach State ParkJun 22, 2024 3:06 pm - Authorities continue testing of the still unidentified skeletal remains found June 17 near the entrance of the Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park near Zion.
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Bartlett man sentenced to 19 years in prison for stabbing outside Elgin barJun 22, 2024 2:45 pm - A Bartlett man who pleaded guilty to stabbing a man outside an Elgin bar more than two years ago was sentenced to 19 years in prison.
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Federal report on ethylene oxide air levels near two Lake County factories released for public commentJun 22, 2024 4:30 am - A report on ethylene oxide measured near Medline Industries in Waukegan and Vantage Specialty Chemicals in Gurnee has been released for public comment.
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Elgin man sentenced for wife’s 2021 murderJun 21, 2024 10:47 pm - Elgin man sentenced to 36 years in prison Friday for strangling his wife to death in 2021.
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Morton Grove man charged in auto theft denied pretrial releaseJun 21, 2024 10:16 pm - Officials said a Morton Grove man was denied pretrial release Friday morning after being charged with the theft of a vehicle on Wednesday night.
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Facts Matter: Woman arrested for violence, not prayerJun 21, 2024 9:00 pm - In this week’s Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald examines claims that a woman was arrested for protesting outside an abortion clinic, Biden wanted rules allowing him to sit during the coming debate, Trump proposed mandatory military service and more.