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Vernon Hills girl’s fight with cancer inspires Lilley’s Beanies of Bravery
Sep 26, 2025 10:08 am - When 7-year-old Lilley Sloniker lost her hair during leukemia treatment, hats became her armor. Her goal is to collect 700 hats for children dealing with cancer during a fundraiser Sunday at Deerpath Park in Vernon Hills.
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Driver crashes near Elburn after suffering medical emergencySep 26, 2025 8:55 am - A driver having a medical emergency suffered minor injuries in an early morning, single-vehicle crash Friday near Elburn.
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Illinois braces for more patients as Wisconsin pauses abortions
Sep 26, 2025 8:19 am - Illinois elected officials and abortion providers foresee an influx of Wisconsin patients after the state’s Planned Parenthood branch announced Wednesday it would pause abortions Oct. 1 while it faces losing Medicaid funding as a result of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax law.
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Odd couple GOP ticket: Conservative farmer, suburban party chair unite to challenge Pritzker.Sep 25, 2025 10:13 pm - Former gubernatorial candidate and staunch conservative Darren Bailey launched a repeat campaign Thursday and once again chose a suburban running mate. The downstate Repu...
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Chicago approves $90M payout over disgraced ex-sergeant who framed hundreds for drug crimes
Sep 25, 2025 9:15 pm - CHICAGO — The Chicago City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a $90 million settlement for nearly 200 civil rights violations involving a notorious former police se...
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Hegseth says Wounded Knee soldiers will keep their Medals of Honor
Sep 25, 2025 8:02 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for the actions in 1890 at Wounded Knee will keep their awards in a video posted to social media Thursday evening.
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‘A new kind of entertainment’: Rosemont virtual reality venue opens FridaySep 25, 2025 7:39 pm - Rosemont’s 26,000-square-foot immersive art venue, which opens Friday, offers virtual reality expeditions through ancient Egypt and Earth’s evolution history.
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Trump hosts Turkey’s Erdogan as the US considers lifting a ban on F-35 sales to the NATO ally
Sep 25, 2025 7:32 pm - President Donald Trump held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Thursday and signaled that the United States might soon lift its hold on sales of advanced fighter jets to Ankara.
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US government scrambles to stop new hacking campaign blamed on China
Sep 25, 2025 7:07 pm - Federal agencies are racing to contain a new wave of sophisticated hacking by suspected Chinese attackers that took advantage of previously undiscovered flaws in widely used security software from networking company Cisco.
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Trump to put import taxes on pharmaceutical drugs, kitchen cabinets, furniture and heavy trucks
Sep 25, 2025 6:50 pm - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will put import taxes of 100% on pharmaceutical drugs, 50% on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, 30% on upholstered furniture and 25% on heavy trucks starting on Oct. 1.