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Enjoy Taylor Swift’s new album with fellow fans in Des PlainesOct 01, 2025 3:54 pm - Taylor Swift fans will gather at the Des Plaines Public Library on Oct. 18 to enjoy the superstar’s new album, “The Life of a Showgirl.”
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Be popular, come sing along with ‘Wicked’ at the Des Plaines Public LibraryOct 01, 2025 3:52 pm - Fans of the musical “Wicked” can enjoy a sing-along showing of the 2024 film version this month at the Des Plaines Public Library.
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Mormons raise nearly $200,000 for family of gunman who attacked their church
Oct 01, 2025 3:51 pm - Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were in deep grief after a gunman ambushed a worship service in Michigan on Sunday, killing four people and wounding eight others.They started fundraisers for the victims. Then they did something remarkable: They began donating money to the wife and son of Thomas Jacob Sanford, the man who police say carried out the attack.
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2 men arrested in multicounty Walgreens theft spreeOct 01, 2025 3:37 pm - Wauconda police have arrested two men on felony charges related to a string of retail thefts across Lake, McHenry, Boone, Will, and Kane counties.
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Hanover Township to host community shred event Oct. 11Oct 01, 2025 3:35 pm - Hanover Township will host a community shred event from 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, or until the trucks have reached capacity, at the William Tiknis Campus, 250 S. IL Route 59 in Bartlett.
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Wheeling police ID crash victim as Geneva manOct 01, 2025 2:58 pm - The pedestrian who died after being struck by an SUV in Wheeling has been identified as a Geneva resident.
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Work begins to replace century-old railroad bridge in NapervilleOct 01, 2025 2:54 pm - Construction has begun to replace a 110-year-old railroad bridge in Naperville, the final task in a decades-long project to reduce congestion on North Aurora Road.
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Residents of a NYC public housing tower escape unharmed after a massive chimney collapses
Oct 01, 2025 2:42 pm - A massive brick chimney running 20 stories up the side of a New York City apartment building collapsed after an explosion Wednesday, sending tons of debris plummeting to the ground.The falling bricks buried a sidewalk, landed on the playground of the public housing building and sent a cloud of dust billowing over the block in the Bronx, but amazingly did not injure anyone.
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Pope intervenes in US abortion debate by raising what it really means to be pro-life
Oct 01, 2025 2:32 pm - Pope Leo XIV has intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church by raising the seeming contradiction over what it really means to be “pro-life.”Leo, a Chicago native, was asked late Tuesday about plans by Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich to give a lifetime achievement award to Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin for his work helping immigrants. The plans drew objection from some conservative U.S. bishops given the powerful Democratic senator’s support for abortion rights.
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Photo Gallery: Army veteran receives mortgage-free Naperville home from nonprofitsOct 01, 2025 2:12 pm -