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Team effort: Libertyville High School’s baseball state title serves as backdrop to short filmSep 24, 2026 11:31 am - The celebration ended months ago, but the feel-good magic of back-to-back state championships by the Libertyville High School baseball team lingers as the backdrop of a short film its director hopes can translate into a full-length production.
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Moon Festival at Pacifica Square in Aurora seen as ‘bringing the community together’
Sep 24, 2026 6:39 am - Pacifica Square, an Asian-centric shopping and lifestyle center in Aurora, hosted the sixth annual Moon Festival on Saturday.
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Arlington Heights brewery to tap its first keg at Harmony FestSep 23, 2026 5:58 pm - Arlington Heights’ first brewery, Spent Grain Brewing, will debut at Harmony Fest Oct. 2-3 for outdoor service, before opening inside at 17 N. Vail Ave. in late October or early November.
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Idaho authorities say they have a new lead on the Tylenol murders. Illinois investigators are skeptical.
Sep 23, 2026 5:58 pm - Idaho investigators have identified a man who died by suicide in a Boise church as a potential suspect in the solved 1982 Tylenol murders. However, suburban Illinois authorities remain skeptical, citing no DNA match or physical evidence linking him to the killings.
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Naperville police officer used Flock technology to stalk people, records show
Sep 23, 2026 4:45 pm - A Naperville police officer used Flock Safety license plate reader technology to track a girlfriend and her ex-fiance, according to documents obtained in a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the Naperville Sun.
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Durty Nellie’s last call set for Oct. 4Sep 23, 2026 4:30 pm - The beer and the memories will be flowing one last time at an iconic Palatine pub next month. Durty Nellie’s owners announced on social media that the longtime Northwest suburban hangout will close permanently at the end of business Oct. 4.
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Food, music and more at Growing Healthy Veterans’ Harvest FestSep 23, 2026 3:30 pm - Growing Healthy Veterans is hosting Harvest Fest from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at Rosalind Franklin University Health Clinics & Healing Garden, 3471 N. Green Bay Road, North Chicago.
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2027 Naperville budget calls for downtown parking deck, riverwalk, streetscape spending
Sep 23, 2026 3:08 pm - Design work for a downtown parking deck and more riverwalk and downtown streetscape improvements are among the projects included in Naperville’s proposed 2027 budget.
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Bartlett High evacuated due to threatSep 23, 2026 2:06 pm - Bartlett High School was evacuated Wednesday morning after a threat, Bartlett police report.
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Authorities: Glen Ellyn man said racist things to delivery driverSep 23, 2026 1:16 pm - A Glen Ellyn man has been charged with disorderly conduct, accused of saying racially derogatory things to a delivery driver.