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Living history: Hawthorn Woods village barn a symbol of being ‘rural, by design’Nov 29, 2025 11:45 am - As the home of administrative offices, police department, meeting space and community event center, the 1880s-era dairy barn pictured on Hawthorn Woods’ village logo is the embodiment of its “Rural by Design” philosophy and purpose.
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Fire destroys 24-unit apartment building in CarpentersvilleNov 29, 2025 10:18 am - Carpentersville fire officials are investigating the cause of a late-night fire that destroyed an apartment building and displaced dozens of people.
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‘Creating a sisterhood:’ A year into Marmion’s coed journey and what it means for the ‘brotherhood’Nov 29, 2025 9:00 am - Around 80 female students are expected to enroll in the freshman and sophomore classes at Marmion Academy in 2026, with plans for single-gender core classes and coeducational activities.
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Nov 28, 2025 9:49 pm - The longer the U.S. surveillance aircraft followed the boat, the more confident intelligence analysts watching from command centers became that the 11 people on board were ferrying drugs.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a verbal directive, according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. “The order was to kill everybody,” one of them said.
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Northwestern University reaches deal to restore federal funding, officials sayNov 28, 2025 9:49 pm - Federal troubles that loomed over Northwestern University in Evanston for months seem to be over.The university announced Friday that it has reached a deal with the federal government to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in research funding, while also ending what the school's interim president calls “a deeply painful and disruptive period in our university's history.”
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Pulte proposes 66-unit townhouse development in LisleNov 28, 2025 7:48 pm - The homebuilder behind a new residential subdivision in Lisle wants to develop a townhouse community to the east of the former Family Square, an empty shopping center at the gateway to the village’s downtown.
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Arlington Heights lights up for the holidaysNov 28, 2025 7:35 pm - The Arlington Heights Special Events Commission and the Arlington Heights Park District kicked off the village’s holiday season in style Friday with its festive tree-lighting event.
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Communities honor West Virginia National Guard members shot in Washington
Nov 28, 2025 6:30 pm - West Virginia communities and officials were honoring two members of the state's National Guard who were shot in Washington, D.C., this week, lauding their dedication to serving their country.
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DC police to begin patrolling with National Guard after fatal attack
Nov 28, 2025 4:39 pm - National Guard troops patrolling in Washington, D.C., will be paired with local law enforcement personnel, at least temporarily, in the wake of the Wednesday attack that killed one Guard member and critically injured another, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post and two D.C. police officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss planning that is still in progress.
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National Guard shooting suspect was in one of CIA’s ‘Zero Units’
Nov 28, 2025 4:35 pm - The man suspected of shooting two National Guard members near the White House this week — one of them fatally — is an Afghan national who came to the United States in September 2021 because of his work with the U.S. government, including the CIA, according to authorities.