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Sweet Basil Cafe in Hanover Park abruptly closes, leaving chain’s last location in SkokieJul 21, 2025 4:31 pm - Sweet Basil Cafe opened its seventh Illinois location in Hanover Park 15 months ago, but with its recent abrupt closure only one in Skokie remains.
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Lombard house uninhabitable after fireJul 21, 2025 4:30 pm - No one was injured in a Saturday morning fire that left a house uninhabitable in Lombard, authorities said Monday.
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Evanston theater revives unflinchingly authentic ‘Pass Over’Jul 21, 2025 4:09 pm - Evanston’s Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre revives “Pass Over,” Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s drama about two young men trying to survive their crime-ridden neighborhood. On a lighter note, Highland Park’s Uptown Music Theater revives “Hairspray.”
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Man charged with multiple felonies after suspicious chemical delivery near ElginJul 21, 2025 3:49 pm - A man is facing 36 felony counts after explosives and bomb-making components were found last week at a home where he used to live near Elgin.
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Trump administration released FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition
Jul 21, 2025 3:48 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s fa...
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Glendale Heights teen charged with possessing ghost gunJul 21, 2025 3:12 pm - A Glendale Heights teenager has been charged with possessing a high-capacity ghost gun.
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‘Pictures outlast your memories’: 96-year-old Elgin man’s photos featured in book celebrating 70th anniversary of DisneylandJul 21, 2025 3:04 pm - A 96-year-old Elgin man has seven photographs featured in a new book celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California.
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Chicago Grit cycle race pedals into MundeleinJul 21, 2025 2:47 pm - Downtown construction forced the fourth stop of the annual Chicago Grit bicycle road racing series to carve a new course Monday in Mundelein.
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Gurnee police, fire, public works host open house Aug. 9Jul 21, 2025 2:36 pm - The Gurnee public works, police and fire departments will host an open house beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 9.
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Why Wheeling could get a new, multimillion-dollar aquatic centerJul 21, 2025 2:26 pm - Wheeling Park District officials are considering constructing a new, multimillion-dollar aquatic center.