News
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Yard waste stickers no longer needed in Hoffman EstatesMar 24, 2025 11:03 am - Stickers will no longer be required when yard waste collection resumes Tuesday, April 1, in Hoffman Estates.
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Cook sheriff offering free catalytic converter etching in WheelingMar 24, 2025 11:03 am - The Cook County Sheriff’s Office will be hosting a catalytic converter etching event from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, March 27 at the Wheeling public works facility, 77 W. Hintz Road.
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CASA Kane County to host annual Hands Around the Courthouse on April 10
Mar 24, 2025 11:03 am - CASA Kane County will host its annual Hands Around the Courthouse next month during National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
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Person found dead in house fire Sunday in Crystal Lake
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Pedestrian dies after being struck by vehicle in LibertyvilleMar 24, 2025 8:15 am - Libertyville police are investigating the death of a 70-year-old pedestrian who was struck and killed by a vehicle Sunday night.
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Geoffrey ‘Geoff’ Crego: 2025 candidate for Antioch Community High School District 117 boardMar 24, 2025 12:56 am - Geoffrey ‘Geoff’ Crego is one of eight candidates for four seats on the Antioch Community High School District 117 board in the April 1 consolidated election.
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One displaced by Schaumburg fireMar 23, 2025 10:02 pm - One resident was displaced by a fire in a four-unit building in Schaumburg Sunday afternoon.
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Lawsuit is long over, but Des Plaines clerk still upset about city’s relationship with credit unionMar 23, 2025 9:00 pm - Des Plaines City Clerk Jessica Mastalski settled her lawsuit against the city-connected credit union where she once worked and the city but once again is arguing issues at the core of the case — this time in the court of public opinion.
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GiGi’s Playhouse namesake to spread acceptance as character in popular children’s book seriesMar 23, 2025 9:00 pm - Hoffman Estates-based GiGi’s Playhouse has been spreading awareness and acceptance of people with Down syndrome for more than 20 years, but is about to embark on a new way of doing so with young readers through the popular Harry Moon book series.
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Taxes on haircuts and miles instead of gas? Amid transit crisis, new funding ideas spring upMar 23, 2025 9:00 pm - The state could study instituting a mileage-based tax compared to the current one based on gallons of gas, under a proposal in the Illinois General Assembly.