News
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Learn about police and fire safety at Lake County First Responders ExpoMay 07, 2026 1:02 pm - A two-day event to support first responders will be held May 16 and 17 at Gurnee Mills, parking Lot E, 6170 W. Grand Ave., Gurnee.
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St. Hubert families to celebrate legacy of endangered Catholic school in Hoffman EstatesMay 07, 2026 1:01 pm - Though still awaiting the requested intervention of Pope Leo XIV to keep St. Hubert Catholic School open, families will gather elsewhere Friday night to celebrate its 65-year legacy in Hoffman Estates.
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Fire that injured 15 in Des Plaines still under investigationMay 07, 2026 12:25 pm - The cause of an explosion and fire at a Des Plaines apartment building remained under investigation Thursday.
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Santa’s Village is set open May 16 and the parakeets are coming backMay 07, 2026 10:49 am - Santa’s Village in East Dundee will open for its 2026 season on May 16, followed by the opening of Santa Springs Water Park on May 23.
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Glen Ellyn Historical Society recruits baton twirlers of all ages for Fourth of July paradeMay 07, 2026 8:55 am - The Glen Ellyn Historical Society wants to form a marching unit of baton twirlers to join “seventy-six trombones” or so in a big Independence Day parade.
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Late-night fire in Huntley leaves home uninhabitableMay 07, 2026 8:41 am - A late-night fire at a house in Huntley Wednesday rendered the home uninhabitable, authorities said.
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Authorities excavate at South Elgin home a decade after teen girl disappearedMay 07, 2026 7:54 am - A decade after teenager Kianna Galvin went missing, Kane County authorities performed a “forensic excavation” at a South Elgin home Thursday in an attempt to find evidence connected to the disappearance.
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Justice Department launches civil rights probe into prosecutor in Virginia
May 06, 2026 9:04 pm - The Justice Department announced Wednesday it has launched an investigation into the Democratic prosecutor of Virginia’s largest county, following years of complaints from conservatives that his office is too lenient with criminal defendants who are in the country illegally.
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Southern Republicans press ahead with election-year redistricting of US House despite protests
May 06, 2026 8:27 pm - Republicans in several Southern states pressed ahead with an aggressive election-year redistricting effort Wednesday, undeterred by demonstrations and objections to their plans to reshape majority-Black congressional districts that have suddenly become vulnerable because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
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Judge denies request to return 2020 ballots seized from Fulton County, Georgia