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Vacant medical office building in Mount Prospect could turn into apartmentsDec 06, 2024 6:54 am - New life is being given to a vacant 1970s medical office building just west of the Union Pacific tracks on Central Road in Mount Prospect.
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State’s largest private water provider to increase rates next year
Dec 05, 2024 8:42 pm - The state’s largest private water utility, Illinois American Water, will increase customer bills in the new year.The move comes after state regulators at the Illinois Commerce Commission approved the requested increase on Thursday
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Dec 05, 2024 6:53 pm - The federal appeals court in Chicago put a hold Thursday on a downstate judge’s recent ruling against Illinois’ controversial assault weapons ban— meaning the law will re...
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‘Busier and busier’: How the USPS makes billions of holiday deliveriesDec 05, 2024 6:43 pm - From toys, cards, letters to Santa and maybe even some furniture, veteran postal workers are ready for the holiday rush. Here’s how they pull it off.
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Bears would pay $3.6 million a year, under proposed Arlington Park property tax settlementDec 05, 2024 6:43 pm - The Chicago Bears would pay $3.6 million in property taxes a year at the sprawling Arlington Park property until construction begins on a stadium, under terms of a proposed agreement released Thursday by Arlington Heights officials.
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Naperville council candidate to stay on ballotDec 05, 2024 6:05 pm - Naperville City Council hopeful Nag Jaiswal will remain on the April 2025 election ballot after overcoming an objection to his nomination petition.
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Prospect Heights police chief retiring, deputy chief tapped to take top spotDec 05, 2024 4:28 pm - Prospect Heights Police William Caponigro, a 25-year member of the department, will retire in early spring and be succeeded by current Deputy Chief Milo Derman.
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Fire at Elgin homeless encampment spurs donation drives by local businessesDec 05, 2024 3:17 pm - A fire in a homeless encampment in Elgin Wednesday night remains under investigation Thursday and has sparked a wave of donations to those affected.
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Des Plaines man gets 16-year prison sentence for telemarketing scamDec 05, 2024 3:16 pm - A Des Plaines man who authorities called the ringleader of a multimillion dollar international telemarketing scam has been sentenced to nearly 16 years in federal prison.
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‘This should not have happened in the first place’: Student allowed to use accessible parking placard at high schoolDec 05, 2024 2:32 pm - The standoff between an Elgin family and Burlington-based Central Unit School District 301 over whether a student with an accessible parking placard can use it at his high school without a school parking pass is over.