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Who is Katie Abraham, the suburban native at the center of the latest deportation campaign?
Sep 09, 2025 11:02 am - The Department of Homeland Security is dedicating a Chicago deportation “blitz” to Katie Abraham, one of two women killed in an Urbana drunken driving crash earlier this year by a Guatemalan man who lacked legal status and fled the scene.
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Illinois among blue states to keep public health dollars while red states lose out
Sep 09, 2025 10:58 am - President Donald Trump’s administration sought to block $11 billion in public health funding grants in a March executive order. Illinois was among nearly a dozen Democrat-led states to file suit against the action. Those states won an injunction against the administration’s action in May, which allowed them to keep much of the funding that was slated for cuts.
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Addison ice cream shop owner accused of secretly recording employee undressing is being suedSep 09, 2025 10:57 am - A lawsuit has been filed against a Buffalo Grove man charged with secretly recording nude footage of a teenage employee using using hidden cameras at his home and his Addison ice cream.
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How an Illinois farmer turned flooded farmland into rice paddies
Sep 09, 2025 10:09 am - One Illinois man’s decadeslong fight to convert his fields into rice paddies demonstrates how it’s possible to bring diversity to the Corn Belt, but improbable so long as federal farm policy remains focused on soybeans and corn.
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Open house at Des Plaines fire station on Sept. 20Sep 09, 2025 9:41 am - Learn how firefighters do their jobs when the Des Plaines Fire Department holds an open house on Sept. 20.
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Bike the Des Plaines River Trail on Sept. 27Sep 09, 2025 9:41 am - Des Plaines’ 10th annual Community Bike Ride is set for Sept. 27.
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Free eye and hearing screenings in Park Ridge on FridaySep 09, 2025 9:40 am - People 55 and older can get free eye and hearing screenings Friday, Sept. 12, in Park Ridge.
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Get vaccinated Sept. 18 at Maine Township headquarters in Park RidgeSep 09, 2025 9:40 am - You can get vaccinated against influenza, COVID-19, shingles and other diseases on Thursday, Sept. 18, in Park Ridge.
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Community bike ride in LibertyvilleSep 09, 2025 9:06 am - Libertyville’s bicycle commission is hosting the 2025 Community Bike Ride, at 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 14 at Adler park, 1500 N. Milwaukee Ave.
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Afternoon on The Back Nine closes out summer in Vernon HillsSep 09, 2025 9:04 am - Vernon Hills is hosting a free special community celebration from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13 to close out summer.