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Wheeling Park District releases new images of planned aquatic centerMay 19, 2026 11:16 am - Wheeling Park District officials have released new artwork of the features planned for a $30 million water park.
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Buffalo Grove ranked best place to live in Illinois by U.S. News & World Report. Here’s who else made the listMay 19, 2026 11:12 am - Buffalo Grove cracked the top 15 in U.S. News & World Report's newly released 2026-2027 Best Places to Live rankings. Other communities gaining recognition included Naperville.
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Canstruction design-build competition to fight hunger coming to the Tri-citiesMay 19, 2026 11:06 am - The Batavia, Geneva and St. Charles Chambers of Commerce have launched the first Tri-Cities Canstruction, a large-scale community design competition that involves building structures made entirely from canned food.
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Teen drowns in Lake Michigan near Waukegan harborMay 19, 2026 8:48 am - A teenager who went missing while swimming with friends in Lake Michigan near Waukegan North Harbor Monday has died.
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Assistance League Chicagoland West offers scholarships to College of DuPage studentsMay 18, 2026 11:09 pm - The Assistance League Chicagoland West is offering $2,500 need-based scholarships through their Scholars Support program for College of DuPage students.
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Des Plaines public works employee honored for detaining man who punched copMay 18, 2026 8:11 pm - A Des Plaines municipal employee who helped detain a man who had attacked a police officer was publicly honored Monday.
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State Republicans choose suburbanite Grogan to lead the partyMay 18, 2026 7:57 pm - For the third time in five years, Illinois Republican Party officials on Monday picked a new leader to navigate the choppy waters of Prairie State politics.
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‘A great and urgent need’: How top prosecutor plans to tackle crime on public transportationMay 18, 2026 7:19 pm - Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke announced Monday the creation of a Regional Transit Task Force to reduce crime on trains and buses.
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Stalled surveillance bill highlights tension between privacy and public safetyMay 18, 2026 7:15 pm - Backers of a bill aimed at limiting law enforcement’s use of biometric surveillance say they’re not looking to move the measure this legislative session.
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Trump-appointed panel calls for overhauling how FEMA operates
May 18, 2026 7:12 pm - A panel tasked with shaping the future of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has voted to approve a report recommending significant overhauls meant to streamline wh...