Briana Iordan
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‘Development friendly and ready’: Bartlett to pay $3 million for Lake Street siteAug 10, 2025 9:00 pm - Bartlett plans to purchase approximately 20 acres of vacant land on West Lake Street in hopes of seeing it redeveloped with a large-scale, mixed-use project.
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‘A dream come true’: Libertyville teen competes in American Ninja Warrior finals as a rookieAug 05, 2025 4:50 pm - Kenzie Hughes realized a longtime dream when she competed on “American Ninja Warrior” this year. The 17-year-old Libertyville High School student made it all the way to the national finals.
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Suspect in killing at Schaumburg hotel ordered detainedJul 28, 2025 11:10 am - A 76-year-old man charged with killing his daughter-in-law Friday outside a Schaumburg hotel will remain behind bars while awaiting trial, a Cook County judge ruled Monday.
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‘It’s utterly amazing’: 13-year-old Buffalo Grove teen saves man from near drowningJul 24, 2025 5:29 pm - A 13-year-old Buffalo Grove teen helped a man from nearly drowning in a Lincolnshire lake — a heroic act police are calling “amazing.”
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Arlington Heights Park District celebrates 100th anniversary with a giant chairJul 22, 2025 9:58 pm - A giant Adirondack chair is traveling across Arlington Heights as part of the Arlington Heights Park District’s centennial celebration. The giant blue chair — marked with the park district’s 100th anniversary logo — has appeared at a different location every week since April.
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‘A lasting symbol of strength for women’: Old friend shares memories of Connie FrancisJul 17, 2025 5:30 pm - Ron Onesti grew up listening to Connie Francis and became friends with the iconic pop singer after persuading her to play his St. Charles theater. “I’m an old soul, and her music not only represented the era, but also represented the strength of a woman in a man’s world at that time,” Onesti said.
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‘This is the wave of the future’: EXP to bring immersive entertainment to RosemontJul 16, 2025 5:35 pm - EXP, an immersive entertainment destination, will bring the next generation of storytelling to Rosemont’s Pearl District. Currently under construction, Chicagoland’s newest and largest immersive experience destination is set to open Sept. 25.
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‘Reopened wounds’: Fourteen years after murder conviction, Marni Yang returns to courtJul 14, 2025 4:18 pm - The lawyer for Marni Yang, convicted in the 2007 shooting death of Rhoni Reuter and her unborn child in Reuter’s Deerfield home, argues for a new trial citing DNA and other crime scene evidence which he says exonerates his client.
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‘I’m not going to give into this’: North Barrington woman turns adversity into actionJul 13, 2025 8:19 am - North Barrington resident Joanne Dalessandro spent a decade trying to determine why she was having trouble with walking and other physical activities. Now that she knows it’s the result of a disease known as FSHD, she’s working to bring attention, and hopefully a cure, to the illness.
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‘Chicago is my favorite city’: Broadway star Kathy Voytko returns to second home for ‘Beauty and the Beast’ roleJul 11, 2025 6:15 am - After seeing “Les Misérables” on tour in high school, Kathy Voytko was utterly captivated. She turned to her mom and said, “I think I want to do that.” Now, Voytko is a Broadway star who’s playing Mrs. Potts in “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast” at Chicago’s Cadillac Palace.
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