Christopher Placek
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Family reaches settlement in 2017 party bus death of Libertyville manJan 21, 2022 12:00 am - The family of a Libertyville man who died after falling out of a moving party bus in 2017 has reached an out-of-court settlement with the bus operator, the family's atto...
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Hawthorne to reopen Arlington's shuttered OTB in Villa ParkJan 20, 2022 12:00 am - The Illinois Racing Board Thursday granted Hawthorne Race Course's request to reopen Arlington Park's off-track betting parlor in Villa Park, but five other locations fo...
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New 'Alfresco' tax at downtown Arlington Heights restaurants to begin Feb. 1Jan 19, 2022 4:00 am - It'll probably still be too cold to dine outdoors in two weeks, but that's when downtown Arlington Heights restaurant patrons will begin paying a new "Alfresco" tax. The...
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Amid sale of longtime campus near Northbrook, Allstate buys Loop building for possible new headquartersJan 19, 2022 12:00 am - Less than two months after reaching a deal to sell most of its sprawling suburban campus near Northbrook, Allstate Corp. has purchased a downtown Chicago office building...
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Dist. 220's first Black teacher discovers her great-great-uncle was a trailblazer in Arlington HeightsJan 17, 2022 4:30 am - Sharon LeCompte was a college student at Illinois State University in 1968 when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated — a time when her history professor beli...
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Cook County Board approves loans for two affordable housing projects in Arlington HeightsJan 13, 2022 12:00 am - Cook County commissioners Thursday approved $2 million in 0%-interest loans to developers of two affordable housing projects in Arlington Heights. Loans of $1 million ea...
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Preckwinkle coming to Schaumburg for film screening, discussion on mental healthJan 12, 2022 10:00 pm - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Commissioner Kevin Morrison are planning an upcoming screening of a new documentary and discussion on mental health in S...
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Arlington Heights mayor: Vaccine mandate compliance up to businesses, countyJan 12, 2022 12:00 am - Despite increasing pressure from residents who want him to take a stand against Cook County's proof-of-vaccination mandate for restaurants, Arlington Heights Mayor Tom H...
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Bears brass: Focus for long-term development 'exclusively' on Arlington ParkJan 11, 2022 12:00 am - While saying they didn't go out of their way to seek out the Arlington Park property — instead, they were contacted by the seller — top Chicago Bears brass now plan to d...
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Shaq bringing Big Chicken to RosemontJan 10, 2022 12:00 am - Shaquille O'Neal's Big Chicken will join the roster of fast casual restaurants opening on Higgins Road in Rosemont later this year, village officials announced Monday. I...