Jake Griffin
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Rosemont public safety officials deploy new blanket to help extinguish electric vehicle fireJan 18, 2024 6:26 pm - Rosemont public safety officials used a recently purchased special weighted blanket to help extinguish an electric vehicle fire in the parking garage at the Fashion Outle...
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Pritzker earmarks $17 million for municipalities helping asylum seekersJan 16, 2024 5:25 pm - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is planning to distribute $17 million to municipalities helping the state handle the influx of asylum seekers who are being sent here from Tex...
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Three drivers injured in multi-vehicle crash in ElginJan 15, 2024 2:35 pm - The drivers of three vehicles involved in an early morning crash Monday on Randall Road in Elgin were all transported to hospitals with minor injuries. The drivers were t...
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Endeavor Health announces latest recipients of $10.2 million community investment grantsJan 15, 2024 1:46 pm - Nineteen nonprofit agencies and advocacy groups are the latest recipients of Endeavor Health’s annual community investment grant program. The grant program began in 2022 ...
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Elmhurst woman, two juveniles face charges after attack on motoristJan 12, 2024 8:38 am - An Elmhurst woman and two juveniles are charged with beating and robbing a motorist late Tuesday. According to court papers, Marie Velez, 40, was standing along Grand Ave...
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Winter weather advisory: More than a foot of snow now expected in some suburbsJan 12, 2024 7:55 am - A winter weather advisory is in effect for the Chicago area through noon Saturday with some parts of the suburbs now expected to get more than a foot of snow, according t...
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Illinois marijuana tax haul down nearly 4% from previous year despite record salesJan 11, 2024 1:52 pm - Sales taxes collected from recreational marijuana purchases in 2023 were down nearly 4% from the previous years, Illinois Department of Revenue records show. The state co...
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Suburbs brace for possibility of heavy snowfall, plummeting temperaturesJan 11, 2024 7:45 am - Parts of the suburbs could see more than 6 inches of snow by the end of Saturday, while temperatures are expected to plummet in the aftermath of the snowstorm. That’s acc...
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With deadline looming, is public pension funding heading in the right direction?Dec 30, 2023 5:34 pm - Most public pension systems in Illinois are facing a looming deadline to reach a 90% funded ratio within a few decades. That’s required most employers to increase require...
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Driver transported to hospital after crashing car into forest preserve pond near AddisonDec 29, 2023 1:54 pm - A man was taken to a hospital after Addison Fire Protection District officials said he drove his car into a pond at the Wood Dale Grove Forest Preserve. Fire officials sa...