Rick West
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Police: Multiple vehicles broken into in Cary, one stolenAug 12, 2024 2:37 pm - Cary officials say at least five people are responsible for a spate of vehicle burglaries early Sunday morning that saw items taken from 10 vehicles and one vehicle stolen.
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Gurnee Days parade goes for the goldAug 11, 2024 4:20 pm - Thousands of people lined Old Grand Avenue Sunday for the 51st Gurnee Days parade.
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‘A sexy food truck’: Tievoli takes wood-fired pizzas on the roadAug 07, 2024 1:50 pm - When the owners of Tievoli Pizza Bar in Palatine planned to build a new vehicle to take their pizzas on the road, they had a very specific aesthetic in mind. If a food truck can be sexy, this one is.
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Dining Out: New restaurants and a little romanceAug 07, 2024 8:42 am - We’ve got a couple of new restaurants opening and another reopening around the suburbs this week. Plus, for reasons unknown, August is National Romance Awareness Month, so of course there is an associated dining special.
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Police: Drunk driver hit house with his carAug 06, 2024 8:04 pm - An Aurora man has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs after hitting a house with his car in Batavia early Monday morning.
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‘We will energize downtown’: Light-and-sound based outdoor exhibit coming to AuroraAug 05, 2024 11:11 am - Aurora will host a monthlong art installation in October called “Lumenaura,” a light-and-sound-based outdoor exhibit, that will include interactive street art, live entertainment, futuristic projection mapping and more.
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Dining out: Three new suburban restaurants, ‘Bachelorette’ viewing party and moreJul 24, 2024 9:22 am - Several new restaurants are opening soon in the suburbs, while others are offering promotions like viewing parties for “The Bachelorette,” Olympics promotions and discounted drinks.
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Summer sippers: Suburban eateries keep the good vibes going with seasonal cocktailsJul 23, 2024 5:08 pm - Summer isn’t going to last forever, which means now is the time to savor some warm-weather sippers. And several suburban restaurants have created cool concoctions to match the season.
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Aurora woman scratches off $1 million-winning lottery ticketJul 23, 2024 11:23 am - An Aurora woman recently scratched her way to a $1 million prize in the Illinois Lottery. Antoinette ‘Toni’ Green won the top prize on a $10 Monopoly 50X scratch-off tic...
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Ready for a night out? Elgin’s Movies on the Lawn series starts SaturdayJul 19, 2024 11:18 am - Elgin’s free ”Movies on the Lawn“ series starts Saturday on the south side of the Hemmens Cultural Center with a showing of ”Zombieland“ on a 30-foot-wide screen.