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More jurors seated for Highland Park suspect’s trial, as judge issues warning to mediaFeb 25, 2025 12:32 pm - By late Tuesday, 11 jurors - 6 men and 5 women - had been selected to hear the trial the trial of the man charged with murdering seven and injuring dozens more at the 2022 Highland Park Independence Day parade.
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Dining out: Fill up on paczki, plus Chicago Northwest and Rosemont restaurant weeksFeb 25, 2025 11:30 am - It’s nearly Fat Tuesday, so it’s time to order your paczki. There are also special menus and deals on tap during Chicago Northwest Restaurant Week and Rosemont Restaurant Week.
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Carpentersville firefighters keep vehicle fire from spreading to houseFeb 25, 2025 10:56 am - No injuries were reported from a vehicle fire inside the attached garage of Carpentersville house early Tuesday morning.
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Spotlight: BET premieres tuner ‘Elvis Presley Was a Black Man Named Joe’Feb 25, 2025 10:43 am - Black Ensemble Theater stages the original semiautobiographical “Elvis Presley Was a Black Man Named Joe,” Still Point Theatre Collective hosts the first Social Change Theater Festival, and Music Theater Works revives “Guys and Dolls.”
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South Elgin police seeking video after shots fired near school Monday eveningFeb 25, 2025 10:03 am - The South Elgin Police Department is asking for the community’s help after gunshots were fired near Fox Meadow Elementary School on Monday evening.
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Driver injured when pickup bursts into flames after crash on I-355Feb 25, 2025 8:32 am - A driver suffered nonlife-threatening injuries when his pickup truck burst into flames following a multivehicle crash in the southbound lanes of Interstate 355 early Tuesday morning near Lombard, according to Illinois State Police.
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Pedestrian dies after being struck by Metra train in Downers GroveFeb 25, 2025 8:16 am - A pedestrian was struck and killed by a Metra train in Downers Grove early this morning, less than 24 hours after another pedestrian was struck and killed by a commuter train in roughly the same area Monday.
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Watch: Candidates for Mount Prospect mayor debate the issuesFeb 25, 2025 8:06 am - Incumbent Paul Hoefert and challenger Trisha Chokshi discuss their qualifications and the issues in the race for Mount Prospect mayor.
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Mount Prospect police release details of shooting inside condo garageFeb 25, 2025 7:51 am - A Wisconsin man had a previous relationship with the Mount Prospect woman he shot multiple times Monday before fatally shooting himself, police said.
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Best Bets: ‘Fraggle Rock’ live, Monster Jam, Tom Segura, Ballet FolklóricoFeb 25, 2025 6:27 am - “Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock” tours to Waukegan’s Genesee Theatre, the Monster Jam roars back into Rosemont’s Allstate Arena, and the Music of the Baroque memorializes Christian martyrs in Handel’s “Theodora” in Skokie and Chicago.