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Barrington hopes streetscape improvements boost downtown’s drawAug 30, 2026 4:42 pm - Barrington officials are celebrating the completion of phase one of the village’s downtown streetscape project, which they hope will boost the town center as a regional attraction.
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Three charged with pistol-whipping, robbing teen at Vernon Hills parks facilityAug 30, 2026 2:28 pm - Three men are charged and one still at large in connection with the pistol-whipping and robbery of a 16-year-old boy Thursday at a Vernon Hills Park District maintenance facility, authorities said Sunday.
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Aurora alderman wants to change city’s form of governmentAug 30, 2026 1:01 pm - Aurora Ald. Carl Franco, 5th Ward, has launched a website and formed a committee advocating to change the city’s form of government, formalizing an idea he has discussed for nearly a year.
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No injuries reported in Buffalo Grove apartment fireAug 30, 2026 11:24 am - Buffalo Grove firefighters are investigating the cause of a fire Saturday night in the bedroom of an apartment.
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Elgin police investigating shooting that left man injuredAug 30, 2026 10:28 am - Elgin police are investigating a shooting on the city’s east side Friday night that left a man injured.
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Naperville seeking students to serve on boards and commissionsAug 30, 2026 9:05 am - Naperville is seeking local high school students to serve as student representatives on the city’s boards and commissions.
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Three dogs, one cat killed in Des Plaines fireAug 30, 2026 8:12 am - Three dogs and one cat died in a fire in Des Plaines early Sunday morning, fire officials said.
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‘A perfect storm of problems’: Feds dig into gate flaw and crew fatigue in deadly Elgin train crashAug 30, 2026 8:04 am - “I was fighting sleep” before a fatal Kane County train crash, an engineer tells the NTSB. But there are other issues at play, documents show.
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Man seriously injured in Saturday morning crash in East DundeeAug 29, 2026 4:34 pm - An East Dundee crash between an SUV and a semitruck late Saturday morning required firefighters to extricate a seriously injured occupant of the SUV, authorities said.
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Elgin Township joining forces with schools, nonprofits on youth mental health programsAug 29, 2026 12:43 pm - The Elgin Township 708 Mental Health Board is providing $437,000 for a pilot program to provide preventive measures and early intervention care at five schools in Elgin Area School District U-46.