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Advocate Health Care breast cancer survivor gets VIP treatment at Chicago Bears practiceOct 22, 2025 1:57 pm - Advocate Health Care partnered with the Chicago Bears to host a special event Oct. 17 at Halas Hall, celebrating breast cancer survivor Amy Cash of Volo.
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‘We don’t all have to be the same’: BrightSide Theatre revival of ‘Rocky Horror’ comes at the right timeOct 22, 2025 1:55 pm - BrightSide Theatre artistic director Jeffrey Cass fulfills his longtime ambition to stage the cult classic “The Rocky Horror Show,” a campy 1973 tuner that celebrates living one’s truth and living it fearlessly.
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Exploring the Forest Preserves' Newest AdditionsOct 22, 2025 1:45 pm - Over the past 15 months, the Lake County Forest Preserves has taken strategic actions to protect sensitive natural areas, improve trail connectivity and expand open space.
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Woodlands Academy honored for state and national Blue Ribbon excellenceOct 22, 2025 1:26 pm - Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart has been named an inaugural recipient of the newly established Illinois Governor’s Blue Ribbon Schools award.
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Gurnee Mills to host annual Boo BashOct 22, 2025 1:13 pm - Gurnee Mills will host their annual Boo Bash trick-or-treating event, presented by Forest Orthodontics & Pediatric Dentistry, from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30.
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Schaumburg providing post-Halloween pumpkin drop-off locationsOct 22, 2025 12:43 pm - The Schaumburg Engineering & Public Works Department and Lakeshore Recycling Systems are teaming up to offer a more sustainable way to dispose of your pumpkins after Halloween.
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Learn how Martin Luther King Jr. transformed a minister’s worldviewOct 22, 2025 12:25 pm - On Sunday, Oct. 26, the Rev. John A. Boryk, a 1967 Aurora College graduate, will chronicle how as a college senior he crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge with Martin Luther King in 1965. He will be the guest pastor at Good Shepherd United Methodist in Oswego.
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‘It’s not labor — it’s love’: Liberty Restaurant celebrating 50 years of family ownership in LibertyvilleOct 22, 2025 12:01 pm - The Liberty Restaurant in Libertyville is celebrating 50 years of family ownership and operation with throwback prices for the next three weeks. But it’s the quality homemade dishes and comfortable experience that have customers coming back year after year. “We have a lot of regulars. We know their names, they know us,” says co-owner George Frangos.
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Elk Grove hosts Neighborhood Watch meeting Oct. 30Oct 22, 2025 12:00 pm - The Elk Grove Village Crime Prevention Unit will host a Neighborhood Watch meeting on Thursday, Oct. 30.
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Woman injured in rollover crash in MundeleinOct 22, 2025 11:53 am - A woman sustained non-life-threatening injuries following a rollover crash with entrapment in Mundelein Wednesday morning.