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Arlington Heights Community Concert Band continues Its holiday tradition Dec. 14Dec 08, 2025 12:41 pm - The Arlington Heights Community Concert Band presents its free holiday concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, at Forest View Educational Center’s North Gym, 2121 S. Goebbert Road, Arlington Heights.
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Waukegan High School student earns Young Environmental Leadership AwardDec 08, 2025 12:13 pm - Victor Hinojosa, a Waukegan High School graduate and current freshman at the University of Chicago, has been honored with the Brushwood Center’s Youth Environmental Leadership Award for his outstanding passion, creativity, and service to the environment and his community.
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Holiday cheers, not tears: Drive sober or get pulled over this seasonDec 08, 2025 12:12 pm - The holiday season is a time for joy, connection and celebration. To help make sure those celebrations don’t end in tragedy, Schaumburg Police Department is joining law enforcement agencies across Illinois in a major traffic safety effort.
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Man gets 10 years for drug-induced homicideDec 08, 2025 12:10 pm - A Skokie man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for supplying the fentanyl that killed a West Chicago-area woman.
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Itasca introduces ‘Plates & Perks’ winter dining programDec 08, 2025 12:27 am - The village of Itasca has launched a new winter dining program called "Plates & Perks" to promote local restaurant. It offers seasonal discounts at 14 participating restaurants through March 31, with stamps collected in a booklet for a chance to win gift cards.
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Oakwood Hills girl, 10, reaches national level in taekwondoDec 07, 2025 10:10 pm - Before she was 4 years old, Oakwood Hills resident Delilah Stamp was crawling around mats of martial arts schools. Now 10, she’s already a black belt in taekwondo and decorated with dozens of medals.
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McHenry’s snowy owl gets a musical coda: Where you can hear a song inspired by the birdDec 07, 2025 9:57 pm - The snowy owl seen in McHenry County last year prompted singer-songwriter and Crystal Lake native Cass Cwik to write a song in its honor.
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‘This should have been avoided’: Late warnings raise red flags in fatal train crashDec 07, 2025 8:45 pm - State says gates and lights are “operating as designed” in Elgin after a man was killed at a crossing. Questions abound over a NTSB report indicating there wasn’t enough notice of an oncoming locomotive.
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‘They always provide’: JOURNEYS offers a lifeline and a path out of homelessnessDec 07, 2025 8:45 pm - Palatine-based JOURNEYS The Road Home provides shelter and other assistance to hundreds of suburban residents facing homelessness. It’s one of five charitable organizations set to receive grants from the Daily Herald/Robert R. McCormick Foundation's Neighbors in Need fundraising campaign.
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‘Travesty’: Elgin mayor blasts federal agents’ actions against protestersDec 07, 2025 5:28 pm - Elgin Mayor David Kaptain sharply criticized federal immigration agents after they used tear gas and pepper spray on protesters who gathered outside a city apartment complex during an hourslong standoff Saturday morning.