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Little Caesars in Glendale Heights to give away free pizza for a year to first 100 guests SaturdayMar 19, 2025 5:01 pm - Little Caesars is celebrating the official grand opening of its new Glendale Heights location on Saturday with free pizza for a year for the first 100 guests in line.
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Mount Prospect mayoral candidates differ on challenger’s leadership of the chamber of commerceMar 19, 2025 5:01 pm - One of the topics in the Mount Prospect mayor’s race has been challenger Trisha Chokshi’s leadership as president of the Mount Prospect Chamber of Commerce board.
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Elgin program aims to provide comfort, support for children headed to foster careMar 19, 2025 4:59 pm - The Salvation Army Elgin Corps and Bear Family Restaurants launched Operation Loving Hope Wednesday to provide some comfort items to children taken from unsafe home environments by the Elgin Police Department before they’re placed in foster care.
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Buffalo Grove approves selling Lake Michigan water to Long GroveMar 19, 2025 4:55 pm - Buffalo Grove approved the sale of Lake Michigan water to Long Grove. Now Long Grove needs to vote.
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After no-confidence vote from officers, Wheeling police chief to step downMar 19, 2025 4:20 pm - Embattled Wheeling Police Chief Jamie Dunne will retire this summer after nine years leading the department, the village announced Wednesday.
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Committed to her craft: West Dundee actress at home on city, suburban stagesMar 19, 2025 3:13 pm - Andrea Uppling is one dedicated actor. For proof, there’s the lengthy commute from her West Dundee home to Chicago’s Windy City Playhouse, where she stars in Invictus Theatre Company’s production of William Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale.”
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‘A very big ‘wow’ moment’: Billy Bricks celebrates 20 years of wood-fired, brick-oven pizza in the suburbsMar 19, 2025 2:08 pm - Most people come home from a vacation with souvenirs. The founder and namesake of Billy Bricks, Bill Wilson, came home from a trip 20 years ago with a taste for wood-fired pizza. When he couldn’t find any brick-oven pizzerias in the Chicago area, he decided to open his own.
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Bill banning cellphone use during class time clears Senate committeeMar 19, 2025 1:48 pm - Legislation that would prohibit public school students from using cell phones and other wireless communication devices during class time cleared a Senate committee Tuesday and could soon be considered by the full Senate.
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Aurora police kill man after chaseMar 19, 2025 1:27 pm - A man was killed by police early Wednesday in Aurora after a chase that started when a police officer was injured in Geneva.
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‘I can’t wait’: Des Plaines City Council approves incentives, development deal for new downtown restaurantMar 19, 2025 1:16 pm - The Des Plaines City Council this week enthusiastically approved a multimillion-dollar economic incentive and development agreement that will bring a new restaurant to the downtown district.