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‘Peace is not free’: Honoring those who made the ultimate sacrificeMay 25, 2025 6:49 pm - For more than three decades, Streamwood has honored those who fell in the service of our country. The tradition continued with Sunday’s Memorial Day Ceremony at the Streamwood Veterans Memorial.
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Schaumburg graduate Arokoyo soars to the top of NAIA discusMay 25, 2025 5:11 pm - St. Xavier University senior Ayobami Arokoyo, a Schaumburg High School graduate, won the NAIA discus title on May 22, his third All-America honor.
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York teacher, Elmhurst veteran team up to create new memorial for the fallenMay 25, 2025 3:50 pm - History teacher Justin Riskus and Vietnam War veteran Bill Shanklin are leading a fundraising campaign for a memorial honoring York Community High School graduates who have died while serving in the military.
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Route 31 in Geneva closing for train bridge repairsMay 25, 2025 12:59 pm - The Route 31 underpass in Geneva will be closed for two days, beginning 9 a.m. Monday, June 2, as Union Pacific conducts train bridge repairs, officials announced.
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Florida truck driver charged in Gurnee road-rage shootingMay 25, 2025 11:12 am - A Florida man is behind bars in Wisconsin awaiting extradition to Illinois in connection with a road-rage shooting earlier this month in Gurnee.
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Longmeadow Parkway wins national engineering awardMay 25, 2025 11:00 am - The Longmeadow Parkway Bridge Corridor over the Fox River near Carpentersville received an Engineering Excellence Award last week from the American Council of Engineering Companies.
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Fire damages Palatine townhouse; resident escapes unharmedMay 25, 2025 8:00 am - No injuries were reported after fire broke out Saturday morning on the third floor of a Palatine townhouse.
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Suburban Skyview: A totally tubular mishap leaves roads a messMay 25, 2025 1:00 am - A shifted load of plastic tubes causes a truck to roll onto its side on a curve near Long Grove and Palatine, resulting in spilled cargo and substantial traffic issues.
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‘It is dedicated to all of them’: West Dundee VFW unveils tribute to veteransMay 24, 2025 8:26 pm - The West Dundee Veterans of Foreign Wars post dedicated a memorial Saturday to all who have served in the U.S. military. “From this moment on, their sacrifice will always be remembered here,” post member Scott Webb said.
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What’s left of Sears? Stores and HQ are nearly gone, but successor still owns and leases many propertiesMay 24, 2025 2:09 pm - Many goodbyes already have been said in Sears’ native Illinois, with its last great headquarters rapidly fading from the landscape of Hoffman Estates. But the one-time retail giant’s 139-year-long story continues at eight remaining stores elsewhere in the country and as a landlord of commercial properties both near and far.