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Carvana adding services, creating 100 jobs at Hoffman Estates facilityMay 06, 2026 8:54 am - Online car retailer Carvana plans to create about 100 jobs near Chicago by adding inspection and reconditioning services to its wholesale auction site in Hoffman Estates.
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Spotlight: Janus adapts Ibsen classic ‘An Enemy of the People’May 06, 2026 8:50 am - Janus Theatre stages its adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People,” The Conspirators revive Moliere’s 17th-century satire “Tartuffe” and Handbag Productions premieres the next in its series of Golden Girls parodies with “The Golden Girls: The Cheese Pyramid.”
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Five people hurt in Des Plaines apartment fireMay 06, 2026 8:15 am - Five people suffered injuries in an apartment fire in Des Plaines early Wednesday morning, according to multiple media reports.
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CareFest mobilizes over 1,000 volunteers for community serviceMay 05, 2026 11:20 pm - Volunteers from Wheaton Bible Church and Iglesia del Pueblo participated in CareFest on May 2, completing more than 6,000 hours of community service across 70 locations in 12 communities.
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Geneva church offers worship series on faith and mental healthMay 05, 2026 10:47 pm - The United Methodist Church of Geneva is launching a worship series that addresses mental health and emotional well-being through a faith-based lens, featuring biblical stories and local mental health professionals.
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West Chicago Garden Club hosts annual plant sale during Blooming FestMay 05, 2026 9:41 pm - West Chicago Garden Club will hold a plant sale on Saturday, May 16, in a tent on Galena Street. The sale features thousands of perennials, annual flowers, peppers and tomatoes at reasonable prices.
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Honoring a grandmother’s legacyMay 05, 2026 8:32 pm - The Rev. Greg Asimakoupoulos honors his grandmother Olga this Mother’s Day, remembering how this Norwegian immigrant’s daughter shaped his mother’s life through faith, music, and kindness
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A ‘terrific’ amenity: Last piece of West Branch DuPage River Trail includes bridge over Roosevelt RoadMay 05, 2026 7:24 pm - With less than a mile to go, DuPage County forest preserve leaders are tantalizingly close to completing a regional trail system years in the making.
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Go, Bridgett, Go: Cubs fan kidney recipient to reunite with Sox fan donor at Wrigley FieldMay 05, 2026 5:28 pm - Carol Stream resident Bridgett Kolls is slated to throw out a ceremonial first pitch Wednesday at Wrigley Field, where after a 2019 Cubs game she connected with a transplant donor who saved her from kidney failure.
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St. Charles seeks replacement for Ward 3 aldermanMay 05, 2026 5:02 pm - St. Charles Ward 3 Alderman Bob Gehm has resigned.