Articles filed under Communities
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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.
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College Achievers: York’s Mailander catching on quickly for Illinois State footballDec 07, 2025 5:18 pm - College Achievers: York graduate Luke Mailander, a redshirt freshman receiver for Illinois State University football, was named Missouri Valley Football Conference freshman of the year.
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‘No place here for me’: U.S. citizens getting caught in immigration crackdown in Chicago, suburbsDec 07, 2025 4:36 pm - If you rolled past Bedrosian Park after the final bell rang at Waukegan High School on any given weekday this fall, you were likely to find Diego Rosales, basketball in h...
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Hearing set for third bid to demolish Geneva blacksmith shopDec 07, 2025 11:48 am - The Geneva Historic Preservation Commission will hold a public hearing Dec. 16 to consider developer Shodeen’s third request to raze a circa-1840 blacksmith shop.
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Suburban Skyview: Mounds of processed concrete sit at former Spring Hill Mall siteDec 07, 2025 6:00 am - Mounds of processed concrete sit where Spring Hill Mall once stood in West Dundee.