Articles filed under Communities
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‘Fear rippled through the community’: 50 years later, Columbo murders still haunt Elk GroveMay 02, 2026 11:45 am - On May 7, 1976, Elk Grove Village police Detective Raymond J. Rose stepped into a Brantwood Avenue home and encountered one of the most shocking crimes in suburban Cook County history. Frank Columbo, 52, his wife Mary, 50, and their 13-year-old son, Michael, were dead. Each had been shot, bludgeoned and stabbed. “It was so horrific and out of the ordinary,” Rose said.
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The case for conducting ergonomic risk assessments in the officeMay 02, 2026 10:47 am - The makeup of the American workforce is changing, and these changes have not made physical work any easier. Employees are older, obesity rates continue to climb, and across many industries employers find it difficult to hire workers with the same level of physical conditioning that may have been common a generation ago.
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‘The real Labor Day’: People around the suburbs rally for workers’ rights on May DayMay 01, 2026 6:19 pm - Following a call from organizers for “no school, no work, no shopping,” people around the suburbs and across the country rallied to honor workers on May Day Friday.
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Hoffman Estates man charged with stabbing two in Arlington Heights apartment meleeMay 01, 2026 5:12 pm - Two people suffered stab wounds and a Hoffman Estates man is charged with attempted murder following an attack inside an Arlington Heights apartment Thursday morning.
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Oui, oui: Bigger Lisle French Market opens at new downtown locationMay 01, 2026 5:05 pm - A bigger and buzzier French market opens for the season in downtown Lisle Saturday morning, allowing visitors to wander around the outdoor stalls — a la francaise — with a coffee and pastry in hand.
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FBI investigating Naperville bank robberyMay 01, 2026 4:52 pm - A Bank of America branch in Naperville was robbed on Friday morning.
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Drowning suspected as cause of death for body pulled from Fox RiverMay 01, 2026 4:37 pm - A man whose body was found in the Fox River on Wednesday appears to have drowned, the Kane County coroner’s office reported Friday.
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Shed burns in NapervilleMay 01, 2026 4:16 pm - A shed caught fire in Naperville on Friday morning in the 0-99 block of 13th Avenue.
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Postponed due to government shutdown, Wheeling census is coming this summerMay 01, 2026 4:15 pm - Postponed because of last year's federal government shutdown, a special census in Wheeling has been rescheduled and should start in early June.
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Aurora’s Copley Comedy Series resumes in JulyMay 01, 2026 4:00 pm - The Copley Comedy Series for fans age 18 and older resumes July 25 at Aurora’s Copley Theatre.