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Saint Viator senior Joe Kaiser nominated for Illinois High School Musical Theater AwardMay 04, 2026 12:29 pm - Long before Joe Kaiser walked the hallways of Saint Viator High School as a student, he was standing on its boards as a 7-year-old, cast in a production of “The Music Man” after his sister convinced him to audition.
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Authorities identify man found dead near Chicago Executive Airport as Prospect Heights residentMay 04, 2026 8:49 am - A man found dead near Chicago Executive Airport Sunday was identified as a 68-year-old Prospect Heights resident.
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Warrenville man dead after crashing motorcycle in Crystal LakeMay 04, 2026 8:28 am - A 38-year-old Warrenville man died Saturday after crashing his motorcycle in Crystal Lake.
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Woman found dead by strangulation in Schaumburg identifiedMay 03, 2026 9:08 pm - A woman found dead Thursday in a Schaumburg home has been identified by police as 43-year-old Katherine Torbick.
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Candy crush: Long Grove chocolate shop doubles as museum to iconic bridge’s mishapsMay 03, 2026 8:45 pm - Long Grove is well known, notorious even, for the frequency at which the town’s iconic covered bridge has been hit by vehicles too big to pass through. Now local store Broken Bridge Treats is paying tribute to that history with a minimuseum documenting the dozens of mishaps.
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An airborne assist: Drones becoming new first responders in suburban policingMay 03, 2026 8:45 pm - Drone technology is being embraced with growing frequency by suburban police departments that are looking to the airborne devices as automated first responders.
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Elmhurst church’s Green Fair combines plant sale with environmental learningMay 03, 2026 7:47 pm - In addition to the plant sale, the 12th annual Green Garden Fair on May 9 will feature exhibitors like Custom Edge Sharpening, Prairie Wind Native Plants, City Bee Savers, and environmental groups like DuPage Birding Club and York High School Eco Club.
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Waste not, want not: Palatine opens food scrap drop-off siteMay 03, 2026 7:07 pm - Palatine unveiled a community food scrap drop-off site and special materials recycling center at its Public Works facility, 148 W. Illinois Ave.
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Firefighters battle blaze on balcony of Glendale Heights apartment buildingMay 03, 2026 4:05 pm - Firefighters from several departments battled a blaze Sunday morning that broke out on a third-story balcony and spread into the attic of a Glendale Heights apartment building.
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Art show season is blooming in the suburbsMay 03, 2026 3:46 pm - May flowers aren’t the only eye-catching beauty starting to pop up across the suburbs now that April showers are (hopefully) behind us. Art show season is underway, filling our local parks, town squares and other public gathering spaces with the work of the region’s finest creatives.