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Alleluia! Lutheran Church shares ‘A Ton of Love’ with Loaves & FishesAug 06, 2026 10:36 pm - Alleluia! Lutheran Church in Naperville topped their ambitious summer goal of collecting one ton of food and household goods for Loaves & Fishes Community Services, ultimately gathering 2,535 pounds of donations over five weeks, surpassing their target by more than 25%.
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Man who survived sewer flood that killed worker asks for evidence to be preservedAug 06, 2026 4:50 pm - A man who survived a sewer flooding that killed a co-worker in Downers Grove is asking to preserve evidence of what happened that day, to decide whether to sue his employer or other entities.
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Hoffman Estates to host 25th anniversary 9/11 remembrance ceremonyAug 06, 2026 4:23 pm - The Hoffman Estates Veterans Memorial Commission invites the community to gather in reflection and unity on the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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Cinematic sprawl: Suburbs putting guardrails around filmmaking activitiesAug 06, 2026 4:22 pm - With filmmaking gaining a firm foothold in the state, suburbs like Naperville, Lisle and Long Grove have either put guardrails in place to protect their towns or are working toward that goal.
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New family roller coaster highlights ‘Camp Timber Trail’ debuting next spring at Great AmericaAug 06, 2026 4:03 pm - The family-friendly Camp Timber Trail, featuring the Midwest’s tallest, largest and fastest suspended family roller coaster, will debut in spring 2027 at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee.
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Look: The Week in Pictures photo galleryAug 06, 2026 2:24 pm - Daily Herald photographers bring you their best photos from the Chicago suburbs to close out July. ...
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Man accused of home invasion in DarienAug 06, 2026 2:07 pm - A Homer Glen man is being detained pretrial on charges he broke into a Darien house and attacked a man, then fled from police in a high-speed chase.
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‘We’d like to see justice’: Fox River boat crash victim’s fiance recalls crash, lossAug 06, 2026 2:02 pm - The fiance of a Des Plaines woman killed in a July 25 boat crash on the Fox River discusses the collision and his loss, as he and the woman’s family file a lawsuit against the boater blamed for the deadly crash.
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Portillo’s lays off 18% of corporate employees at Oak Brook headquarters amid sluggish same-store salesAug 06, 2026 1:35 pm - With food costs rising and same-store sales falling, Portillo’s executed a round of corporate layoffs last week, trimming 18% of its Oak Brook-based workforce.
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Waukegan man charged with distributing child abuse materialAug 06, 2026 10:40 am - After a more than yearlong investigation, a Waukegan man now faces charges of possessing and distributing child sex abuse materials.