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Dining out: Grab a bite with Santa, plus Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve diningDec 16, 2025 8:10 am - There’s still time to enjoy a meal with Santa this weekend at The Greggory and LAGO. We’ve also got Christmas movie trivia at Tapville Social and options for dining out on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.
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‘I was in the hands of God’: Oct. 7 hostage shares her story at Vernon Hills Hanukkah celebrationDec 15, 2025 10:06 pm - When the terrorists came for her and her teenage daughter Natalie at Kibbutz Nahal Oz on Oct. 7, Judith Raanan, she had two goals - protect her daughter and remain faithful to her Judaism.The Evanston resident, who was held by Hamas for 14 days, told her story at a Hanukkah celebration Monday at the Chabad of Vernon Hills.
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‘A destination restaurant’: New Indian eatery proposed for former Tuscany site in WheelingDec 15, 2025 8:18 pm - A Chicago-area restaurateur plans to open his latest culinary offering in a long-vacant space on Wheeling’s Restaurant Row.
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‘Medical care is a human right’: St. Charles clinics meet the needs of Kane County’s uninsuredDec 15, 2025 6:55 pm - For nearly 25 years, the Tri City Health Partnership in St. Charles has provided free medical and dental services for Kane County residents living at or below the poverty level.
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‘We finally got the ramp open’: Access from tollway to North Avenue a game changerDec 15, 2025 6:13 pm - New ramp should open Saturday and will accommodate about 5,700 vehicles with 30 cent tolls for cars.
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Best bets: From Mannheim Steamroller to classical to rockabilly, holiday sounds fill the airDec 15, 2025 5:33 pm - Sounds of the season fill the air, including “Mannheim Steamroller Christmas” at Chicago’s James M. Nederlander Theatre, Chicago Sinfonietta in Naperville, rockabilly musician Zachary Stevenson in Schaumburg and jazz quartet The Tom-Toms in Arlington Heights.
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2 shot, 1 fatally, near Harvard; victim ID’d as Itasca womanDec 15, 2025 5:31 pm - The McHenry County Coroner’s Office has identified the person shot and killed near Harvard Saturday afternoon as an Itasca woman. The victim, Santina Perri, 65, is set fo...
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Aurora’s oldest free Christmas display opens for its 74th yearDec 15, 2025 3:26 pm - Illinois' oldest outdoor free Christmas display opened in Aurora, featuring a blocks-long display of lawn signs and cut-out figures on homeowners' lawns.
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New director announced for FermilabDec 15, 2025 3:24 pm - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory has a new director. Norbert Holtkamp will take over Jan. 12, the University of Chicago announced Monday.
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Another blue wave? Naperville’s Lauren Underwood working to make it happen while Republican fights to stop herDec 15, 2025 3:18 pm - Naperville Democratic U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood Lauren Underwood has been working the phones to identify and counsel candidates she hopes can erase Republicans’ slim House majority in November's midterm elections.