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Des Plaines River Road to reopen todayOct 31, 2021 6:57 pm - Des Plaines River Road between Camp McDonald and Palatine roads will be open for rush hour traffic today, said Mount Prospect Mayor Irvana Wilks. Part of the road last w...
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Transit tax hike backers have legislative clout, but maybe not enoughOct 31, 2021 6:49 pm - Supporters of a sales tax hike for transit showed off their broad clout Tuesday in a rally that included politicians ranging from Batavia's mayor to House Speaker Michae...
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Thanks for help at MDA telethonOct 31, 2021 6:57 pm - Every year when Labor Day rolls around my family and I tune in to the MDA Jerry Lewis Telethon on WGN Channel 9. My son, Drew Soule, has spinal muscular atrophy, one of...
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Politicians should be ashamedOct 31, 2021 6:53 pm - Between the immigration fiasco and our politicians' desire to make the U.S.A. peacemaker to the rest of the world, our country has dug a hole that it's never going to ge...
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Salvation Army offers free soccer classesOct 31, 2021 6:53 pm - Kids who want to learn the game of soccer can score with two new classes that are being offered for free. The Salvation Army's Tri Cities Corps in St. Charles is offerin...
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A rally against rifles in the suburbsOct 31, 2021 6:57 pm - While many people likely wouldn't consider the quaint suburb of Lake Barrington a major center for gun problems, the Rev. Jesse Jackson thinks otherwise. Jackson, along ...
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500 homes hurt in flood, stormsOct 31, 2021 6:54 pm - More than 500 Kane County homes were affected by last week's floods, public health officials said Tuesday. Some 514 single-family homes, 50 mobile homes and 15 apartmen...
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No sympathy for loss of ROTC grantOct 31, 2021 6:57 pm - I really have trouble feeling sympathy for Danielle Littrell, the 18-year-old whose ROTC scholarship was rescinded by the U.S. Navy when they discovered a herniated disc...
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Lancers miss out on good chancesOct 31, 2021 6:52 pm - Listening to Lake Park boys soccer coach Norm Hillner rattle off the postgame stats Tuesday night, one might think his team piled up some goals and knocked off Glenbard ...
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Lombard man charged in Glendale Heights gas station robberyOct 31, 2021 6:58 pm - A Lombard man is being held on a $750,000 bond at the DuPage County Jail Wednesday following an armed robbery in Glendale Heights, officials said. Robert M. Belle, 28, o...