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For $40,000, Rolling Meadows to get second opinion on Kirchoff ‘road diet’ planMay 14, 2025 6:38 pm - Rolling Meadows will spend $39,178 on a traffic study to examine the feasibility of reducing Kirchoff Road from five lanes to three.
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DeKalb man gets 45 years in prison for shooting stranger in the faceMay 14, 2025 5:26 pm - A man was sentenced to 45 years in prison Wednesday for shooting a stranger in the face in West Chicago.
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Going, going, almost gone: The demolition of Sears campus in Hoffman Estates is almost doneMay 14, 2025 5:06 pm - The demolition of Sears’ former 2.4 million-square-foot headquarters in Hoffman Estates is entering its final stages.
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Purrrrrfection: Paramount’s cirque-inspired ‘Cats’ dazzles the eyes and earsMay 14, 2025 4:53 pm - Paramount Theatre’s cirque-inspired revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cats” is a nearly perfect revival of the popular, albeit polarizing, musical.
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‘Prioritize things differently’: Connell resigns from Libertyville village boardMay 14, 2025 4:33 pm - The Libertyville village board is at full strength with the appointment Tuesday of a familiar name to fill a vacancy.
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Apartment fire in Elgin displaces a dozen families, sends two to hospitalMay 14, 2025 4:11 pm - A dozen families were displaced and two people were sent to the hospital after an apartment fire in Elgin on Wednesday morning.
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DuPage Forest Preserve District volunteer honored with Governor’s AwardMay 14, 2025 4:02 pm - Bolingbrook resident Bruce Kulik becomes the first Forest Preserve District of DuPage County volunteer to receive prestigious 2025 Governor’s Volunteer Service Award.
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Stories of Local Impact: Don and Dianne Skeet, how one couple’s generosity is making an ongoing differenceMay 14, 2025 3:55 pm - Leaders and Legacies, a partnership with the Daily Herald and DuPage Foundation, continues with Dianne and Don Skeet who left a legacy that supports children, families, and nonprofits across DuPage County.
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180-year-old St. Charles home could be demolished to make way for parking lotMay 14, 2025 2:01 pm - A 180-year-old St. Charles home has evaded demolition for years despite owners’ attempts to level the structure and convert the site to a parking lot. But its time may soon be up after a planning and development committee recommended approval for the first steps towards demolition.
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Gurnee man gets 12-year sentence on fentanyl, cocaine chargesMay 14, 2025 1:59 pm - A Gurnee man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison on federal drug and firearms charges alleging he trafficked fentanyl and cocaine.