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Illinois becomes first state in Great Lakes region to designate industrial plastic pellets as pollutionAug 11, 2026 9:20 am - Illinois is requiring polluters to begin reporting spills of industrial plastic pellets known as nurdles, a growing source of contamination in the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds. Companies that manufacture, use or transport nurdles also must develop plans to limit them in storm runoff, making the state the first in either watershed to officially designate bits of wasted plastic as pollution.
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Storm snap 11-game skid with 97-88 win over the SkyAug 11, 2026 7:13 am - Dominique Malonga had 26 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks, Natisha Hiedeman added 18 points and nine assists, and the Seattle Storm snapped an 11-game losing streak with a 97-88 win over the Chicago Sky on Monday night.
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Family of woman killed by Mundelein police see new footage: ‘They need to bring charges’Aug 11, 2026 7:08 am - The family of Mary Alice Love, the Black woman shot and killed by Mundelein police in May, renewed their calls for criminal charges against the officer involved after viewing additional body cam footage and listening to 911 call recordings on Monday afternoon.
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Three Waukegan piping plover chicks disappear, likely lost to predatorsAug 10, 2026 5:42 pm - All three piping plover chicks named and banded in Waukegan last week have died, the Lake County Audubon Society announced Monday. During the banding Aug. 4, volunteers g...
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Pritzker signs bills allowing rideshare unionization, oversight of prescription drug programAug 10, 2026 4:23 pm - Rideshare drivers can unionize in Illinois, a new law seeks to regulate and classify plastic pellets as a pollutant, and the state will exercise greater oversight of a federal prescription drug discount program.
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Tim Anderson, a 2-time All-Star and batting champion with Chicago White Sox, retires: ‘Goal is to be happy’Aug 10, 2026 4:21 pm - Tim Anderson stepped to the plate, representing the winning run for the Chicago White Sox nearly five years ago in Dyersville, Iowa.
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Two longtime Naperville businesses close but slew of restaurants on horizonAug 10, 2026 3:50 pm - Two longtime Naperville businesses, Elegante Salon & Day Spa and Great Harvest Baking Co., have shut their doors.
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After 70 years in business, Parkside Lanes in Aurora still on a rollAug 10, 2026 3:50 pm - Parkside Lanes in Aurora honored a significant milestone over the weekend as the bowling alley at Route 30 and Montgomery Road celebrated its 70th year in business.
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Trump signs order calling for spacing out childhood vaccines, against medical groups' guidanceAug 10, 2026 1:54 pm - President Donald Trump on Monday will sign an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held belief that shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits, according to a White House fact sheet.
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Potentially severe thunderstorms to hit area this weekAug 10, 2026 11:32 am - Another round of thunderstorms is expected to hit Chicago after severe weather downed trees and brought possible tornadoes to the area Sunday night. The upcoming storms a...