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A warm welcome and a coat: Glen Ellyn church helps asylum-seekers headed to ChicagoJan 11, 2024 6:32 am - Situated less than two blocks from the Glen Ellyn train station, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church is doing what it can to welcome new arrivals as they make their way to Chicag...
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Mayors to meet in Chicago to discuss migrant crisisJan 10, 2024 9:24 pm - Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and metropolitan mayors will meet Tuesday to discuss the ongoing migrant crisis and strategies to deal with the influx of new arrivals. Tues...
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Kane County officials draft proclamation amid asylum seeker influxJan 10, 2024 9:18 pm - Stymied by a lack of legal authority to prevent migrants seeking asylum from entering their communities, Kane County officials are drafting a bipartisan proclamation call...
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Man guilty of raping elderly woman in Addison home invasionJan 10, 2024 8:24 pm - A DuPage County jury convicted a man Wednesday of breaking into a 92-year-old woman’s house and raping her in November 2021. After a three-day trial, the jury found Antho...
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Lake County Forest Preserve offering snowmobile safety courseJan 10, 2024 11:10 am - Lake County Forest Preserve ranger police are holding a snowmobile safety education course from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, at the Operations and Public Safety Fa...
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Cook County Animal and Rabies Control offers pet safety tips during bitterly cold winter weatherJan 10, 2024 8:46 am - Dangerously low temperatures are forecast over the next few days. Snowstorms throughout the week will give way to bitterly cold subzero temperatures starting this weekend...
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DuPage County says it has no authority to enact bus restrictionsJan 09, 2024 5:16 pm - DuPage County officials said they have no plans ‒ or the authority ‒ to prevent buses from dropping off migrants at area train stations or to declare itself a nonsanctuar...
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Lake County Gun Violence Prevention Initiative to host two more town hallsJan 09, 2024 5:15 am - The Lake County Gun Violence Prevention Initiative, sponsored by the Lake County State's Attorney Office, will host town hall meetings in Highland Park and Vernon Hills t...
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Concerns and compassion clash as Kane County addresses migrant influxJan 08, 2024 7:11 pm - Facing pressure from local Republicans to keep migrants out of Kane County, officials outlined a protocol for transferring migrants to the designated processing station i...
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Montgomery man dies in fatal crashJan 08, 2024 4:31 pm - The Kane County sheriff’s office is investigating a Sunday evening crash that killed a 76-year-old man. Lawrence Hagemeyer, of Montgomery, was killed in the single-vehicl...