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Authorities: Natural gas likely caused Lisle-area house to explode, but investigation continuesJul 06, 2023 1:00 am - Natural gas likely caused a Lisle-area house to explode Saturday, but exactly how hasn't been determined, fire district officials say. The site on the 4500 block of Iva...
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Booming 'burbs: Cook and collar counties make Top 20 for economic developmentJul 06, 2023 1:00 am - If you've noticed new company headquarters in your town or a new manufacturing facility, you aren't alone. Site Selection has taken note, too, and ranked Cook, DuPage, ...
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Bail set at $1.5 million for driver in double-fatal Winfield crashJul 06, 2023 1:00 am - A second person has died from injuries sustained in a DUI crash near Winfield. Bail was set at $1.5 million Thursday for Christine Brocious, 36, of the 7000 block of Mat...
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'Unacceptable': Lake County water crisis hits fifth dayJul 06, 2023 1:00 am - Despite earlier corporate assurances that the problem was being resolved, hundreds of Lake County residents awoke Thursday without reliably safe drinking water for the f...
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Cook County clerk's office released from court oversightJul 06, 2023 1:00 am - At a hearing that lasted barely 10 minutes, a federal judge released Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough from court oversight of hiring and promotions in her office, endin...
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Four days without water, but outage could be over for hundreds of Lake County residentsJul 05, 2023 1:00 am - A water outage in southern Lake County stretched into a fourth day Wednesday and forced a local water park to close. But as remediation efforts continued, the end appear...
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Fox Lake man sent to prison for stealing power toolsJul 05, 2023 1:00 am - A Fox Lake man was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for stealing power tools from a garage in Spring Grove in May 2022. Jeffrey Gniech, 50, of the 0-10 block...
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Woman charged with neglect, cruelty toward 33 dogs after 14 animals found dead, authorities sayJul 05, 2023 1:00 am - A Glen Ellyn-area woman has been charged with neglecting and being cruel to 33 dogs - one of which was so emaciated and sick it likely would have died the day investigat...
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Sheriff's police: Woman was firing pistol into Diamond Lake near Mundelein for funJul 05, 2023 1:00 am - A 46-year-old woman is facing a felony charge of reckless discharge of a firearm after authorities said she shot into Diamond Lake near Mundelein for fun Monday night. K...
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Lake County crash data available onlineJul 05, 2023 1:00 am - The Lake County Division of Transportation recently launched a new online interactive dashboard that shows crash data on all roads countywide. The information used in pl...