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Lemont businessman sentenced to five years in prison for bribeAug 16, 2024 9:45 am - A Lemont businessman was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison after admitting he bribed an employee of the Cook County assessor’s office to lower taxes on his family’s properties.
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‘He left us such a gift’: In ‘Love From the Front … and Beyond,’ daughter shares WWII vet’s storiesAug 16, 2024 3:00 am - The daughter of World War II veteran and longtime St. Charles resident Bill Wiebmer has published a book with his letters and stories, “Love From the Front ... And Beyond.”
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‘It’s going to happen again’: Biting mites an issue for some following cicada emergenceAug 15, 2024 6:57 pm - Like 17 years ago, a corollary effect of the periodical cicada emergence has left some people scratching unexplained red welts appearing seemingly out of nowhere.
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Antioch’s Sequoit Creek Park opens SaturdayAug 15, 2024 5:29 pm - Antioch officials will host the grand opening of Sequoit Creek Park at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 17. Mayor Scott Gartner and the village board will cut the ribbon on the $1...
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Ray Bradbury arts and music fest this SaturdayAug 15, 2024 2:22 pm - The 24th annual Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine Arts & Music Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 4:51 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17 at Bowen Park, 1800 N. Sheridan Road, Waukega...
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West Chicago teen gets 8 years in prison for brutal beating of autistic manAug 15, 2024 10:49 am - A West Chicago teenager was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted first-degree murder in the brutal 2023 beating of an autistic man.
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Kane County GOP Parading for Trump plan hits parking snafuAug 15, 2024 8:33 am - The Kane County Republican Party’s planned Parading for Trump caravan on Sunday, Aug. 18, has run into a hitch in its giddyap
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Sheriff warns of drug-soaked pieces of paperAug 14, 2024 8:55 pm - Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart issued a warning Wednesday about the danger of paper soaked with synthetic drugs, after his investigators seized several pieces from inmates at the county jail recently.
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‘A lapse in judgment’: Cartoon in GOP newsletter bashed by suburban Democrats and RepublicansAug 14, 2024 12:42 pm - A cartoon circulated by the Vernon Township Republican organization is being criticized as “disgusting” and “outrageous” by Democrats and fellow Republicans
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Monaville Road to close at rail crossing in Round Lake BeachAug 14, 2024 10:02 am - The Canadian National Railway crossing on Monaville Road in Round Lake Beach will be closed or repairs starting at 6 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20 and is expected to reopen by the afternoon of Saturday, Aug. 24.