Articles filed under Counties
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Charges filed in 2017 East Dundee-area homicide, arsonAug 24, 2020 1:00 am - Prosecutors have charged two men with the slaying of a 36-year-old East Dundee-area man whose body was found shot and badly burned after a 2017 house fire. The Kane Coun...
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Peaches being recalled after salmonella outbreakAug 24, 2020 1:00 am - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, along with the CDC and state and local partners, is investigating an ongoing multistate outbreak of salmonella enteritidis potenti...
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Kane County libraries make late plea for COVID-19 relief fundsAug 24, 2020 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated to change the date to apply for funding to Sept. 15 and deleted a sentence about when the county board would vote on the f...
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Morrison, Kaegi to talk tax bills on FacebookAug 24, 2020 1:00 am - Cook County Commissioner Kevin B. Morrison will host a live, virtual discussion at noon Wednesday with Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi on residents' property assessment...
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Police: Teen charged after crashing stolen car, killing passengerAug 24, 2020 1:00 am - A 15-year-old Waukegan boy faces reckless homicide and other charges after police say he crashed a stolen car late Sunday night, killing his 14-year-old passenger. Accor...
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Early voting site in Palatine finalized after much discussionAug 24, 2020 1:00 am - Early voting in Palatine will take place at a village-owned building south of the Metra station - not village hall as usual - a decision that came after lots of behind-t...
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Leagues of Women Voters celebrate the 19th Amendment inviting DuPage and Kane County state legislatorsAug 23, 2020 11:00 pm - Leaders of the seven Leagues of Women Voters of DuPage County, plus LWV Central Kane County will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment by hosting an in...
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Lake County Democrats moving to oust Link ahead of his scheduleAug 23, 2020 1:00 am - Lake County Democrats, unhappy with party Chair Terry Link's plan to wait until Sept. 15 to step down in the wake of a federal tax evasion charge, have called a special ...
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Dinosaur display wows crowds at DuPage County FairgroundsAug 23, 2020 1:00 am - A dinosaur display that's usually part of a convention held indoors in Rosemont has instead provided much-needed revenue for the nonprofit DuPage County Fair Association...
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Many women in early years had separate ballots. Some were pink.Aug 22, 2020 1:00 am - When women gained the right to vote in 1920 through the 19th Amendment, they were given separate ballots. Some of them were pink. But their experience going to the poll...