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Best bets: Pentatonix, Elgin Fringe Festival, Greta Van Fleet, Shedd after-hoursAug 30, 2023 6:00 am - Happy Fringe-y birthday The Elgin Fringe Festival returns for its 10th year with even more cutting-edge performances. Built around Fringe Central at the Side Street Stud...
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Illinois leaders call on Biden to let state sponsor migrant workersAug 30, 2023 1:00 am - Elected officials and business leaders in Illinois are calling on President Joe Biden to ease work restrictions for asylum-seekers and other long-term undocumented worke...
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Blue supermoon doesn't disappoint: A few views from the suburbsAug 30, 2023 1:00 am - The second full moon of August rose Wednesday night, making for a spectacular sight in the suburbs. Wednesday's blue moon also was a supermoon, which means that it was a...
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State leaders announce mental health grant program for farm groupsAug 29, 2023 1:00 am - By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com Farmers and residents of rural communities often face stigma when it comes to mental health challeng...
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TV news crew robbed at gunpoint in ChicagoAug 29, 2023 1:00 am - Members of a Univision Chicago TV news crew were robbed at gunpoint early Monday in West Town as they were reporting on a recent rash of armed robberies. The reporter an...
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Teen injured in shooting near large gathering of teens outside Cicero movie theaterAug 27, 2023 1:00 am - A teen boy was injured in a Sunday evening shooting as a large group of teens gathered at a west suburban movie theater, Cicero police said. It all started around 5:45 p...
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Chicago police are investigating a shooting at White Sox game at Guaranteed Rate FieldAug 26, 2023 1:00 am - Two women were injured Friday night in a shooting during a White Sox baseball game at Guaranteed Rate Field. Chicago police say a 42-year-old woman sustained a gunshot w...
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Rhiannon Giddens is as much scholar as musician. Now, she's showing her saucy side on a new album.Aug 25, 2023 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Most people familiar with singer Rhiannon Giddens know her scholarly side. She won a MacArthur “genius grant” for her work making sure the contributions of Bl...
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4 things to watch when the Bears face the Bills in Saturday's preseason finaleAug 25, 2023 1:00 am - The Bears have one last tuneup. They will take on the Buffalo Bills during their third and final preseason game Saturday at Soldier Field. Justin Fields and the starters...
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New casino opens in southern IllinoisAug 25, 2023 1:00 am - CARTERVILLE - Gov. J.B. Pritzker joined hundreds of people from across southern Illinois on Friday to celebrate the opening of the state's 14th casino on a rural estate ...