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Why state parks will stop offering plastic flatware and cupsJul 14, 2022 5:00 am - Starting next year, you can still bring plastic spoons and cups into state parks — but they won't be offered. The change is part of a bill Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into...
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Child molester sentenced in Algonquin caseJul 14, 2022 1:00 am - A 26-year-old Chicago man was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography and sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl in...
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Chicago's U.S. attorney sues Cubs over ADA compliance in Wrigley Field renovationJul 14, 2022 1:00 am - The U.S. attorney's office sued the Cubs on Thursday over the team's recent yearslong renovation of Wrigley Field, aiming to force the North Siders to remedy alleged vio...
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Pritzker names state's first electric vehicles coordinatorJul 14, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois will soon have its first electric vehicles coordinator. Included in the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act energy reform that passed last year was a r...
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Ferrero plans to open 'innovation center' in Marshall Field buildingJul 14, 2022 1:00 am - Global sweets company Ferrero Group plans to open an "innovation center" in the old Marshall Field and Co. building in downtown Chicago, the company announced Thursday. ...
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Planned Parenthood chapters coordinating abortion access in Waukegan for Wisconsin residentsJul 14, 2022 1:00 am - Planned Parenthood affiliates in Illinois and Wisconsin said Thursday they have formed a partnership to expand services at an abortion clinic in Waukegan to help serve r...
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Top 25 Bears in 2022: Robert Quinn will be among team's best players - if he staysJul 14, 2022 1:00 am - We're counting down the Top 25 most important Bears for the 2022 season. What makes one player more important than another? That's subjective, of course. But for our pur...
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Hub's training camp preview: With Hicks and Nichols gone, Bears need to build up D-lineJul 14, 2022 1:00 am - 7th in a series The interior defensive line has been a strength of the Bears in recent seasons, but it is now a pedestrian group at best with the free-agent departures o...
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Trial of 4 charged in ComEd scheme rescheduled because of R. Kelly caseJul 14, 2022 1:00 am - The trial of four people accused of trying to bribe then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has been rescheduled for March 6. Charged in the case are longtime Madiga...
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Disgraced R&B star R. Kelly back in Chicago for sex trialJul 13, 2022 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - R. Kelly has been returned to the federal jail in downtown Chicago ahead of his trial on child pornography and obstruction-of-justice charges, just two we...