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Students return to repaired Murphy Elementary in Round Lake Park
Aug 15, 2018 7:28 PM - Students were welcomed back to the newly repaired Murphy Elementary School Wednesday. The Round Lake Park school was damaged by floodwaters last July. -
What we're watching today: Dashcam video of plane landing on highwayAug 15, 2018 1:44 PM - This video of a plane landing on a highway might be the best argument ever for having a dashcam.
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Fact-checking the bipartisan spinfest on Brett Kavanaugh's time at the White House
Aug 15, 2018 7:08 AM - Democrats and Republicans have been arguing over the breadth of records being sought from Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's time as a White House adviser to President George W. Bush. Kavanaugh, who is now President Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, was a Republican lawyer investigating President Bill Clinton on independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr's team in the 1990s. He was an associate White House counsel and later staff secretary for Bush for nearly five tumultuous years after 9/11. He's written more than 300 opinions since becoming a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2006.
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Was Smokey Bear Wrong? How a beloved character may have helped fuel catastrophic fires
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West Chicago police: Firefighters find body in smoldering blanket during training
Aug 15, 2018 8:07 AM - West Chicago police are investigating the death of a person found Tuesday wrapped in a still-smoldering blanket on a Joliet Street property just south of Roosevelt Road. -
Ben Zobrist told ump he wanted an electronic strike zone. He got thrown out of game.
Aug 15, 2018 6:37 AM - A few things got unmasked Tuesday at Wrigley Field, where the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 7-0. The Cubs' Ben Zobrist was ejected from the game, and he bared his feelings about the need for and electronic strike zone in the game. -
What we're watching today: The most stressful part of the start of school
Aug 14, 2018 12:37 PM - Watch Gerry Brooks describe the perils of lunch room duty. -
How Campton Hills woman is helping save monarch butterflies
Aug 14, 2018 6:28 AM - Wendy Waddick of Campton Hills has been working to save monarch butterflies ever since she laid eyes on the tiger-striped caterpillar in her yard. Hers is among 1,500 way stations statewide helping with conservation efforts. -
Constable: Bote miracle rekindles feelings from 'Sandberg Game'
Aug 16, 2018 12:27 PM - With the Chicago Cubs trailing 3-0 in the bottom of the ninth inning and down to their last strike, most of us fans at Wrigley Field are still there and clinging to the hope that we are about to see something we will remember for the rest of our lives.
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Two pulled from burning car at Palatine gas station
Aug 14, 2018 6:44 AM - Two people were pulled from a car that caught fire Monday afternoon after crashing into a gas pump at a busy Palatine intersection, according to a longtime clerk at the business.
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