Vivid creatures invade arboretum
May 24, 2025After three impressive, but limited on color, large-scale sculpture exhibits, the Morton Arboretum has some eye-popping works for visitors to check out over the next two years. Vivid…
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Kreutzer Road widening may lead to Huntley Amtrak stop
May 23, 2025Huntley officials are finalizing preparations for what they say is the village’s largest-ever public improvement project next spring. The road improvements may ultimately play a…
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Black Lives Matter founder takes regional school board seat
May 23, 2025A two-year controversy ended with the swearing-in ceremony of new members at the Lake County Regional Board of School Trustees meeting Monday. Clyde McLemore was administered the oath…
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Is ‘tornado alley’ shifting?
May 23, 2025Near-record-dry soil moisture levels contributed to the May 16 wind-driven dust storm that coated Chicago and much of northwestern Illinois in a pesky layer of dust and debris, according…
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What to know about lead service line replacements
May 23, 2025Though public works and road construction projects present a seasonal nuisance, improving the city’s infrastructure benefits the entire community. This is especially true for Rockford’s…
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Homer Glen man charged with threatening state rep
May 23, 2025A Homer Glen man has been charged with threatening a state representative. Steven Brady, 40, faces one count of threat to a public official, a Class 3 felony. Illinois State Police…
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Former O’Fallon bank exec pleads guilty to $2 million fraud
May 23, 2025A former senior executive at the Bank of O’Fallon has pleaded guilty to defrauding the bank of nearly $2 million and cheating a Lebanon couple out of nearly half a million dollars…
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Underwood forgoes U.S. Senate race
May 23, 2025Saying that she intends to “continue working to drive down costs for American families, flip the House, and elect a new generation of changemakers,” 14th District Illinois Congresswoman…
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Suspect charged in shooting of three Fairview Heights officers
May 22, 2025A Belleville man has been charged in connection with the shooting of three Fairview Heights police officers. Elijah Thompson, 22, has been charged with four counts of attempted murder,…
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Family, elected officials celebrate Chicago centenarian
May 22, 2025In the late 1930s, Baldomero Chavez followed the path of many young men from Mexico and came to United States looking for work. After spending a few years in Texas and Tennessee, he…
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