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• Wheeling man who shot Illinois trooper sentenced to 57 years in prison

  15-07-2022 23:11
  
  A Wheeling man who shot a state trooper nearly three years ago was sentenced to 57 years in prison Friday.
  
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• Renovations to begin on historic Mayslake Hall in Oak Brook; First Folio shows will go on

  15-07-2022 22:18
  
  Renovation work on Mayslake Hall in Oak Brook officially begins Monday, July 18. The 1920s Tudor-style mansion owned by the DuPage County Forest Preserve District will be closed to the public for about a year.
  
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• State awards $400,000 grant for Presidential Park improvements

  15-07-2022 21:48
  
  The village of Algonquin received a $400,000 state grant to help pay for park improvements at Presidential Park.
  
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• Bigger fireworks and Rick Springfield concert at Elk Grove Rotary Fest

  15-07-2022 21:34
  
  Elk Grove Rotary Fest kicks off Wednesday, for the first time on the fourth weekend of July.
  
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• Gurnee pain doctor charged with fraudulently billing Medicare

  15-07-2022 21:33
  
  A doctor who ran a Gurnee pain clinic has been charged with fraudulently billing Medicare for nonexistent examinations and could face 10 years in prison, federal authorities said Friday.
  
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• Lake County revises projected water, sewer rates

  15-07-2022 21:18
  
  Projected water and sewer rate increases for those on Lake County systems have been reduced to 3% in light of high inflation.
  
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• Door of opportunity opens wide for Oak Brook-based Chamberlain, with new owners, CEO

  15-07-2022 21:05
  
  With new ownership and a new CEO, the Oak Brook-based Chamberlain Group sees a future through smart technology that moves its products beyond just opening doors.
  
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• Coffee Break: Catherine Wendt, president of Syscon, Inc.

  15-07-2022 21:05
  
  Getting to know Catherine Wendt, president of Syscon, Inc., in Hinsdale.
  
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• Elgin offers 'Block Party in a Box' to residents -- for free

  15-07-2022 20:52
  
  Elgin recently unveiled its new "Block Party in a Box" -- a trailer full of items that might have to be rented or scrounged up from multiple neighbors to hold a party, including tents, folding tables, chairs, street barricades, games and more.
  
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• Billy Corgan to host charity livestream show for Highland Park mass shooting victims

  15-07-2022 20:46
  
  Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins frontman, will perform a charity livestream show July 27 to benefit the victims of the Highland Park mass shooting, the singer announced.
  
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• Des Plaines council could decide fate of controversial plan for apartments

  15-07-2022 20:16
  
  The fate of a controversial proposal for a seven-story apartment building near downtown Des Plaines could be decided Monday.
  
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• Naperville accepting nominations for Senior of the Year Award

  15-07-2022 20:14
  
  The Naperville Senior Task Force is accepting nominations for the 2022 Senior of the Year Award
  
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• Geneva's Shakespeare in the Park returns with 'The Tempest'

  15-07-2022 20:14
  
  Geneva's Shakespeare in the Park returns with Goodly Creatures Theatre's "The Tempest" at Island Park at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 30.
  
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• Avian flu means no poultry exhibits at Kane County Fair

  15-07-2022 19:15
  
  Those browsing the 4-H exhibits at the Kane County Fair in St. Charles this week might notice there aren't any chickens or roosters.
  
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• $1M bond set for Hanover Park woman charged with illegally obtaining PPP loans

  15-07-2022 18:23
  
  Bond was set at $1 million Thursday for Destiney Baker, 36, of Hanover Park, who is accused of illegally obtaining more than $80,000 in loans from the SBA Payment Protection Progam.
  
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• 8-year-old paralyzed in Highland Park shooting experiencing post-surgery complications

  15-07-2022 18:11
  
  Cooper Roberts, the 8-year-old who suffered a severed spinal cord from the Highland Park Independence Day parade shooting, remains on a ventilator and breathing tube due to complications following his seventh surgery on Wednesday, family members said Friday.
  
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• Former Elgin Academy headmaster remembered as visionary leader

  15-07-2022 18:08
  
  Frank Hogan, former headmaster of Elgin Academy, died June 27 in Point Loma, California. Friends and colleagues say he was a visionary leader.
  
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• How artists are creating 'Mushroom Magic' and a communal art space in Prospect Heights

  15-07-2022 18:02
  
  A little park on a busy Prospect Heights road has colorful new life thanks to a group of artists, their "magic" mushrooms and an open invitation to join in the transformation.
  
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• Controversial LIV Golf tournament in Sugar Grove gets mixed support from Kane County

  15-07-2022 17:16
  
  The LIV Golf series is the most controversial name in the sport right now, but an event coming to Sugar Grove received the endorsement of Kane County this week. Some county officials abstained from the vote given the nature of the tournament's funding.
  
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• Advocate Aurora Health pledges net zero emissions by 2050

  15-07-2022 14:42
  
  Advocate Aurora Health is pledging to cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 and to achieve net zero by 2050. Made through the White House's and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Care Sector pledge, this commitment by one of the country's largest health systems underscores its resolution to make sweeping health and equity improvements across the communities it serves.Advocate Aurora plans to meet these goals by reducing emissions produced by its 500-plus sites of car
  
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• Burnin' Mouth now serving Nashville-style hot chicken at Yorktown Center

  15-07-2022 07:22
  
  Nashville-style hot chicken is on the menu now that a Burnin' Mouth restaurant has opened at Yorktown Center. The California-based restaurant chain chose Lombard for its first Midwest location.
  
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• What's next for Highland Park shooting defendant? It'll be a long road, Gacy's attorney says

  15-07-2022 07:17
  
  What's next in the case of the Highland Park parade shooting suspect? And what's it like to try a case that'll be in the national spotlight? To find out, we asked a suburban lawyer who knows all about defending a person accused of a heinous crime.
  
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• Next on 'QuackGyver': How passersby and a cop rescued 7 ducklings with zip ties and more

  15-07-2022 07:16
  
  Seven ducklings escaped a harrowing adventure in the sewer and were reunited with their mother Thursday afternoon with the help of passerby who heard their cries and called the Mount Prospect Police Department.
  
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• Motorcyclist dies in crash near Deerfield

  15-07-2022 03:58
  
  A motorcyclist died Thursday after a collision with a semitrailer truck on Interstate 94 near Deerfield Road.
  
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• $25 million project would bring more affordable housing to Elgin area

  15-07-2022 02:48
  
  A pending Elgin development may soon help people in the area, including those with disabilities, find affordable housing. The Association for Individual Development introduced plans for a $25 million redevelopment of the property at 695 S. State St.
  
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• Planned Parenthood chapters coordinating abortion access in Waukegan for Wisconsin residents

  15-07-2022 01:56
  
  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 residents of Wisconsin, where abortion services have been stopped.
  
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• Glenview police looking for suspect in robbery of downtown shop

  15-07-2022 01:35
  
  Glenview police are looking for more information about an armed robbery at a downtown business Thursday morning, officials said.
  
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• Aurora police rank second in DUI arrests outside Chicago

  15-07-2022 00:45
  
  Aurora police ranked second in Illinois last year for DUI arrests in municipalities outside Chicago, according to the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists' annual survey released Thursday.
  
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• ComEd installs beehives in power-line route through Prospect Heights prairie

  15-07-2022 00:40
  
  ComEd and local officials gathered Thursday morning for the installation of two beehives in a five-acre prairie in Prospect Heights where the company maintains a right of way for a half-mile stretch of power lines.
  
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