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A new year brings with it the promise of a plethora of new restaurants that are anticipated to open in the suburbs in 2026. Here’s a taste of what we know is to come, including Chicago darling avec,...

Make plans for new restaurants coming to the suburbs in 2026 ↗

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David Garcia has been struggling to sell a plot his mother owns at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Arlington Heights. He’s offering it at well below the usual price, but he’s encountering an unexpected...

‘I had to go through hell’: When burial plans change, disposing of plots can be anything but peaceful ↗

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On the football field, the Bears’ 2025 calendar year at the beginning and toward the end was marked by improbable victories over the rival Packers. But off the gridiron, the team’s quest for a new...

Stadium shuffle: Bears’ relocation saga in 2025 went from lakefront to Arlington Heights to Northwest Indiana ↗

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The Catlow 1927 Foundation will celebrate the new year while raising funds for the restoration of the historic Barrington theater. The goal is to reopen the Catlow, 116 W. Main St., by 2027, in time f...

Catlow Theater fundraiser will ring in new year as restoration progresses toward reopening in 2027 ↗

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Any other time of the year, an aged bearded gentleman breaking into suburban homes through chimneys would make our list of 2025’s odd and unusual crimes and cases. But for the sake of the season, we...

TikTok pranks and delivery fails: A look back at the odd cases of 2025 ↗

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump said Thursday night that he’d launched a “powerful and deadly” U.S. strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing...

Trump says US struck IS targets in Nigeria ↗

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On Christmas morning, 11-year-old Cande Rufino was at the window of his Elgin apartment on the lookout for Santa — arriving by fire truck instead of the traditional sleigh. Each year, firefighters d...

‘It gives me hope’: Elgin mom and her five children receive Christmas cheer from firefighters — and Santa ↗

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A friend’s suggestion to add deer to a painting created a snowball effect that resulted in artist Tom Lynch's latest watercolor painting to grace the front page of the Daily Herald on Christmas Day....

Merry Christmas! Suburban artist Tom Lynch keeps decades-old holiday tradition alive with serene winter setting ↗

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