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After seeing a boy of about 7 or 8 piloting a “motorized minibike” through his neighborhood recently, and witnessing two golf carts “barreling” through a street filled with families after an E...

Is Illinois nearing finish line for statewide regulation of e-bikes? ↗

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An apparent tornado tore through the village of Lena Friday afternoon, causing extensive damage although no one was fatally injured, authorities said. “Tonight, our village faced a devastating torna...

Flooding hits suburbs with more to come after storms strike Friday, likely tornado devastates Lena ↗

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Did a loophole in the law that eliminated cash bail in Illinois contribute to the slaying of a suburban a woman whose husband stands accused of her murder? DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin ...

Did SAFE-T Act loophole contribute to DuPage County slaying? Top prosecutor thinks so ↗

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DuPage County Board members this week approved a $629,068 expenditure after learning that election-related equipment had been disabled and wouldn’t be reactivated until a vendor was paid. Vendor Har...

DuPage County forced to pay bill after vendor disables election equipment ↗

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O’Hare International Airport surged back to earn the title of busiest airfield in the world for 2025, Chicago officials announced Tuesday. The last time O’Hare held the crown was in 2019, but a ne...

O'Hare reclaims title as world's busiest airport amid federal scrutiny over packed flight schedules ↗

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Property owners in some suburbs are bracing for potential flooding as more rounds of thunderstorms are forecast for the region. Heavy rain, high winds and hail belted parts of the suburbs Tuesday even...

More storms forecast as part of ‘remarkably active severe weather period’ for state, suburbs ↗

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Much of the Chicago area remains under a flash flood watch, while some parts of the suburbs are under a flash flood warning as more thunderstorms are expected today. Nearly 2½ inches of rain fell Tue...

Portion of suburbs under flash flood warning as more thunderstorms expected today ↗

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An unprecedented period in which the federal government is considering cutting summer flights at O’Hare International Airport amid an escalating United and American airlines rivalry just got strange...

A United and American alliance? United CEO floats idea amid intense O’Hare rivalry ↗

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