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After last weekend’s snowstorm, demand for snowblower repair is at an all-time high in the Chicago suburbs, according to multiple mechanics in the area. The reason is multifaceted, having to do with...

After storm, snowblower repair mechanics deal with massive demand ↗

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A Republican candidate running to succeed longtime U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky in the largely suburban 9th District was convicted of a sex crime against a juvenile decades ago. Paul S. Friedman, 55, ...

Ninth District congressional candidate was convicted of sex crime against a juvenile, records show ↗

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What started with a wrong turn could become the right refuge for hundreds of domestic violence and human trafficking survivors from the north suburbs. A Safe Place, a Lake County-based agency that pro...

How a wrong turn led to a possible safe haven for abuse survivors ↗

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An Arlington Heights-based nonprofit that started a decade ago as a Facebook group connecting families who have children in therapy is celebrating its first brick-and-mortar presence: a resale toy sto...

A decade after forming on Facebook, kids charity opens resale toy shop in Arlington Heights ↗

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Prospect High School theater teacher Jeremy Morton has been named national Teacher of the Year by BUBBL'R, maker of sparkling water beverages. Morton, known as JMo, was greeted Wednesday as he walked ...

‘Visionary’ Prospect High School drama teacher wins national award ↗

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Three people were killed in a one-car crash Wednesday night on I-290, the Illinois State Police said. The driver went off the road near the I-355 ramp and crashed into a bridge support, causing the ca...

Three people killed in crash on I-290 ↗

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From a corn boil in Galena to a special Chicago Symphony Orchestra performance to a documentary produced in Elgin, communities across Illinois are lining up to mark the USA’s 250th anniversary. So, ...

The countdown to America’s 250th birthday bash is on, and Illinois is revving up ↗

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Facing rising interest rates, difficulty in raising equity capital and higher construction costs, a developer’s plan for a six-story, 135-unit apartment building with a ground-floor restaurant in Ar...

Will 2026 be the year for this stalled downtown Arlington Heights apartment project? ↗

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