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    										“Great news for riders?” Or, a “tax increase primarily hitting suburbanites?” What to know about the recently approved transit plan and its 45-cent toll hike.
    	                				 
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    										Community Crisis Center has served the Elgin area for 50 years, offering services including a 24-hour crisis hotline, temporary shelter, individual and group counseling, medical and legal advocacy, financial assistance and more.
    	                				 
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    										Wheeling officials said federal immigration agents approached a village fire station Saturday asking to use the station parking lot but soon left. Village President Patrick Horcher said a citizens' group arrived at the scene and began blowing whistles after they arrived.
    	                				 
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    										The Bears scored with 17 seconds left in Sunday’s stunning 47-42 victory over the Bengals in Cincinnati.
    	                				 
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    										As more and more synthetic turf fields are installed at suburban high school athletic fields, questions remain about whether they leave athletes more susceptible to injury.
    	                				 
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    										More than two-thirds of suburban high schools scored above 50% proficiency in English language arts and nearly half scored above 50% proficiency in mathematics on the ACT college entrance exam, according to the 2025 Illinois School Report Card data.
    	                				 
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    										A proposed commercial solar farm near Antioch won the backing of Lake County’s Zoning Board of Appeals, but opponents including Antioch officials still hope the project can be derailed or relocated.
    	                				 
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    										CHICAGO — The Cubs had a major league-high three Gold Glove winners this year, with Pete Crow-Armstrong, Ian Happ and Nico Hoerner all taking home baseball’s most famous ...
    	                				 
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    										Billed as the largest monthly event of its kind in the world, the Great Midwest Train Show lived up to its name Sunday at the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton.
    	                				 
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    										McHenry County officials are working with state agencies to appeal the the denial of federal disaster relief for severe storms that swept through the county in August.
    	                				 
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