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Suburban schools ready for state ban on cellphones in class

Suburban schools ready for state ban on cellphones in class

A pending state law will require school districts to largely ban students from using cellphones during the school day. But many suburban districts have already done that and say they are seeing a difference already in student behavior.

 
Details scarce in daylong death investigation that closed I-290

Details scarce in daylong death investigation that closed I-290

Authorities have not released any details into a death investigation that closed both directions of Interstate 290 for more than seven hours Thursday.

 
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Supreme Court chooses Kane County judge to head up electronic monitoring fix

Supreme Court chooses Kane County judge to head up electronic monitoring fix

In the wake of several high-profile electronic monitoring failures — the most recent leading to the killing of a Chicago police officer — the Illinois Supreme Court is launching a new task force to fix the system. And it’ll be a suburban judge leading the way.

 
Vatican to hear appeal of St. Hubert Catholic School’s closure in Hoffman Estates

Vatican to hear appeal of St. Hubert Catholic School’s closure in Hoffman Estates

Parents working to keep open St. Hubert Catholic School in Hoffman Estates report the Vatican has agreed to hear their appeal of the Archdiocese of Chicago’s plan to close the 65-year-old institution.

 
Naperville police make another gun arrest at Topgolf

Naperville police make another gun arrest at Topgolf

A convicted felon was ordered held in jail pretrial in DuPage County after being arrested with a loaded firearm outside Naperville’s Topgolf facility Wednesday.

 
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Buffalo Grove’s 2050 vision gets nod from planning panel

Buffalo Grove’s 2050 vision gets nod from planning panel

Buffalo Grove’s planning and zoning commission voted this week to recommend the village’s 2050 comprehensive plan.

 
Cream of Wheaton opens summer fest season

Cream of Wheaton opens summer fest season

The opening of the Cream of Wheaton means summer is here. The festival continues through the weekend with a bunch of bands in Memorial Park.

 
St. Charles leaders affirm historical significance and role of the Fox River dam

St. Charles leaders affirm historical significance and role of the Fox River dam

St. Charles City Council members made it clear this week that the Fox River dam — and impoundment north of it — are important to the city.

 
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Gun maker wants to relocate from Des Plaines to Mount Prospect

Gun maker wants to relocate from Des Plaines to Mount Prospect

A Des Plaines firearms wholesale/import, manufacturing and distributing company is seeking to relocate to Mount Prospect but is running into resistance from a group of concerned residents.

 
‘Surreal’: RTA chair meets with Pope Leo at Vatican, talks AI and White Sox

‘Surreal’: RTA chair meets with Pope Leo at Vatican, talks AI and White Sox

Regional Transportation Authority Chairman Kirk Dillard met with Chicago area native Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican Wednesday.

 

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