Cook County
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Spring cleaning: Volunteers pick up trash on miles of area bike trailsApr 12, 2024 10:29 am - Bike Palatine Club vice president Kevin Keehn often wondered who picked up all the roadside trash after a long winter. That question led him on a personal mission of picking up litter along Northwest suburban roads/trails where he annually cycles a couple thousand miles.
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‘A trailblazer who broke barriers’: Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough diesApr 07, 2024 7:34 pm - Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough, who was recently hospitalized for a serious medical condition, has died. She was 73. Yarbrough passed away Sunday afternoon, according ...
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Cook County medical examiner hosts Missing Person Day April 20Apr 04, 2024 6:41 am - The Cook County medical examiner's office will host its fourth annual Cook County Missing Persons Day on April 20 to connect those who have long-term missing loved ones w...
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Cook County offering low-cost rabies vaccines, microchips for petsApr 04, 2024 6:40 am - The Cook County Department of Animal and Rabies Control is kicking off its 2024 Partners in Prevention clinics beginning Saturday, April 13. Through mid-October, the dep...
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Recent home and property salesApr 02, 2024 12:54 pm - Cook County property transfers for Dec. 28, 2023, to March 6, 2024
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Richard Phelan, former Cook County Board president who restored abortion services, dies at 86Mar 30, 2024 7:42 pm - Richard Phelan emerged as a rising political star in the 1990s, winning a term as Cook County Board president and restoring abortion services at the county hospital syste...
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Former Justice Eileen O'Neill Burke wins Cook County state’s attorney Democratic primaryMar 29, 2024 6:32 pm - Eileen O'Neill Burke, a former appellate judge, has won the Democratic primary for Cook County state's attorney over Clayton Harris III, an attorney with party backing. T...
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Still no winner in Cook County state’s attorney Democratic primaryMar 26, 2024 6:59 pm - The approximately 800 suburban mail-in ballots tallied Tuesday by the Cook County Clerk’s Office shrank former appellate court Judge Eileen O’Neill Burke’s lead over for...
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Cook County state’s attorney race tightens as vote count continuesMar 25, 2024 7:23 pm - Nearly a week after election day, a little more than 2,000 votes separate Eileen O’Neill Burke and Clayton Harris III, Democratic contenders for Cook County state’s attorney
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‘A perfect storm’: What’s our protection level against measles amid Chicago outbreak?Mar 24, 2024 8:54 am - Considered to be effectively eliminated across the U.S. in 2000, a measles outbreak in Chicago this month is a wake-up call about how easily things can spiral, experts say. How well protected are Illinoisans against the highly contagious respiratory virus?