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Showing spirit at Carpentersville’s Independence Day ParadeJun 29, 2024 4:56 pm - Carpentersville held its annual Independence Day Parade on Saturday.
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‘It gives you goose bumps’: 2,000 flags fly in Wheaton to welcome July FourthJun 29, 2024 4:23 pm - Volunteers on Saturday turned a Wheaton soccer field into a patriotic display of 2,000 American flags.
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‘Really cool to be on a runway’: Runners take off during airport 5KJun 29, 2024 3:44 pm - At least 1,000 competitors enjoyed the unique opportunity to run on an airport runway during the Rock 'n' Run the Runway 5K race at Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling Saturday.
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Chicago man accused of threats against public officials, Lake County CourthouseJun 29, 2024 4:27 pm - A Chicago man convicted in 2016 of making a terrorist threat directed at the Lake County courthouse again is being held for threatening the courthouse, authorities said Saturday.
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Singer, songwriter, provocateur and politician Kinky Friedman dead at 79Jun 29, 2024 4:27 pm - AUSTIN, Texas — Singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist Kinky Friedman, who led the alt-country band Texas Jewboys, toured with Bob Dylan, sang with Willie Nelson, and ...
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Martin Mull, hip comic and actor from ‘Fernwood Tonight’ and ‘Roseanne,’ dies at 80Jun 29, 2024 2:11 pm - LOS ANGELES — Martin Mull, whose droll, esoteric comedy and acting made him a hip sensation in the 1970s and later a beloved guest star on sitcoms including “Roseanne” an...
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Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effectJun 29, 2024 2:10 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court said Friday the state’s strict abortion law is legal, telling a lower court to dissolve a temporary block on the law and al...
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Carol Stream man ordered held pretrial in road-rage related shooting in home improvement store parking lotJun 29, 2024 4:30 pm - A Carol Stream man was ordered detained Saturday by a DuPage County judge in connection with a road rage-related shooting.
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Three states issued warnings about an unregulated boarding school for youth with autism. Illinois has 15 kids there.
Jun 29, 2024 12:27 pm - Editor’s note: This story was originally published by ProPublica. Two more states are now scrutinizing a New York boarding school for autistic students and have warned s...
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Decades after retiring from major leagues, Lisle’s Jack Perconte still in baseball as a coachJun 29, 2024 12:22 pm - Once a Major League Baseball player, Lisle’s Jack Perconte now is a coach, an author and a marathon runner.