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‘Truly special’: Des Plaines will team with developer to renovate shuttered YMCA facility into new athletic center

‘Truly special’: Des Plaines will team with developer to renovate shuttered YMCA facility into new athletic center

Des Plaines is set to purchase a long-vacant YMCA facility and lease it to a company that will operate a new athletic center there.

 
Grand finale: After 25 years, Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band director taking last bow

Grand finale: After 25 years, Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band director taking last bow

The Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band will hold its 25th anniversary concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 9 at Stevenson High School's Performing Arts Center in Lincolnshire — the last concert with its only musical director, Howard Green, at the helm.

 
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Motorcyclist killed after crashing into tractor-trailer on I-90 near Hoffman Estates

Motorcyclist killed after crashing into tractor-trailer on I-90 near Hoffman Estates

A Rockford motorcyclist was killed after colliding with a tractor-trailer on Insterstate 90 in Hoffman Estates Tuesday evening.

 
Schaumburg extends TIF district to Loeber Farm for controversial residential development

Schaumburg extends TIF district to Loeber Farm for controversial residential development

Three months after approving a long-contemplated but controversial residential development for the 33-acre Loeber Farm, Schaumburg trustees Tuesday also gave the nod to the extension of a tax incentive to finance its necessary public improvements.

 
Suburban police officer charged with sexually abusing woman while on duty

Suburban police officer charged with sexually abusing woman while on duty

A part-time police officer from the North suburbs was behind bars Wednesday facing charges alleging he sexually abused a woman while on duty.

 
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CLC makes changes to career counseling program after staffer charged with grooming

CLC makes changes to career counseling program after staffer charged with grooming

In the wake of a now-former College of Lake County career counselor’s arrest on charges of grooming and solicitation of two female Wauconda High School students, changes are being made to the College and Career navigation program.

 
Lake County sheriff’s car hits utility pole near Woodstock while taking person to McHenry County jail

Lake County sheriff’s car hits utility pole near Woodstock while taking person to McHenry County jail

A Lake County Sheriff’s Office squad car hit a large utility pole near Woodstock late Monday, according to authorities.

 
Gurnee, Lindenhurst police investigating rash of overnight burglaries to businesses

Gurnee, Lindenhurst police investigating rash of overnight burglaries to businesses

Police in Gurnee and Lindenhurst are investigating what may be related burglaries to several businesses over the past several days.

 
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Geneva man’s 1,500 fountain pens leads to Chicago Pen Show

Geneva man’s 1,500 fountain pens leads to Chicago Pen Show

Yes, there is such a thing as the Chicago Pen Show, where fountain pen aficionados like Paul Conterato of Geneva meet hundreds of other pen enthusiasts and showcase collections.

 
Powell plans to stay on at Fed after his term as chair ends, citing legal actions by administration

Powell plans to stay on at Fed after his term as chair ends, citing legal actions by administration

Jerome Powell plans to remain on the board of the Federal Reserve after his term as chair ends next month “for an undetermined period of time,” saying the “unprecedented” legal attacks by the Trump administration have put the independence of the nation's central bank at risk.

 

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