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Thursday, February 21, 2019

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The Harvest Bible Chapel in Elgin.

News | Harvest Bible Chapel founder's sons resign as pastors

The two sons of ousted ex-Harvest Bible Chapel pastor James MacDonald have resigned their positions as pastors at the church.
At least 75 people have contacted Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman about a growth they spotted on her neck.

News | Concerned viewers urge Aurora police chief to see a doctor about lump on neck

Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman says she has heard you: She's going to see her doctor, to determine if there is a lump on her neck that dozens of viewers of a Tuesday press conference think they spotted.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is congratulated by lawmakers after delivering his first budget address to a joint session of the legislature Wednesday in Springfield.

Politics | Where suburbs stand on Pritzker's plan for progressive tax, legalizing marijuana

Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants to fast-track marijuana legalization but recognized an income tax redo is a heavy lift in his first budget. Here's what suburban constituencies think.
Kentucky’s public employee pension system, $39 billion in the red, is among the worst-funded retirement plans in the country and has vexed lawmakers for years as they sought a solution. Now some lawmakers think they’ve found at least a partial fix: sports gambling.

Sports | How state lawmakers are placing their bets on sports gambling to fix pension systems

Several bills introduced this year would legalize it in the state, a step made possible by a U.S. Supreme Court decision last May that ended Nevada's monopoly. A portion of the money the state would take in would go toward plugging the gap in the underfunded pension system.
Police say “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has turned himself in to face a charge of making a false police report when he said he was attacked in downtown Chicago by two men who hurled racist and anti-gay slurs and looped a rope around his neck.
Entertainment | Police: 'Empire' actor staged attack to 'promote his career'
"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett staged a racist and homophobic attack because he was unhappy about his salary and wanted to promote his career, Chicago's police superintendent said Thursday.
Business | Mount Prospect rejects plan for Wendy's on Rand Road
Mount Prospect trustees this week turned down a plan for a Wendy's restaurant with a drive-through on Rand Road, after listening to a host of concerns from nearby residents.
Instead of basking in his successes during his rookie season with the Chicago Cubs, like his hero-making walk-off grand slam against the Nationals, above David Bote took to tasking and making the adjustments need to improve for 2019 and stick with the team.
Cubs | Bote's not basking, he's tasking in bid to stick with Chicago Cubs
Instead of basking in his successes during his rookie season with the Chicago Cubs, David Bote took to tasking and making the adjustments need to improve for 2019 and stick with the team.
When Laura Carlson Spencer of Elburn realized her prized collection of antique political buttons accidentally had been donated to Goodwill, she rushed to the store. But someone had bought the entire collection. On Wednesday, buyer Frank Mazza, 55, of West Chicago returned the buttons. “It makes me feel good,” Mazza said.
Columns | Her family heirlooms were mistakenly donated to Goodwill. Two strangers helped her get them back.
In the chaos of her family's move from St. Charles to Elburn, Laura Carson Spencer's family heirloom collection of political campaign buttons was accidentally donated to Goodwill and sold. She needed the kindness of strangers to get them back.
Roseanne Tellez
Columns | Feder: Fox 32 teams Roseanne Tellez and Rafer Weigel in mornings
Roseanne Tellez, who resigned last week from CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2 after 15 years as a reporter and news anchor, has jumped to Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32, Robert Feder writes.
Peter Tork, a blues and folk musician who became a teeny-bopper sensation as a member of the Monkees, the wisecracking, made-for-TV pop group that imitated and briefly outsold the Beatles, died Feb. 21. He was 77.
Music | Peter Tork, endearingly offbeat bassist and singer in the Monkees, dies at 77
Peter Tork, a blues and folk musician who became a teeny-bopper sensation as a member of the Monkees, the wisecracking, made-for-TV pop group that imitated and briefly outsold the Beatles, died Feb. 21. He was 77.
The long-awaited conclusion of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation appears nigh, as The Washington Post’s Devlin Barrett, Josh Dawsey and Matt Zapotosky reported.
Politics | Four big questions as the Mueller report looms
The probe will likely wrap up soon. Here's what to watch for.
Nicholas Helmer, left, and Lawrence Rosenthal, right, are candidates for Prospect Heights mayor in the 2019 election.
Politics | Watch livestream of interview with Prospect Heights mayoral candidates
The Daily Herald will livestream a joint interview Thursday between the two candidates for Prospect Heights mayor, incumbent Nicholas Helmer and challenger Lawrence Rosenthal.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Barrington’s Dayven Shinhoster gets poked in the eye by Deerfield’s Cody Goodman in the Class 3A 195-pound semifinal wrestleback bout at the 2019 IHSA wrestling state championships at State Farm Center at the University of Illinois in Champaign Saturday.
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