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Illinois has received more than 3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from the federal government as of Wednesday.

Illinois | COVID-19: How some suburban seniors found ways to get vaccines

Illinois' COVID-19 vaccine dose total surpassed 3 million Wednesday, but it's still survival of the luckiest for thousands of Illinoisans seeking inoculations. Here's what worked -- or did not -- for some of them.
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Crime | Man charged with aggravated DUI in Route 53 Rolling Meadows crash that killed four

A 32-year-old Bellwood man is facing aggravated DUI charges in Saturday's fatal crash on Route 53 in Rolling Meadows that killed two sisters and their children.
Tenants in the Arlington Heights office building where Phil Pecoraro has worked for the past 28 years turn out to celebrate the building engineer’s 90th birthday.

Columns | Constable: Office building's oldest fixture feted for his 90th birthday

A fixture at an Arlington Heights office building, where he's a wiz at everything from electric to plumbing, Phil Pecoraro worked his regular shift Wednesday, but not without the occupants throwing him a 90th birthday party.
Sara Magnafichi is a first-grade teacher at Admiral Byrd School in Elk Grove Village.

Education | 3 suburban teachers named Golden Apple finalists

Three suburban teachers are finalists for the 2021 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching to be awarded this spring. In all, 32 finalists were chosen from 708 teachers nominated statewide.
Exercise riders wait in front of the grandstand for their jockeys in 2020 at Arlington Park.
Columns | O'Donnell: It's time for George S. Halas Stadium at Arlington Park
Jim O'Donnell says let's bring the Bears to Arlington Heights.
News | Winfield police investigating 'suspicious' fall from hospital parking deck
A woman and her child suffered major injuries Tuesday after falling six floors from the parking garage at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield police said.
Catalina Lauf
Politics | Woodstock native Catalina Lauf to challenge U.S. Rep. Kinzinger in GOP primary
Woodstock native Catalina Lauf announced in a video Tuesday evening that she plans to challenge U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger in the Republican primary to represent Illinois' 16th Congressional District after she said his criticism of former President Donald Trump brought division to the party.
Past Lake County Restaurant Weeks have focused on deals from local eateries, including Gurnee’s Primo Italiano. This year, organizers are changing the focus from getting deals to saving businesses.
Business | Here's your excuse for not cooking in Lake County
Lake County Restaurant Week usually features dining deals and special menus. This year, though, organizers are hoping residents will spend money to help save ailing businesses.
Schaumburg trustees voted 5-1 to approve five video gambling cafes this week — the maximum number they settled on two years ago when they decided village residents would be able to apply for licenses to run the businesses.
News | Schaumburg approves 5 gambling cafes, sticks to that limit
Schaumburg trustees on Tuesday approved plans for the maximum five gambling cafes they agreed to allow when they decided two years ago that residents could open such businesses in town.
Edward Guerra Kodatt, the hand-picked successor for former Illinois’ Speark of the House Mike Madigan’s seat, abruptly resigned Wednesday under pressure from his sponsors who accused him of unspecified “questionable conduct.
Politics | Madigan's successor resigns amid 'questionable conduct'
The hand-picked successor to former House Speaker Michael Madigan's seat abruptly resigned Wednesday, under pressure from his sponsors who accused him of unspecified "questionable conduct."
Fry’s Electronics is permanently closing, citing the struggles it faced as a retailer during the coronavirus pandemic. The company, which was in business for 36 years, had 31 stores in nine states. Fry’s Electronics Inc. said it stopped regular operations and began the wind-down process of its business on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021.
Business | Funky electronics chain Fry's is no more
Fry's Electronics, the go-to chain for tech tinkerers looking for an obscure part, is closing for good. The company said Wednesday in an online posting that the COVID-19 pandemic had made it impossible to continue.
Marengo police responded about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday to the Circle K/Shell gas station at 600 N. State St., which is also Route 23, for a reported gunshot victim and armed robbery, according to a news release.
McHenry County | Employee shot, injured during armed robbery of Marengo gas station
Police are searching for two men in connection with an armed robbery and shooting that sent a Marengo gas station employee to the hospital early Wednesday.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 553, Don Vickery photo: Plotting the downfall of one another are these chess club members at Arlington High School in March of 1965. Clockwise from above left are Ferdunand Korndorf, Robert Jenkins, John Simmons and Allan Swaby.
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A pedestrian takes small steps in the slippery snow to cross S. Vail Ave. in Arlington Heights Monday night.
It was a busy and unpredictable couple of weeks and Daily Herald photographers present it in The Week in Pictures for February 6-19, 2021.
A jet crosses the path of a sun pillar seen from the parking lot of Glenbrook North High School Saturday. Sun pillars happen when a strong light source, in this case it is the setting sun, reflects off tiny ice crystals suspended in the air. The bitter cold and bright sun were the perfect conditions that day. This sun pillar lasted less than 10 minutes and got stronger as the sun went lower.
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Brian Kotowski, of Palatine uses his snowblower to dig out from an overnight snowstorm that once again hit the suburbs, “The first couple of times were all right, now I don’t like it,” Kotowski mentioned as he took a break during his snow removal duties on Tuesday morning.
Suburbanites were digging out of more snow Tuesday and Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a disaster proclamation for the entire state.
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