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Lions Clubs International marks 100 years with huge convention in Chicago
Oak Brook-based Lions Clubs International is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding with a centennial convention June 30 through July 4 at Chicago's McCormick Place.
Last Updated Jun 26, 2017 6:27 AM -
Kane clerk fees lawsuit could face delay during Cook appeal
Updated Jun 22, 2017 10:34 AM
A lawsuit against the Kane County circuit court clerk arguing the office improperly charged people some fees could be put on hold while an appellate court panel considers a similar case in Cook County that was dismissed by a judge.
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Kane County considering ‘Cupcake Law’ to allow home baking businesses
Updated Jun 21, 2017 7:43 PM
Kane County health officials are pushing for local adoption of the “Cupcake Law,” allowing for the production and sale of certain baked goods out of non-inspected home kitchens.
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Police: Man attacked estranged wife on St. Charles street
Updated Jun 21, 2017 4:23 PM
A 43-year-old man has been charged with pummeling his estranged wife on a St. Charles street early Tuesday morning, just as was leaving her job.
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Cross-country course development for Settler’s Hill targeted for fall
Updated Jun 20, 2017 7:27 PM
Construction on a nearly $4 million cross-country track at the former Settler’s Hill landfill in Geneva may begin as soon as this fall.
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Wrongful-death suit filed in Aurora retention pond crash that killed mom, 9-year-old son
Updated Jun 20, 2017 11:40 AMA wrongful-death suit has been filed against a management company and a 37-year-old Aurora man seeking damages for a June 2015 crash that killed an Aurora woman and her 9-year-old son after her vehicle plunged into a retention pond.
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Constable: Bail law a good measure you don’t want to use
Posted Jun 20, 2017 5:30 AM
Those Republicans and Democrats in Springfield finally come up with a bill that our governor signs into law, and no one wants to use it.
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How telecommuters create a new type of Neighborhood Watch
Posted Jun 26, 2017 1:17 PM
With the rise in numbers of people working from home, the time seems ripe for a revival of the Neighborhood Watch programs of years past.
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Lake in the Hills theater offers sensory-friendly movies
Posted Jun 26, 2017 1:02 PM
Throughout the summer, the AMC movie theater along the Randall Road corridor in Lake in the Hills will be offering sensory-friendly movies for people with special needs.
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- Elgin Theatre Company to stage ‘The Odd Couple’
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