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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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Geneva Dadabo, 12, of Elgin and her mom, Rachael, listen as nurse Yesi Velazquez goes over some details before administering Geneva’s COVID-19 vaccine at Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin. The federal government approved COVID-19 shots for children ages 12 to 15 in May, and authorization for kids ages 5 to 11 could come in days.

As FDA panel backs Pfizer shot for kids 5-11, when can yours get one? Here are local plans so far

An FDA advisory committee today voted 17-0 with one abstention to back the vaccine for children 5 to 11 years old. So when and how can your kid get a COVID-19 shot? Pediatricians' offices, clinics and schools are among options in the suburbs, but officials are still waiting on final approvals. Here's what we know.
Ooey-gooey pumpkin mac and cheese.

Two comfort food favorites are given a seasonal spin to broaden kids' palates

Getting kids to try different foods is as easy as swapping in new ingredients to old favorites, such as adding pumpkin to mac and cheese or squash to quesadillas.
A ghost named “Ollie” is well known to those who work at village hall in Antioch.

'Ollie' the Antioch village hall ghost, and other history to be found in suburb's scavenger hunt

Through the years, many who have worked at Antioch village hall say they have felt an unexplained presence, heard an unexpected noise or saw a fleeting image. Benign but sometimes unnerving ghosts said to inhabit buildings downtown are among the stories showcased in an interactive community scavenger hunt called Uncover Antioch.
Thorn Restaurant’s four-course Prisoner Wine Dinner includes a pairing of Korean fried smoked pork belly with Saldo Zinfandel.

Dining bites: Prisoner Wine Dinner, Andy's new seasonal treats & more

Start the weekend at Thorn Restaurant's four-course Prisoner Wine Dinner Friday. Plus, Two Brothers Coffee Roasters recently collaborated with Chicago's Field Museum on the new Fossil Fuel coffee and Andy's Frozen Custard is now serving apple pie and pumpkin pie treats.
This year, Halloween falls on a Sunday. Check our list of trick-or-treat hours so you can have the candy ready when your doorbell starts to ring.
Trick-or-treat hours throughout the suburbs
This year, Halloween falls on a Sunday. Check our list of trick-or-treat hours so you can have the candy ready when your doorbell starts to ring.
Drink's Halloweekend costume parties start at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 29-30.
Halloween bar bashes, pub crawls return this year
Halloween weekend is upon us, and for all those who don't have plans yet to celebrate the spookiest weekend of the year, here are some Halloween happenings at entertainment venues in the suburbs and city.
So far, 7,223,764 people have been fully vaccinated, 56.7% of Illinois' 12.7 million population.
Children age 11 and younger represent 15.8% of new COVID-19 cases in Illinois
New cases of COVID-19 among Illinois children ages 5 to 11 reached 277 Tuesday, the same day a federal panel of experts recommended use of Pfizer's vaccine for that cohort.
Crissa Almughrabi, dual language kindergarten teacher at Nature Ridge Elementary School in Bartlett, has dedicated much of her 29-year career to bilingual education because of her love for languages. She has been teaching at Elgin Area School District U-46 for 17 years.
Bartlett bilingual kindergarten teacher's love for languages inspires her work
When Crissa Almughrabi started learning Spanish at age 12, it was just a hobby. She never thought it would become her calling years later. "I absolutely love the language," says Almughrabi, 57, of St. Charles, now a dual language kindergarten teacher at Nature Ridge Elementary School in Bartlett.
DuPage County Health Department Executive Director Karen Ayala
DuPage to close mass vaccination clinic as focus shifts to inoculating kids
A DuPage County mass vaccination clinic that reopened earlier this month in an effort to administer COVID-19 boosters will shut down again as public health officials prepare to distribute pediatric shots once federal regulators give the go-ahead.
Eight-year-old Angel Becerra of Palatine, who wants to become a police officer and is going through chemotherapy to treat leukemia, had a special day organized for him by the Palatine Police Department.
Palatine boy battling leukemia gets special treatment from police department
Eight-year-old Angel Becerra wants to become a police officer -- a resolve reinforced by being treated to a one-of-a-kind day recently by the Palatine Police Department.
In spite of being threatened by new technologies and the pandemic, vinyl records sales are strong, says Steve Warrenfeltz, owner of Kiss The Sky record shop in Batavia.
Constable: Neither 8-tracks nor CDs nor virus can scratch vinyl market
Vinyl records survived 8-track, CDs and even digital streaming. And when the pandemic threatened, vinyl record sales skyrocketed at shops like Kiss The Sky in Batavia.
Kevin Costner & Modern West plays the reopening of the Des Plaines Theatre on Sunday, Oct. 31.
Best Bets: Kevin Costner to rock the reopening of Des Plaines Theatre
Kevin Costner & Modern West reopen the renovated Des Plaines Theatre Sunday, Black Violin plays the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan Friday, and comedian and self-styled psychic Karen Rontowski performs seasonal standup sets this weekend at Zanies in Rosemont.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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