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• Firehouse-themed restaurant planned for former Fritzl's on Route 12 in Lake Zurich

  19-09-2022 19:12
  A firehouse-themed eatery is planned for the former Fritzl's European Restaurant & Pub, a 36-year mainstay on Route 12 in Lake Zurich that closed last fall.
  
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• New York Warns Trump It Will Not Comply With Public School D.E.I. Order

  05-04-2025 01:21 via nytimes.com
  
  New York’s stance differed from the muted and deferential responses from other major institutions to the administration’s threats.
  
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• The Torlonia Marbles Offer Everything We Ask of Art

  03-04-2025 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has the urgency of the greatest contemporary art.
  
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• Ground stops issued at O'Hare, Midway as lightning, thunder, heavy rain continues

  28-03-2025 05:57 via nbcchicago.com
  
  Many in the Chicago area Friday morning woke up to lightning flashes, thunder, heavy downpours and even pea-sized hail as a narrow band of showers moved across the area.
  
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• Remains found in Fox River identified as woman who went missing in 1983

  27-03-2025 20:32 via nbcchicago.com
  
  Human remains that were recovered from a vehicle found in the Fox River in Elgin earlier this week have been positively identified as those of Karen Schepers, a 23-year-old woman who went missing in April 1983, officials said Thursday.
  
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• Is former Cub Anthony Rizzo on an MLB team? What to know as Opening Day begins season

  27-03-2025 20:18 via nbcchicago.com
  
  Though the Chicago Cubs began their season earlier this month in Japan against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the vast majority of the rest of Major League Baseball got their seasons underway Thursday on traditional Opening Day. As fans across the country are tuning in to their team’s first matchup of the year, some Cubs fans may be wondering who former...
  
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• Kansas child complains of ‘monster' under the bed. Babysitter then comes face-to-face with man hiding there

  27-03-2025 19:35 via nbcchicago.com
  
  A babysitter looked under a bed to reassure a worried child that there wasn't a monster hiding there — and came face-to-face with a man who wasn't supposed to be there, a sheriff's office in Kansas said in a news release.
  
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• The Food Guy's Chicago Classics: Piccolo Sogno

  27-03-2025 19:27 via nbcchicago.com
  
  All year long, NBC Chicago Food Guy Steve Dolinsky has been diving into “Chicago Classics.” They’re restaurants that are at least 15 years old with consistently good food and atmosphere that you’d be proud to take a tourist to. Tonight, that’s Piccolo Sogno, located in the city’s River West neighborhood. The brainchild of a chef who worked at Coco Pazzo...
  
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• Two Illinois lottery players take home thousands in earnings

  27-03-2025 19:14 via nbcchicago.com
  
  Two lucky winners, one in Chicago and one in Aurora, each took home $250,000.
  
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• Record-high temperatures possible in Chicago Friday after morning rainfall

  27-03-2025 19:05 via nbcchicago.com
  
  After Chicago-area residents saw temperatures near record-highs ahead of severe storms two Fridays ago, another unseasonably warm Friday is in store for the region – though this time storms are expected before the warm-up. Thankfully for area residents, storms are not expected to be severe this time around, though some scattered storms could produce frequent lightning, downpours and hail, according...
  
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• Trump administration sued over spending cuts tied to legal services for immigrant children

  27-03-2025 18:59 via nbcchicago.com
  
  According to the lawsuit filed in federal court in California, the groups argue that for years Congress has approved and allocated to the federal government millions of dollars to help pay for legal services for unaccompanied children in immigration court.
  
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• Lineup announced for 2025 Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash

  27-03-2025 18:29 via nbcchicago.com
  
  With temperatures slowly warming across the Chicago area, music fans yearning for summer got a major update Thursday on one of the region's biggest music festivals.
  
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• Sean Burke provides 6 shutout innings as White Sox take down Angels 8-1

  27-03-2025 18:04 via nbcchicago.com
  
  Andrew Benintendi, Lenyn Sosa and Austin Slater homered as Chicago began what it hopes will be a more promising season than a year ago, when it went 41-121 to break the post-1900 major league record for losses
  
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• Rahm Emanuel creates scholarship program amid questions about political future

  27-03-2025 18:02 via nbcchicago.com
  
  Having served as both an ambassador to Japan and Chicago’s mayor, Rahm Emanuel is considering a White House run. On Thursday, he announced a new college scholarship program for Chicago public high school students who participate in Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, or ROTC. The new scholarship program is tied to Emanuel’s call to expand national service. He said his son,...
  
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• Chicago city leaders break ground on development project to revitalize LaSalle Street Corridor

  27-03-2025 17:31 via nbcchicago.com
  
  A redevelopment project is hoping to bring new life to Chicago’s Loop by transforming vacant office spaces into housing.
  
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• Prices of new cars expected to rise with tariffs, but by how much?

  27-03-2025 17:30 via nbcchicago.com
  
  With the average price of a new car hovering around fifty thousand dollars more than 30 percent in the past five years, newly announced tariffs are just one more headache for John Crane.
  
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• When is the Cubs home opener? What to know as MLB season begins

  27-03-2025 17:19 via nbcchicago.com
  
  While the Chicago Cubs got their season underway over a week ago against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Japan, the rest of Major League Baseball got the 2025 season started Thursday on traditional Opening Day. Though the Cubs are indeed back in action, taking on the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix in a four-game weekend set, fans in Chicago will have...
  
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• The last remaining store in a once-popular suburban mall will close its doors this weekend

  27-03-2025 16:41 via nbcchicago.com
  
  The end of an era has arrived for a once-popular suburban Chicago mall as the only remaining store will close its doors this weekend.
  
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• Suspect charged in suburban hit-and-run crash that left 46-year-old man dead

  27-03-2025 15:55 via nbcchicago.com
  
  A suburban man has been charged after a hit-and-run crash in suburban Worth left a 46-year-old man dead, according to police.
  
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• South suburban daycare sued in death of 2-year-old boy

  27-03-2025 15:32 via nbcchicago.com
  
  The family of a 2-year-old boy who died after a medical episode while at a suburban daycare is suing the company, accusing it of negligence in the boy’s death.
  
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• Reddit confirms performance issues as thousands of users report outages

  27-03-2025 15:15 via nbcchicago.com
  
  Reddit has confirmed their platform has experienced “degraded performance” in recent hours as tens of thousands of users reported outages. According to Downdetector, over 32,000 users reported outages at approximately 2:05 p.m. CT, with the amount decreasing to around 17,000 users by the end of the hour. Reddit said the platform was “investigating the issue” in a social media post....
  
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• Iggy Pop performs live at Chicago's Salt Shed ahead of 78th birthday

  27-03-2025 15:05 via nbcchicago.com
  
  Rock & Roll legend Iggy Pop delivered a blistering live set Monday night at The Salt Shed. 
  
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• Cannabis dispensary mangled in overnight crash-and-grab burglary attempt: Police

  27-03-2025 13:31 via nbcchicago.com
  
  An unidentified driver crashed into a cannabis dispensary in Chicago’s Jefferson Park neighborhood early Wednesday morning in an attempt to burglarize the business, police said.
  
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• Orland Park breaks ground on huge ‘downtown' with new restaurants, shops, parks to come

  27-03-2025 13:19 via nbcchicago.com
  
  A giant new business and entertainment district is coming to downtown Orland Park, officials said, with more than 140,000 square feet of new restaurants and bars, retail, fitness and daycare centers and more.
  
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• 2 Chicago suburbs rank on Redfin's 2025 ‘hottest neighborhoods' report

  27-03-2025 11:57 via nbcchicago.com
  
  Some of the "hottest neighborhoods" for 2025 are in the Midwest, a new Redfin report said, with two Chicago suburbs earning high spots on the ranking.
  
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• 1 killed, 5 others hospitalized in crash near Chicago's Midway Airport: Police

  27-03-2025 11:29 via nbcchicago.com
  
  One person was killed and five others injured in a crash near Midway airport Thursday morning, according to authorities.
  
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• In His Play, a Guard at the Met Finds Solace in the Museum

  27-03-2025 10:03 via nytimes.com
  
  Patrick Bringley stars in a version of his book, which tells how the Metropolitan Museum’s works of art helped him work through grief.
  
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• Chris Brown announces 2025 ‘Breezy Bowl XX' tour with Chicago date

  27-03-2025 09:44 via nbcchicago.com
  
  A day after Lady Gaga announced her global "The Mayhem Ball" tour, another major musical act just announced a 2025 tour with a stop in Chicago: Chris Brown.
  
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• Social Security announces last-minute updates to upcoming ID requirement changes

  27-03-2025 09:22 via nbcchicago.com
  
  The Social Security Administration has updated the changes they are making to identity verification measures, delaying the start date for the new requirements and adding some exceptions.
  
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• 10K cans of Coca-Cola sold in Illinois, Wisconsin recalled: FDA

  27-03-2025 08:26 via nbcchicago.com
  
  More than 10,000 cans of Coca-Cola are being recalled in Illinois and Wisconsin due to potential contamination, according to an alert from the Food and Drug Administration.
  
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