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Mar 07, 2026
On Saturday, a final "homegoing" service represented the culmination of nine days of funerals and celebrations for Jackson, who died last month at age 84.
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Mar 07, 2026
On the heels of his speech at funeral services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., former President Barack Obama announced plans for him and former First Lady Michelle Obama to host a June 18 dedication ceremony.
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Mar 07, 2026
In its 2026 budget, Cook County set aside $7.5 million to carry the guaranteed income program beyond the pilot, becoming one of the first local governments in the country to commit ongoing funding.
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Mar 07, 2026
President Donald Trump on Saturday joined grieving families at Dover Air Force Base at the dignified transfer for the six U.S. soldiers killed in the war in the Middle East.
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Mar 07, 2026
Troy Murray, who died Saturday at 63, played 12 of his 15 NHL seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks and won the Selke Trophy in 1985-86.
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Mar 07, 2026
Families and supporters of Americans detained in Iran say their loved ones face new dangers during the intensifying war.
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Mar 07, 2026
Losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day; it also could harm your health.
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Mar 07, 2026
Visitors to the Capitol will now have a visible reminder of the violent attack against the building on Jan. 6, 2021, and the officers who fought and were injured that day.
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Mar 07, 2026
President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States and Latin American countries are banding together to combat violent cartels.
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Mar 07, 2026
Chicago police launched a death investigation after a man was pulled from the Chicago River in the Lincoln Square neighborhood.
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Mar 07, 2026
Chicago police launched a death investigation after a man was pulled from the Chicago River in the Lincoln Square neighborhood.
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Mar 07, 2026
President Masoud Pezeshkian delivered the message a week into the conflict that has rattled global markets and left Iran's leadership weakened by hundreds of Israeli and American airstrikes.
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Mar 07, 2026
A Valparaiso man, 20, died after a one-car crash Friday night in which his vehicle struck a tree, police said.
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Mar 07, 2026
A family is suing Valparaiso Community Schools after a teen football player was injured during an off-season drill last month.
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Mar 07, 2026
Oil prices surpassed $90 a barrel Friday, with American crude settling at $90.90, up 36% from a week ago.
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Mar 07, 2026
The Electric Power Research Institute found that data center projects under construction could take up more than 20% of the state's electric usage.
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Mar 07, 2026
An 11-year-old boy was placed in police protective custody Friday evening after being found alone on the street with a serious head injury in the Garfield Park neighborhood.
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Mar 07, 2026
Formula One appears to have delayed a decision on whether to cancel its races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia in April which have been placed in doubt due to the Iran war.
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Mar 07, 2026
A 13-year-old girl was in critical condition after being shot multiple times Friday night in the Oakland neighborhood.
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Mar 07, 2026
A burglar was wounded by a CCL holder overnight in the New City neighborhood on the South Side.
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Mar 07, 2026
For the GOP nomination for secretary of state, Diane M. Harris is going up against Walter Adamczyk for the right to compete against the current officeholder, Democrat Alexi Giannoulias.
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Mar 07, 2026
As DuPage County Board chairman, he worked to end long-standing rancor on the board while also reducing residents' property taxes.
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Mar 07, 2026
PJM was unable to help its hardest-hit regions in January because of limited transmission capacity. Meanwhile hourly Illinois customers saw their bills cut.
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Mar 07, 2026
A look back at the seven sites initially highlighted by Preservation Chicago as threatened — and their most recent status.
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Mar 07, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 7, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Mar 07, 2026
On March 7, 1965, a march by over 500 civil rights demonstrators was violently broken up at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama; state troopers and a sheriff's posse fired tear gas and beat marchers with batons in what became known as "Bloody Sunday."
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Mar 06, 2026
The Israel military announced new strikes on Tehran early Saturday, while saying it was also moving to intercept a salvo of Iranian missiles
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Mar 06, 2026
President Donald Trump has predicted the destruction not just of college sports but the entire U.S. collegiate system unless the industry is fixed quickly.
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Mar 06, 2026
President Donald Trump has predicted the destruction not just of college sports but the entire U.S. collegiate system unless the industry is fixed quickly.
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Mar 06, 2026
In the end, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem became the latest senior administration official to rankle the president and be shuffled into obscurity.
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Mar 06, 2026
The parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus is closing more department stores as it focuses on its most profitable businesses and trims debt during its Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring.
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Mar 06, 2026
Russia has provided Iran with information that could help Tehran strike American warships, aircraft and other assets in the region, according to two officials familiar with U.S. intelligence on the matter.
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Mar 06, 2026
With less than two weeks to go before the March primary, DuPage Undersheriff Eddie Moore — who's vying to rise the ranks to sheriff — has been placed on administrative leave.
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Mar 06, 2026
Powerful storms ripped across Michigan on Friday, tearing the roof off a home improvement store and parts of a storage building, and knocking down trees as tornado warnings were issued across the southern part of the state.
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Mar 06, 2026
Even though President Donald Trump's administration scaled back the crackdown earlier, and the president fired Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Thursday, many are still feeling the ripple effects.
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Mar 06, 2026
Inside of mastodon tusks first uncovered at Aurora's Phillips Park over 90 years ago, workers recently discovered a package dated to 1935.
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Mar 06, 2026
Almost 1,700 Chicago Public Schools support staffers have joined the Service Employees International Union after the school district dropped an objection to their organizing campaign.
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Mar 06, 2026
The UN meets every year to try and reach a consensus on how to beat back some of the biggest threats, Svenningsen said, but member countries are stuck in doing things the way they want in their own ways versus best practices, he said. Still, he remains hopeful that the 197 countries of the world will eventually pull together, especially with regard to climate change.
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Mar 06, 2026
Despite residents' objections, Joliet plan commissioners advanced a proposal Thursday for what would be the state's largest data center.
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Mar 06, 2026
The black hybrid, custom 2026 Ford Explorer Platinum was built at the Chicago Assembly Plant just five miles from the pope's childhood home in south suburban Dolton.
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Mar 06, 2026
Brett Smith, 43, fired as a substitute at Queen of Martyrs in Evergreen Park, is charged with sexual abuse in Orland Park.
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Mar 06, 2026
A Hobart man could get home detention in a plea deal for his wife's death.
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Mar 06, 2026
Republicans have pushed the SAVE Act because of election security concerns, while Democrats have opposed the bill because of worries that it would disenfranchise voters, including new citizens, women, poor people, young people, among others.
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Mar 06, 2026
Assisted by a glittering, pink soccer ball, Lionel Messi crossed yet another frontier with his visit to the White House. Until Thursday, the global soccer superstar had been equally adept at dodging defenders on the field and political leaders
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Mar 06, 2026
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Mar 06, 2026
A crescendo of voices from the worlds of religion, politics, business, sports and entertainment converged at the House of Hope to provide a requiem to the Rev. Jesse Jackson on Friday.
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Mar 06, 2026
U.S. citizens described frustrations and growing fear as they encountered closed airports, canceled flights and alarming U.S. government guidance while Poland, Australia, France and other countries more quickly dispatched military or chartered planes to bring their citizens home.
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Mar 06, 2026
Marvin "Geno" Clark, 33, was convicted of four counts of murder and three counts of burglary, plus four gun enhancements. Two of the murder counts were while committing a burglary.
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Mar 06, 2026
A School City of Hammond school bus driver and aide face charges after the aide allegedly "manhandled" a 6-year-old girl with autism.
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Mar 06, 2026
American employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month, a sign that the labor market remains under strain. The unemployment rate blipped up to 4.4%.
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Mar 06, 2026
A public service for the Rev. Jesse Jackson will be held in Chicago, with former Presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden in attendance.
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Mar 06, 2026
Until 1883, a Chicagoan asked to tell what time it was could give more than one answer and still be correct.
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Mar 06, 2026
Mourners attend a public service for civil rights leader, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, at House of Hope in Chicago on Friday.
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Mar 06, 2026
Clocks will skip ahead an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday for daylight saving time in most of the U.S., creating a 23-hour day that throws off sleep schedules, plunges early-morning dog walks into darkness and inspires millions of complaints.
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Mar 06, 2026
Iran will not participate in the Milan Cortina Paralympics because its only athlete set to compete can't safely travel to Italy amid the intensifying Middle East conflict.
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Mar 06, 2026
Kristi Noem never appeared able — or particularly keen — to step out of the spotlight during her time leading the Department of Homeland Security.
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Mar 06, 2026
A dense fog advisory was issued for northern and central Cook County set to expire at 10 a.m. Friday, weather officials said.
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Mar 06, 2026
Thunderstorms are expected Friday in the Chicagoland area after a dense fog advisory expired in northern and central Cook County.
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Mar 06, 2026
Serious medical and mental health emergencies have been routine at the nation's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility since its opening, according to records obtained by The Associated Press.
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Mar 06, 2026
The Trump administration is confronting mounting discontent from allies in the Persian Gulf who have complained they were not given adequate time to prepare for the torrent of Iranian drones and missiles bombarding their countries in retaliation for strikes launched by the U.S. and Israel.
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Mar 06, 2026
Wall Street was on track to open lower again Friday as oil prices continued to climb, hitting the highest level in nearly two years less than a week since the U.S. and Israel began bombing Iran, one of the world's top oil producers.
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Mar 06, 2026
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Mar 06, 2026
Israeli warplanes pounded Beirut and Tehran on Friday as Iran launched another wave of retaliatory strikes against Israel and Gulf countries.
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Mar 06, 2026
In Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary District 181, finding and keeping teachers has not been an issue.
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Mar 06, 2026
Hundreds of residents in environmental justice communities like Waukegan are being trained for careers in solar, EVs and energy efficiency.
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Mar 06, 2026
Many Black women say their professional trajectories have been deeply impacted by the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
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Mar 06, 2026
Michaeleen Doucleff's book is about understanding the forces that shape our habits, our days and our family dynamics. For better or worse.
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Mar 06, 2026
Welcome to Hope House, a model for fostering children and teens developed by the Chicago-based nonprofit One Hope United. The premise is a stable household with a built-in support team to help the young residents thrive.
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Mar 06, 2026
On March 6, 1912, Oreo cookies were first introduced by the National Biscuit Company (later known as Nabisco).
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Mar 06, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 6, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Mar 05, 2026
The "Today" show said Savannah Guthrie, a longtime co-host of the morning news program, plans to return to the air at some point but "remains focused right now supporting her family and working to help bring Nancy home."
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Mar 05, 2026
Under a new Oklahoma law, Gov. Kevin Stitt will get to pick U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin's replacement if Mullin does indeed leave his Senate seat.
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Mar 05, 2026
The United States and Venezuela agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations in a major shift in a historically adversarial relationship.
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Mar 05, 2026
A Chicago federal appeals court on Thursday vacated a lower court's injunction placing use-of-force restrictions on immigration agents during Operation Midway Blitz, calling it "constitutionally suspect" and questioning the manner in which the district judge dismissed the underlying suit.
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Mar 05, 2026
Bernard LaFayette, a leader with the Chicago Freedom Movement and the Selma voting rights organizer who laid the groundwork for the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died.
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Mar 05, 2026
Damian Donaldson, 38, was sentenced to 49 years Thursday by Judge Salvador Vasquez. He was convicted of 18 charges in February.
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Mar 05, 2026
Conversations Donol Clark made to his brother from Calumet City police station were played during his murder trial this week.
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Mar 05, 2026
Aurora's Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday voted to recommend the city adopt regulations around data centers that are stricter than were originally presented by city staff.
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Mar 05, 2026
President Donald Trump's plans to nominate Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma to take over as Homeland Security secretary follow a meteoric political rise for the senator.
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Mar 05, 2026
A Portage man faces multiple felonies after he fired a gun from his car by a Chesterton residence, wounding a relative, documents show.
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Mar 05, 2026
A bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security is stalling out again in Congress.
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Mar 05, 2026
Noem's ouster was celebrated by local officials and activists, who said good riddance to the woman who oversaw unprecedented immigration raids in the Chicago area.
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Mar 05, 2026
The majority of the candidates for Lake County Sheriff who participated in a Wednesday debate emphasized the need to rein in the department's commissary fund as well as mixed emotions about cooperating with ICE. The Democratic candidates who participated were Jerry Williams, Steven Flores, Maria Garcia Trajkovich, Edward Jenkins and Jason Gore. Democratic candidate (Jack) […]
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Mar 05, 2026
Will County Judge Derek Ewanic will rule Monday whether County Board member Jacqueline Traynere is guilty of computer tampering.
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Mar 05, 2026
A visibly frustrated federal judge on Thursday took the city to task over the Chicago Police Department's move to pull a North Side police officer out of a deposition late last month in order to strip him of his police powers.
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Mar 05, 2026
EPR Properties announced it has entered into agreements to acquire a portfolio of seven regional parks from Six Flags Entertainment Corporation.
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Mar 05, 2026
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Mar 05, 2026
A look back at Hawthorne Race Course's more than 135 years of hosting the sport of kings in west suburban Stickey.
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Mar 05, 2026
President Donald Trump says he's replacing his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and will nominate in her place Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin.
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Mar 05, 2026
Indiana is forging ahead with a new K-12 school accountability model that will give schools letter grades this year for the first time since 2018.
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Mar 05, 2026
School District 131 does not currently have an enforceable AI policy on the books, but is considering bringing forward a policy to the school board in the future.
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Mar 05, 2026
Proceeds from the event will go to Aurora Rapid Response and the Naperville Solidarity Network of ALMAS, the organization said.
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Mar 05, 2026
A Chicago Police officer previously shot in the line of duty — who publicly rebuked his former union — has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city, alleging that he was kept from joining the police department's SWAT unit because he is Black.
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Mar 05, 2026
Some two dozen states challenged President Donald Trump's new global tariffs on Thursday, filing a lawsuit over import taxes he imposed after a stinging loss at the Supreme Court.
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Mar 05, 2026
The American beech tree in Jim Berman and Liz Bryant's Valparaiso backyard is officially the largest of its species in Indiana.
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Mar 05, 2026
Britney Spears was arrested Wednesday night in Southern California and booked early the following morning, though the charge was not clear, according to the Ventura County Sheriff's office website.
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Mar 05, 2026
A small plane crashed Wednesday night near a group of Deerfield-area townhouses, killing the pilot.
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Mar 05, 2026
Bob Power, a Grammy-nominated producer, mixer and recording engineer best known for his genre-bending collaborations with artists like D'Angelo, Erykah Badu and A Tribe Called Quest, died.
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Mar 05, 2026
A jury has found a Bolingbrook man guilty of drug-induced homicide in the death of a 27-year-old man from Aurora, the Kane County State's Attorney's Office said.
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Mar 05, 2026
A jack-knifed semi-truck tractor was hanging from an Eisenhower Expressway overpass on eastbound I-290 overnight, Illinois State Police said.
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