CHICAGO | With fewer nameplates to compete with at Ford Motor Co., company officials hope a revamped Lincoln product line can boost languishing vehicle sales for that brand.
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CHICAGO HEIGHTS | Prairie State College is hosting several events in February in celebration of Black History Month. All events will take place on the college's main campus, at 202 S. Halsted St.
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SPRINGFIELD | Making local school districts pick up the employers' portion of teacher retirement benefits could save more than $1.3 billion a year for Illinois' beleaguered state treasury. It also could mean financial ruin for some local school districts, school administrators say.
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SOUTH HOLLAND | Eleven students from Bloom Trail High School in Steger have art works on display at the Regional High School Art Exhibition at South Suburban College in South Holland.
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The National Weather Service has issued a lake-effect snow watch for the region from Friday afternoon through Saturday afternoon, with more than 6 inches of snow possible.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Voters can begin absentee voting this week for Illinois' primary election.
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HOBART | Westfield Southlake mall officials on Wednesday announced three new tenants: Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant in summer and retailers Akira and Teavana in spring.
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CRETE | The Crete Public Library held a competitive Tween Iron Chef cook-off on Jan. 30 for boys and girls ages 9 to 12 .
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CHICAGO HEIGHTS | Some of the nation's top jazz artists will perform at Prairie State College's 24th annual Jazz Fest at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17 in the auditorium of the college, at 202 S. Halsted St.
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THORNTON | The Thornton Police Association has honored Officer Robert Girard with its 2011 Police Officer of the Year award.
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SPRINGFIELD | A year after gay couples gained the option of civil unions in Illinois, some lawmakers are beginning a push to authorize same-sex marriages.
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CHICAGO | More than two dozen residents — most in opposition — turned out Wednesday at a meeting on a request by Pete's Fresh Market to sell alcoholic beverages in the East Side supermarket.
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CALUMET CITY | A Chicago man was arrested Wednesday after police stopped him while driving away from a residence that housed more than 900 pounds of marijuana, officials said.
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CHICAGO | The Chicago Auto Show's First Look for Charity black-tie gala event is from 6:30 to 10:30 tonight at McCormick Place.
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HOBART | The Illiana Corridor Planning Group has narrowed its list of possible routes for the two-state expressway to four, which the group unveiled Wednesday at Avalon Manor.
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INDIANAPOLIS | Country duo Sugarland resisted delaying the start of a concert in August at the Indiana State Fair despite threatening weather that later caused a deadly stage collapse, the fair's top official testified in a lawsuit against the company that built the stage rigging.
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CALUMET CITY | The family of a 15-year-old boy who was shot to death by police officers in his south suburban home has created a website and is holding two events to try to raise money needed for funeral and burial expenses.
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CHICAGO (AP) — A woman who prosecutors say was raped as a child by a Cook County correctional officer is suing the Chicago suburb of Harvey.
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Take a different outlook on Valentine's Day and use it as an opportunity to donate to a charity, to create something special and to say a kind word.
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SPRINGFIELD | Gov. Pat Quinn's push to overhaul care for people with mental illnesses and disabilities collided Tuesday with safety concerns, money worries and maybe a bit of wounded pride as lawmakers reviewed plans to close two state institutions.
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CHICAGO | A commission created by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn nearly two years ago with the ambitious goal of righting the wrongs of Chicago's police torture scandal is falling apart quietly. It is another apparent victim of the state's budget mess.
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LANSING | The Village Board gave its approval Tuesday to a series of road and sidewalk repairs in residential areas that officials hope will take place during 2013.
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STEGER | An Orland Park man was arrested Monday after local residents alleged he beat his girlfriend's dog, police said.
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LANSING | An man's car struck a building after another car clipped him, police said.
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HAMMOND | A Chicago Heights man accused of intending to distribute more than 6,000 Vicodin pills last year pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court.
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HAMMOND | An Illinois man accused of firing a machine gun on New Year's Day in a Griffith apartment complex pleaded not guilty Tuesday in federal court.
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CHICAGO | The Boy Scouts of America designates the Sunday that falls before Feb. 8, which is Scouting anniversary day, as Scout Sunday.
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CALUMET CITY | The Calumet Memorial Park District presents Eclectic Extravaganza, a celebration of Black History Month with music, dance, spoken word poetry, and much more from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
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CHICAGO | Gov. Pat Quinn previewed some tough budget choices Tuesday, saying he wants to cut $2 billion from the state's Medicaid budget to help solve the state's fiscal woes.
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GLENWOOD | Children at Hickory Bend Elementary school donned costumes Tuesday and dressed as prominent African-Americans as part of their Black History Month celebrations.
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The Illiana Corridor Planning Group will present a narrowed list of possible routes for the proposed two-state expressway at meetings this month.
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SAUK VILLAGE | The Village Board voted Monday to lay off two members of the Police Department and offer a $75,000 salary to Chief Robert Fox.
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HAMMOND | Kathy Rachowicz was overwhelmed Monday night by the sight of a line of people wrapping around the room and out the door to support her family.
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Police said alcohol was a contributing factor in a crash early Monday on Interstate 80 near Hazel Crest that left four people dead.
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GLENWOOD | The Brookwood Elementary District 167 School Board on Monday held the first of five meetings to update its board policy manual by the start of next school year.
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HAMMOND | In the wake of a high-ranking Latin Kings leader deciding to cooperate with the government last week, a judge pushed the racketeering trial for 17 of his co-defendants to Sept. 10. It had been scheduled for March 19.
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Eight years after an ambitious 10-year plan to end homelessness in Chicago was introduced, the city's homeless population remains relatively unchanged.
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DYER | Two Sauk Village residents were charged Monday in connection with a burglary last week in Dyer, court records state.
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SPRINGFIELD | Tiawanda Moore didn't think she was doing anything wrong when she took out her smartphone to record her conversation with two Chicago police officers she says were trying to stop her from filing a sexual harassment complaint against one of their colleagues in 2010.
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CHICAGO | Tenth Ward Alderman John Pope will host a meeting Wednesday to discuss a possible liquor license for a local grocery store.
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The frozen moonscape of an ice-covered beach can be awe-inspiring, eerily beautiful and all too familiar in winter across the Great Lakes.
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College and university representatives in the Chicago area are starting to see an uptick in employers seeking recent graduates.
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STARKVILLE, Miss. | A 20-year-old graduate of Marian Catholic High School was found dead in an apartment complex Friday night in Starkville, Miss., but police have few clues to what caused her death.
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SPRINGFIELD | Gov. Pat Quinn took a shotgun approach to his State of the State address last week, firing a wide blast that hit on topics from jobs to education to mortgages. But he was stingier when it came to details. That left questions about his views on Illinois' condition and where h…
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CHICAGO HEIGHTS | Every January, Marian Catholic High School holds its annual phonathon, benefitting the Marian Fund raising money to augment the school's operations. Funds are used for specific initiatives, emergency tuition assistance and campus improvements.
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VALPARAISO | Porter County kicked off one of the state's first veterans treatment courts with a group of 12 participants spanning military operations as far back as the Korean War.
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Teacher Patricia Walker recently received an educational distinction award for her work at Eastview Elementary School in Steger.
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The Bloom Township High School District 206 chess team has won its third conference championship in the past 10 years of competition.
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Growing up in Chicago, Eric "Iggy" Keyes developed a fascination with guns. But since his mother didn't want her young son to have a BB gun, Keyes had to settle for toy guns, cap guns and the like.
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LANSING | Heritage Middle School staff members are planning a spring event that will get Sunnybrook Elementary District 171 students, educators and families on their feet and moving together for a common cause.
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CHICAGO HEIGHTS | The Illinois High School Association speech season began last October with the Homewood-Flossmoor Viking Halloween Classic, and since then, the team from Marian Catholic High School has placed first in six out of eight tournaments, along with notching second and fourth p…
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It's Super Bowl Sunday and while many of us will be at home with family watching the big game or out celebrating with friends, our troops are far from home unable to do the same. Today at J.J. Kelley's in Lansing, a collection is being conducted for U.S. Marine Sgt. Ryan Venem, of Lansing…
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