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Monday, September 21, 2026

 

Students involved in racist taunting voluntarily withdraw from Lincoln-Way District 210

Lincoln-Way District 210 board members will allow students who engaged in racist taunting during a football game Sept. 4 to voluntarily withdraw from the district.

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After head coach’s ousting, Providence Catholic tried to contain the chaos. Friday night, it reached the field.

Providence Catholic’s first loss of the season came just a week after its administration announced Tyler Plantz’s ouster with little explanation.

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Orland Park officials spar over tax break for Amazon retail development

With construction already underway on a retail center at 159th Street and LaGrange Road, Orland Park Village Board members voted to provide Amazon with a nearly $1.5 million property tax break on the development, courtesy of Cook County.

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Cook County awards $191 million in loans to bridge property tax payout gap

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s office awarded stopgap loans to 32 villages, library and school districts worth $191 million, an effort to dull the impact of this fall’s property tax delay.

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Embers announces temporary closure in downtown Lockport

Embers and 933 Speakeasy, which has been part of Lockport for 11 years, said its last day for regular service was Sunday.

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Heavy lifting: This boulder aficionado helped unearth a 50-ton rock at O’Hare

Over the last two decades, a 45-year-old excavator operator has amassed a collection of several hundred rocks. But none are as large as the one dug up at O’Hare.

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Groundbreaking for field house is latest expansion at St. Laurence High School in Burbank

St. Laurence High School in Burbank broke ground on a 34,000-square-foot field house as part of the Catholic school’s growth.

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First Illinois native to be beatified: 10 things to know about famed TV host, evangelist Fulton Sheen on his path to sainthood

Pope Leo XIV was moved by Fulton Sheen’s words as a child, calling the famed broadcaster “a light of faith, hope and love” during a June address at the Vatican.

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