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With Bottomless Coffee And A 1970s Vibe, This Long-Running Illinois Diner Still Serves Country Fried Steak

The staff at this diner might announce your birthday over the loudspeaker and get the whole room singing. A complimentary ice cream with a candle shows up too, which feels like a very good deal. Then there’s the coffee, which keeps flowing as long as you keep sipping. The menu...

Elgin, IL · 5d

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Kane County Landmarks 1840s Welsh Settlement House in Big Rock Township

A weathered farmhouse on Jericho Road in Big Rock Township has officially earned a spot on Kane County's list of protected historic sites. The Kane County Board approved landmark status for the Welsh Settlement House at 46W756 Jericho Road, adding the property to the Kane County Register of Historic Places, according to the Aurora Beacon-News.

Kane County, IL · 5h

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Inside This Illinois Bin Store, Prices Drop Every Day Until The Shelves Get Restocked

Every bin in this store gets cheaper each day the doors open, and the bottom price eventually lands near pocket change. That’s the whole game, so you show up, dig, and decide how long you can stand to wait. The boxes come mostly from Amazon and Target truckloads. That...

Aurora, IL · 2d

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This Unassuming Illinois Spot Piles Pizzas High With Toppings And Serves Wings Worth Licking Your Fingers For

Sixteen first-place wins at Chicago’s WingFest is a lot of hardware for one modest neighborhood grill. Add four Best of Fest awards, and that shelf starts looking crowded. The place doesn’t stop at wings, either. Homemade tavern-style thin crust pizza comes out of the same kitchen, along with garlic buffalo wings that seem to have their own fan club.

Palatine, IL · 3d

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7 Illinois Restaurants Where Dinner Comes With A Show The Kids Won’t Stop Talking About

Dinner with no fork sounds like a kid’s wildest dream, and at one Illinois spot, it’s actually the rule. You eat a four-course meal with your hands while knights joust a few feet away. That alone would be enough for me. But this list goes further, with servers...

Rock Island, IL · 3d

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Crystal Lake rallies behind family

Father is the suburb's Forrest Gump

Crystal Lake, IL · 1d

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St. Charles Lawsuits Allege Salvation Army Kept Warned Youth Pastor

Two women have filed separate Cook County lawsuits accusing The Salvation Army and affiliated organizations of leaving Brian Davis in ministry after repeated warnings about his conduct with girls. Davis was a youth pastor at the organization’s Tri City Corps in St. Charles. The suits allege he groomed and sexually abused girls in church youth programs in the late 1990s.

Cook County, IL · 2d

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This Illinois Christmas Market Feels Like A European Holiday Village Without Leaving The State

A glass pickle ornament, shaped by your own hands over a benchtop torch, could hang on your tree this year. That is a real workshop option at one Illinois holiday market, and kids as young as 10 can join in. The market is modeled after a 16th-century Christmas market in...

Illinois · 1d

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Road salt can hurt the environment. Carol Stream sees success with alternative.

Conventional road salt is great for keeping roads safe in winter, but not for the environment. An Illinois conservation group has an alternative, and officials in Carol Stream say it's working.

Carol Stream, IL · 2d

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Aurora announces new downtown traffic pattern following building collapse

Aurora police and city officials say a new traffic pattern is in place downtown following Wednesday's partial building collapse. Galena Boulevard is now open to eastbound traffic at Broadway. Westbound traffic on Galena remains closed. Southbound Broadway traffic is also open at Galena, while northbound Broadway remains closed. Eastbound traffic...

Aurora, IL · 1d

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Christmas on the Fox Holiday Pop-Up Set for St. Charles Taproom

A Fox River Christmas is moving into a downtown St. Charles taproom, with movies, cocktails and a Bears game-day party booked through New Year's Eve. The open is the part that still does not line up. The Chicago Tribune reported that Christmas on the Fox would begin Nov. 19 at...

St Charles, IL · 4h

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'Very Sassy' Bobcat Recovers at Illinois' DuPage Wildlife Center

Among the nearly 200 species cared for at a wildlife hospital in Glen Ellyn, a bobcat is an unusual patient. The DuPage Wildlife Conservation Center took in the injured animal this month after a likely collision with a vehicle near downstate Oregon, Illinois ([1]). The cat’s arrival marks a notable moment for a center that

Glen Ellyn, IL · 12h

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Chicago suburbs vote overwhelmingly Democratic

You may recall that after the March primary I took a look at the results and made the obvious conclusion that the Chicago suburbs were trending ever harder toward the Democrats. “Legislative Republicans are right to be afraid of another suburban wipeout,” I concluded at the time. Turns out,...

Mchenry County, IL · 1d

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Palatine Retires Rand Road TIF, Freeing Up $5 Million for Schools, Village

Arlington Toyota — Reported Business Tied To Corridor Redevelopment. Palatine council members voted to dissolve the Rand Road Corridor Tax Increment Financing District, a move that will redirect more than $5 million in property taxes to the levies of local taxing bodies once the district winds down at the end of 2026. The district helped reshape a stretch of Rand Road into a retail corridor anchored by Walmart, Target and Arlington Toyota, and its retirement closes out more than two decades of village-led redevelopment along that strip.

Palatine, IL · 3d

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A Third Trustee Comments on Lakewood Village President’s Accusation That Adminstrator Leaving Because of Micromanagement

There are six Lakewood Village Trustees, plus Village President David Stavropoulos. The Village President is blaming Trustee questioning of financial reporting for the Village’s RedTail Golf Club as the reason just hired Administrator Justyn Miller is quiting at the end of December. With the reaction of Trustee Lonnie Jeschke...

Village Of Lakewood, IL · 7h

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Rolling Meadows, Palatine mayors want 'seat at the table' of potential Bears stadium authority

Two more northwest suburbs will formally request seats at the table of a potential Bears stadium authority that could come out of the upcoming fall veto session in Springfield.

Rolling Meadows, IL · 1d

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3 tornadoes leave Illinois homeowners weighing generators against battery backups

"Don't just put it in there and assume everything's fine."

North Aurora, IL · 2d

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Saturday, November 14 | Legendary Bands Foghat and Head East Perform At The Arcada

Legendary bands Foghat and Head East will perform at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles on Satruday, November 14, beginning at 8:00pm. After 55 years, Foghat is still going as strong as ever. Last year, the band celebrated 50 years of “Slow Ride,” the timeless anthem that put them on the global map and has not let up since.

St Charles, IL · 2d

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North cross country makes history, junior Glenn sets national record

On Nov. 7, junior Kara Glenn created a new national record for high school girls cross country. She finished her three-mile race at Detweiler Park at a whopping time of 15:13, winning state and securing her place as one of the top high school female runners in Illinois. “I’ve had...

Elgin, IL · 1d