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After $24 million renovation, Aurora’s RiverEdge Park is ready for concert season

After $24 million renovation, Aurora’s RiverEdge Park is ready for concert season

After a yearlong, $24 million renovation, Aurora’s RiverEdge Park reopens for the summer concert season with expanded capacity, better sound, two new LED screens and improved amenities, including new restrooms.

 
Arlington Heights man charged with possessing, distributing child sex abuse materials

Arlington Heights man charged with possessing, distributing child sex abuse materials

An Arlington Heights man is facing charges of possessing and distributing child sex abuse materials.

 
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Jonathan Toews retires after 16 seasons in the NHL

Jonathan Toews retires after 16 seasons in the NHL

Three-time Stanley Cup champion Jonathan Toews announced his retirement on Friday, ending his playing career with 1,149 regular-season games and 137 playoff games. He mad...

 

Another solar farm asks for Kane County OK

A 32-acre solar electricity-generating installation has been proposed near Sugar Grove in Kane County.

 
Cubs send slumping Ballesteros down to Iowa

Cubs send slumping Ballesteros down to Iowa

Before Friday’s game against Toronto, the Cubs sent Moises Ballesteros down to Triple-A Iowa and called up outfielder Justin Dean. Ballesteros got off to a great start this season, but has struggled since May.

 
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Powers: Could Blackhawks pursue Sabres defenseman Bowen Byram? What I’m hearing

Powers: Could Blackhawks pursue Sabres defenseman Bowen Byram? What I’m hearing

News and notes about the Chicago Blackhawks as the NHL draft and free agency near.

 
Terrific acting animates Steppenwolf dramedy ‘Catch As Catch Can’

Terrific acting animates Steppenwolf dramedy ‘Catch As Catch Can’

Steppenwolf Theatre’s Gary Cole returns to a Chicago stage for the first time in 25 years to join fellow ensemble members Tim Hopper and Audrey Francis for the Chicago premiere of Mia Chung’s “Catch As Catch Can.”

 
Barack and Michelle Obama surprise first visitors to newly opened presidential center

Barack and Michelle Obama surprise first visitors to newly opened presidential center

Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama surprised the first 100 visitors to walk through the doors of the new Obama Presidential Center, personally greeting them Friday.

 
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As Juneteenth is celebrated across the US, Obama's presidential center opens in Chicago

As Juneteenth is celebrated across the US, Obama's presidential center opens in Chicago

As people gather across the U.S. to celebrate Juneteenth on Friday, former President Barack Obama's presidential center will open its doors to the public for the first time.

 
Israel and Hezbollah agree to halt fighting as talks between the US and Iran hang in the balance

Israel and Hezbollah agree to halt fighting as talks between the US and Iran hang in the balance

Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group agreed Friday to halt the heavy fighting in southern Lebanon that had threatened to unravel an interim peace agreement between the United States and Iran, officials said. Neither Israel nor Hezbollah immediately confirmed the truce.

 

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