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Lou Malnati's Raises Over $480K For Cancer Research | Buffalo Grove, IL Patch

Lou Malnati's Raises Over $480K For Cancer Research

In 1971, Lou Malnati organized a benefit to honor his friend who battled cancer, and the fundraising has been an annual affair ever since.

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Family sells quickly for top dollar after 45 years in Elmwood Park with Laurie Christofano, RE/MAX

Local Housing: Family sells quickly for top dollar after 45 years in Elmwood Park with Laurie Christofano, RE/MAX

Check out the latest community post from one of your neighbors. (The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.)

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Niles Mayor Addresses Issues At Latest Town Hall

Niles Mayor Addresses Issues At Latest Town Hall - Journal & Topics Media Group

Niles Mayor George Alpogianis hosted his third town hall meeting, this one drawing about 75 residents, at the Niles Senior Center on Monday, answering questions ranging from Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

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ICE Activity, Arrests Ramp Up In Northwest Suburbs

ICE Activity, Arrests Ramp Up In Northwest Suburbs - Journal & Topics Media Group

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents reportedly detained at least 18 people in Chicago's Northwest suburbs and at O’Hare International Airport between Friday, Oct. 17, and Monday, Oct. 20, according...

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Winterfest City Funding Request Clears First Hurdle

Winterfest City Funding Request Clears First Hurdle - Journal & Topics Media Group

Park Ridge Finance and Budget Committee of the Whole voted on Monday (Oct. 20) to allocate $10,000 to help the Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce cover the costs of putting on this year’s Winterfest. The...

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Flag Football: Maine South Closes Magical Year With State Championship

Flag Football: Maine South Closes Magical Year With State Championship - Journal & Topics Media Group

Maine South etched their name in the history books as the second state champion in IHSA history for girls flag football as the Hawks flew to a 26-6 win Saturday, Oct. 18 over Whitney Young at Willowbrook...

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Maine South Girls Flag Football Blanks Top Ranked Glenbrook South In State Quarterfinals

Maine South Girls Flag Football Blanks Top Ranked Glenbrook South In State Quarterfinals - Journal & Topics Media Group

Glenbrook South eliminated Maine South from the girls flag football playoffs in 2023, before the IHSA took over the sport. Earlier this season (Sept. 17), GBS knocked off Maine South 19-0 in the regular...

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Girls Flag Football: Maine South Routs Perspectives Behind Spandiary

Girls Flag Football: Maine South Routs Perspectives Behind Spandiary - Journal & Topics Media Group

Maine South (25-3) had a battle on its hands in the state semifinals for girls flag football at Willowbrook, but the Hawks offense proved to be too much to handle for Perspectives last Saturday (Oct....

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Person detained by ICE near Home Depot

Person detained by ICE near Home Depot - Evanston Now

"ICE-free zone" signs available for private business owners.

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Breathe easier: Cleaner buses are on the streets

Breathe easier: Cleaner buses are on the streets - Evanston Now

NU replaces diesel vehicles with electric hybrids for shuttle routes.

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Park Ridge Farmers Market To Stay At Prairie Avenue

Park Ridge Farmers Market To Stay At Prairie Avenue - Journal & Topics Media Group

After months of deliberations and at times heated discussion, the final vote on the Park Ridge Farmers Market location was quick and unanimous. The Park Ridge City Council voted on Monday (Oct. 20) to...

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Boys Soccer 2025 Playoff Schedule

Boys Soccer 2025 Playoff Schedule - Journal & Topics Media Group

Here’s a look at the Journal-area boys soccer playoff schedule:

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Council completes Envision Evanston edits

Council completes Envision Evanston edits - Evanston Now

Late amendment calls for "appropriate" ward-based zoning variations.

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Daily Mini Crossword, October 21, 2025

“_____ Blinders,” an English TV show

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Historian Frank Andre Guridy discusses U.S. sports stadiums as political arenas in EPL book talk

Historian Frank Andre Guridy discusses history of the American sports stadium

Historian Frank Andre Guridy illustrated that the American stadium is not just a venue for sporting events, but also a political institution and community space in a talk Monday night. The Columbia University...

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ICE In Mount Prospect: Peaceful Protest, Manhunt Make For ‘Jarring’ 24 Hours www.journal-topics.com/articles/ice...

ICE In Mount Prospect: Peaceful Protest, Manhunt Make For ‘Jarring’ 24 Hours - Journal & Topics Media Group

A quiet Sunday (Oct. 19) in Mount Prospect was disrupted when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents descended on a neighborhood, apparently searching for an individual who had reportedly escaped...

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Village’s ‘First Lady’ Linda Hoefert Dies At 69 www.journal-topics.com/articles/mou...

Village’s ‘First Lady’ Linda Hoefert Dies At 69 - Journal & Topics Media Group

After battling with dementia for nearly a decade, the village of Mount Prospect’s current First Lady Linda Hoefert died Sunday, Oct. 19 at the age of 69.

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Maine West Grad Nikolina Vying For Miss USA 2025 Crown This Friday www.journal-topics.com?post_type=oh...

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An Inside Look At Metra’s Cafe Car Pilot www.journal-topics.com/articles/an-...

An Inside Look At Metra’s Cafe Car Pilot - Journal & Topics Media Group

In late September, Metra began piloting something that’s fairly common on Amtrak trains, but a novelty on commuter rail: a cafe car where riders would be able to hang out and buy snacks and drinks....

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Metra’s Proposed Budget Includes Fare Increases, Capital Projects www.journal-topics.com/articles/met...

Metra’s Proposed Budget Includes Fare Increases, Capital Projects - Journal & Topics Media Group

Metra’s Board of Directors voted 10-1 to release next year’s proposed budget that includes fare hikes, purchase of new train cars for the Union Pacific Northwest line and, if the state provides enough...

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District 65 teachers’ union head calls on board members Hernandez, Wilkins to resign evanstonroundtable.com/2025/10/20/d...

Union president demands Hernandez, Wilkins resign - Evanston RoundTable

Evanston/Skokie District 65 board members face calls for resignation following indictment of former superintendent for fraud and embezzlement.

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🌱 Patch AM: Buffalo Grove homeowners brace for potential tax increases

Be sure to catch Oscar Winning Documentary about land, loss and resistance in Palestine on the Buffalo Grove Patch calendar

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Glenview Man ‘Recklessly Handling’ Shotgun Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter After Niles Man Shot www.journal-topics.com/articles/gle...

Glenview Man ‘Recklessly Handling’ Shotgun Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter After Niles Man Shot - Journal & Topics Media Group

A Glenview man faces one charge of involuntary manslaughter for Thursday’s (Oct. 16) shooting death of a Niles man. Police said the two were longtime friends.

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Hersey Rallies In Fourth Quarter, Stuns Prospect With Last-Minute Touchdown www.journal-topics.com/articles/her...

Hersey Rallies In Fourth Quarter, Stuns Prospect With Last-Minute Touchdown - Journal & Topics Media Group

“Picture me quitting. Now draw a circle around it and put a line through it.” These are the lyrics to the 2013 Eminem hit, “Survival”. Last Friday night (Oct. 17) on the famous rapper’s 53rd...

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‘Nothing Is More American Than Opposing A Tyrant’: Northwest Suburbanites Turn Out For Democracy Rally www.journal-topics.com/articles/not...

‘Nothing Is More American Than Opposing A Tyrant’: Northwest Suburbanites Turn Out For Democracy Rally - Journal & Topics Media Group

Thousands of people poured into Arlington Heights’ Recreation Park carrying signs, holding flags and wearing inflatable costumes for the No Kings protest Saturday afternoon.

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