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With fewer ordinations, seminaries find ways to serve young professionals in other fields

In recent years, many U.S. seminaries have faced existential threats fueled by COVID-19 and a changing religious landscape

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Steakhouse owner stabbed to death during gender reveal party and his girlfriend’s son now faces charges

The son of the owner’s girlfriend, a restaurant manager, was charged with murder

The Independent UK

Mystery after patient is found dead on the roof of a Chicago hospital in freezing cold

‘My sister didn’t deserve this. She was young and changing her life around to be an amazing person to travel the world through real estate,’ her brother said

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Presidential Campaigns Neglect Non-Swing State Cities

Waukegan Township Democrats mobilize voters in non-swing state dynamics, highlighting campaign neglect in Illinois.

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Once studying to become a forensic pathologist, Everett Reynolds pivoted hard — into the art world

He’s now painting large-scale murals in the Chicago area, including in the Pilsen area where he recently completed a painting showing of a young woman floating in the air with the help of smiley-face balloons.

Chicago Sun-Times

Waukegan bank robber sought

The FBI is looking for a man who held up a Bank of America branch at 920 South Waukegan Road on Saturday.

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Emerging big man Anton Strelnikov leads Lake Zurich past Waukegan

Strelnikov had 19 points and 11 rebounds in Lake Zurich’s 71-60 win against visiting Waukegan on Thursday.

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Suspect sought in Waukegan bank robbery

A man displayed a demand note and implied he had a handgun before fleeing on foot, according to officials.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago outdoors: Bears-watching sandhill, Waukegan’s Governmen Pier & contacts

A Bears-watchng sandhill crane, a sharp comment on Waukegan’s Goverment Pier and contacts for reporting overflowing fishing-line receptacles are among the notes from around Chicgo outdoors and beyond.

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Country Club Hills jumps into Bears stadium blitz

The south suburb joins Naperville, Waukegan, Aurora and Richton Park in courting the team, which has hit an impasse in property tax negotiations in Arlington Heights.

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Chicago fishing: New Chicago bait shop, trout opener, shoreline salmon/trout

The opening of a Bridgeport Bait and Tackle, the opening days of fall trout in Illinois and ongoing salmon and steelhead action on southern Lake Michigan lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

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Illinois lawmakers drafting bill that would require lawyers for kids in police interrogations

The effort comes after WBEZ obtained footage of a Waukegan cop leading a 15-year-old to falsely confess to a shooting.

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Lawsuit over ‘sham’ Waukegan casino selection process could delay construction, developer says

Full House Resorts has been running a temporary casino in the north suburb since February, but an appellate court ruling could end up forcing officials to restart the selection process following complaints from the Forest County Potawatomi Community.

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Gaming experience will have you running around in Circa

Bet on it: Derek Stevens, who struck gold with popular hotel-casino Circa in Las Vegas, is bringing a sportsbook to Waukegan

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Appeals court revives Potawatomi lawsuit over alleged ‘rigged’ casino selection in Waukegan

A temporary casino has been up and running in the north suburb since February, but an appellate court ruling could end up forcing officials to start the selection process from scratch following complaints from the Forest County Potawatomi Community.

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Field of Bears suitors grows to five: Aurora joins rush to lure team with new stadium

With the team’s Arlington Heights proposal in flux, an Aurora spokesman said Bears representatives “responded quickly and positively” to their entreaty, which follows others from Naperville and Waukegan.

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Waukegan wants to huddle with Bears on new stadium

As the team mulls a new stadium, Waukegan Mayor Ann Taylor pitched the team on the north suburb’s “opportunities, advantages and history with the Bears organization.”

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Waukegan wants to be the next home of the Chicago Bears

With the Bears exploring other stadium options outside of Arlington Heights, Waukegan is the latest city to express interest.

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How Waukegan police officers behind a teen’s false confession to a shooting avoided discipline

WBEZ has obtained a city-commissioned report detailing police blunders. But that review helped the officers avoid a formal investigation.

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Man, 18, fatally shot in Waukegan

Kyron Goode, 18, was found with a gunshot wound to the chest in the 500 block of South Genesee Street, according to the Lake County Coroner’s Office.

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Two teens charged in fatal shooting of Waukegan volleyball coach

Niolis Collazo, 23, was a freshman volleyball coach at a Waukegan public school. She was driving home when she was shot and killed, police said.

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Waukegan volleyball coach fatally shot while driving

Niolis Collazo, 23, was driving Saturday near 10th Street and Lewis Avenue when someone fired shots around 10:30 p.m., according to the Waukegan Police Department.

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Missing U.S. Navy service member’s body found in Waukegan Harbor

Seamus Gray, an 18-year-old Navy sailor, was reported missing March 21, police said.

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Mom of missing naval recruit pleads for help from public. ‘I’m going through dumpsters looking for my son.’

Police say Seamus Gray left the Ibiza Bar on North Genesee Street in Waukegan around 1:35 a.m. on March 18 and was last seen on camera in the area of Sheridan Road and Washington Street.

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