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Ten of those designs will be selected. SEE ALSO: Rancho Cucamonga woodworker's patriotic passion, making flags that are works of art After a public feedback period, the general assembly will ...

Parks with a lot of leaves on the ground—something of which there are many in the fall—can be an issue during red flag ...

Owner Eyad Zeid said the cafe plans to reopen Saturday morning with the name of the cafe painted on the boarded-up front door ...

The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for much of the Chicago area Tuesday, with strong wind gusts expected and temperatures likely to break a 25-year-old heat record. But what ...

the Chicago Bears have officially announced two deserving individuals from the same high school as the final Chicago Bears Girls' Flag Football Coach of the Week and Girls' Flag Player of the Week for ...

As exciting as a warm day out sounds, the gusty winds that we're dealing with combined with said heat may lead to fire risks—which is why officials have put out a red flag warning. The latter is ...

(CBS) -- Girls' flag football is now an official high school ... saw playing on the new Proviso West team as an opportunity to play in college. Chicago Bears President and Chief Executive Officer ...

"Similar to the stars on the Chicago flag that represent meaningful moments ... sport Drew enjoys running long distance and celebrating art.

All evacuations have been lifted near the town of Divide, Colorado. Amid an autumnal heat spell sweeping large parts of the nation, rare red-flag warnings have been issued for Chicago and western ...

Wrath of Rakshasa is coming to the Chicago-area theme park, Six Flags announced Thursday ... and state-of-the-art consumer ...