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Weird News: Top IL Stories That Made Us Say 'What?' In 2024
Cicadas, a rat hole and a station wagon that may even make Clark Griswold envious: some of our weirdest articles from the past year.
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🌱 Stabbing suspect treated in Oak Park
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🌱 Family-friendly New Year's Eve in Oak Park
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Owl Flies Down Chimney, Tops Christmas Tree [Weird News & Oddities]
Mastodon fossil reveals Ice Age clues. A bear shot by a hunter falls on another and kills him. What is going on with California’s squirrels?
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Drop Everything: 11 Quirky New Year’s Eve Celebrations To Start 2025
Wacky plays on the Times Square Ball Drop feature descending muskrats, opossums, fish, cheese and a drag queen in a red high-heeled shoe.
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🌱 Discover Chris Myers' Oak Park roots and broadcasting tales
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🌱 Discover 1924 Chicago through Ernest Hemingway's story
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🌱 Fried rice, ramen, + pho are headed your way from Urbanbelly! Order by 10am. and 15 more events
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🌱 Oak Park's $1M budget decision sparks transparency concerns
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🌱 Oak Park teams hit holiday basketball tournaments
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