The state of Illinois has spent nearly $7 million hosting or sponsoring NASCAR since 2022, including $795,000 for this year’s Enjoy Illinois 300 race, which generated $60 million of economic activity for the Metro East region.
Illinois’ tourism push includes millions for NASCAR events
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Your relationships and second chances
We must extend grace to others and hope that they will extend some to us, as we all need grace to live in harmony with those around us.
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Apply Now for Holiday Food Baskets at WCCCC in Will County
The Will County Center for Community Concerns is providing Holiday Food Baskets for 125 income eligible families with children 16 years of age and younger, funded by the Community Service Block Grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity.
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Pork Loin Chops with Fruity Salsa Topping
Pork chops are cooked in a skillet with chili powder, coriander, cumin, paprika, salt, and pepper, then topped with a salsa and apricot spreadable fruit mixture, and served with nectarines, cilantro, and oregano.
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Savory Beef and Pepper Stir-Fry: Perfect with Rice
Beef top round steak is browned in butter, then simmered in beef broth with garlic, green peppers, onion, cornstarch, soy sauce, and tomatoes, and served over rice.
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Hearty Chicken and Rice Skillet with Cajun Seasoning
This recipe combines chicken, brown rice, smoked turkey sausage, celery, onion, green pepper, tomatoes, and Cajun or Creole seasoning to create a flavorful and hearty dish.
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Tuna Noodle Casserole with Broccoli: Easy Dinner Idea
Servings: 8 / TOTAL TIME: 1:20 hr Ingredients: Directions: PHOTO CREDIT TASTE OF HOME
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Will County Launches Fall Recycling Schedule with “Recyclepalooza” Event
Will County’s Resource Recovery & Energy Division has released its Fall 2025 Will County Green recycling and collection event schedule, which includes collection events for electronics, household items, household hazardous waste, motor oil, scrap metal, and other items, and the “Caps On” campaign to raise awareness about recycling plastic bottles, tubs, and jugs.
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How Cup Noodles became one of the biggest transpacific business success stories of all time
See a package of Cup Noodles and you might think of dorm rooms and cheap calories. But there was a time when eating out of Cup Noodle’s iconic packaging exuded cosmopolitanism.
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How single-stream recycling works − and how your choices can make it work better
Not all plastic is the same. Old yogurt cups and milk jugs, for example, don’t play well together when being turned into new materials. However, there are solutions.
