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Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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1. Remorseful Thief Returns Stolen $2 Cigarillo To Store: Buffalo Grove Police Blotter (patch.com) — Buffalo Grove residents can see details on several recent police calls, including multiple traffic-related arrests and a DUI case, along with a small retail theft where the remorseful suspect returned and paid for a $2 cigarillo. The blotter also notes a local business owner who lost more than $4,500 to a phone scam about a supposedly overdue energy bill, highlighting ongoing fraud risks in the community.
2. Bogonosiuk Named CGA Rookie of the Year (soonersports.com) — A standout men’s gymnast who grew up in Buffalo Grove has been named the 2026 national Rookie of the Year by the College Gymnastics Association. Now competing for Oklahoma, he’s one of the nation’s top freshmen on floor, vault, and parallel bars, and will lead the Sooners into this weekend’s NCAA Championships in Champaign.
3. Johnson advances legislation to strengthen menopause education and training (illinoissenatedemocrats.com) — Buffalo Grove’s State Senator Adriane Johnson has advanced a bill that lets medical coursework on perimenopause and menopause count toward Illinois’ required implicit bias training for health care professionals. The measure, which has passed the Senate, aims to improve provider understanding of menopause, reduce disparities in care, and expand training flexibility without adding new hours or mandates.
4. Ripple eyes River North office lease in boost for battered Loop market (therealdeal.com) — Buffalo Grove gets a mention as Ripple weighs what to do with GTreasury’s existing 23,000-square-foot office here after buying the local software firm for $1 billion. The fast-growing blockchain company is close to leasing more than 50,000 square feet in a revamped River North tower, one of the few sizable new office commitments in Chicago’s still-struggling downtown market.
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