🌱 Why new Cary billboards seek answers in a 2009 teen homicide

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• Why new Cary billboards seek answers in a 2009 teen homicide

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Not as cold, turning breezy, with a high of 36 and low of 30 degrees.
• Wednesday: Freezing fog in the morning, temps: high: 35, low: 30.
• Thursday: Morning rain; cloudy, windy, with a high of 43 and low of 12 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

📰 News we're reading

• New billboards advertise reward for info about death of Sleepy Hollow teen now ruled homicide (shawlocal.com) — Billboards at Route 14 and Three Oaks Road in Cary now advertise a $30,000 reward for information about the 2009 death of Sleepy Hollow teen Anna Schneider, recently reclassified as a homicide. Her family hopes the high-visibility signs in Cary, Algonquin, and Fox River Grove will prompt new tips to investigators after years without arrests.
   

📸 Around Cary

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cary

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 24

• Christmas Eve
  Springbrook Community Church, 10115 W Algonquin Rd, Huntley, IL, 60142,
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• Cary Gymnastics Center Open Gym
  Cary Gymnastics Center , 600 Industrial Dr , Cary
  10:00 am

Thursday December 18

• Restoration Day - Oakwood Hills Fen - Cary, IL 2025
  Silver Creek Conservation Area , 1009 Rawson Bridge Rd , Cary
  3:00 pm
• Holiday Cookie Exchange, Cary Canaries Concert, and Bingo
  255 Briargate Rd , Cary
  7:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Cary Gymnastics Center Open Gym
  Cary Gymnastics Center , 600 Industrial Dr , Cary
  10:00 am

Monday December 22

• Holiday Party in a Bag
  255 Briargate Rd , Cary
  6:30 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Cary Gymnastics Center Open Gym
  Cary Gymnastics Center , 600 Industrial Dr , Cary
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Mixer - McHenry VFW Post 4600
  McHenry VFW Post 4600 , 3002 IL-120 , McHenry
  5:00 pm
• Ribbon Cutting at Accelerated Mental Performance with Coach Papa
  McHenry Chamber of Commerce , 5022 Barnard Mill Rd. , Ringwood
  5:00 pm
• GDW Band/Choir/Orchestra Concert
  Cusd 300 , 1500 Ketchum Road , Hampshire
  6:00 pm
• HES 2nd Grade Concert
  Cusd 300 , 321 Terwilliger Ave , Hampshire
  6:00 pm
• Board of Education Meeting
  Barrington CUSD 220 515 W Main St, Barrington, IL 60010, USA
  6:00 pm
• GVES Band & Orchestra Concert
  Cusd 300 , 124 Golfview Lane , Carpentersville
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Albertsons Company posted a job opening for Night Crew Stocker in Cary. Apply here.
• Securitas posted a job opening for Security Officer - Paid Weekly in Cary. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cary here.

🗞 Nearby News

Crystal Lake

• Rollover Crash With Injuries Slowing Morning Commute In Crystal Lake: Police (patch.com)
• 'Golf Swing Guru' Of McHenry County Recognized: Best Of 2025 (patch.com)
• Brothers Get 9 Years In Prison For Firing Gun At Home (patch.com)

McHenry

• Flu activity high in McHenry County (shawlocal.com)
• Police find woman killed, man hurt in apparent shooting during well-being check at McHenry County home (cbsnews.com)

Woodstock

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-- The Patch AM Team

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