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Joliet refinery woes push DuPage County gas past $4.80

A string of Midwest refinery disruptions, led by repeated outages at the ExxonMobil plant in Joliet, has driven Chicago-area gas prices roughly 60 cents above the national average. Gov. Pritzker declared Illinois a diesel disaster area Oct. 6, and DuPage County drivers are paying some of the region's steepest prices.

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Playa Bowls opens first Elmhurst location on Route 83

Playa Bowls, a national superfruit bowl chain with about 400 locations, opened its first Elmhurst store on Saturday, June 6, at 359 S. Route 83 in the Elmhurst Crossing plaza, one of several new businesses to arrive on the city's commercial corridors this year.

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