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Friday, September 18, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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About 50 parents and students rallied outside the Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 Dunton Administration Building Thursday night before a school board meeting. They called for a return to in-person learning in lieu of the current remote model.

Education | District 25's proposed return to school could be among earliest in Northwest suburbs

Amid increasing calls by parents for a return to in-person learning, Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 is poised to become one of the first public school districts in the Northwest suburbs to reopen its doors, officials said Thursday.
Jerry Harris, shown here at the Oscars interviewing “Little Women” director Greta Gerwig, is facing a federal charge accusing him of soliciting an underage boy to produce sexually explicit videos and photographs.

Crime | Netflix 'Cheer' star from Naperville facing child pornography charge

Jerry Harris, the Naperville star of the Netflix series "Cheer," was arrested Thursday on a federal charge accusing him of soliciting an underage boy to produce sexually explicit videos and photographs of himself.
Illinois is still offering free testing at 11 sites throughout the state, including one at Arlington International Racecourse in Arlington Heights.

News | Illinois records another 25 COVID-19 deaths, 2,056 more infected

The Illinois Department of Public Health said Thursday that 25 more residents have died from COVID-19 and 2,056 new cases have been diagnosed.
Pastor James MacDonald preaching at the Harvest Bible Chapel campus in Elgin.

News | Harvest Bible Chapel, ex-pastor settle financial differences, but aren't giving details

Harvest Bible Chapel, ex-pastor MacDonald, have settled their differences, but aren't releasing details.
The city of Batavia and the Batavia Park District are working together to remove what’s known as the Challenge Dam, left near the rushing water, while pledging $75,000 apiece to preserve the Depot Pond, seen to the right.
News | Batavia dam to be removed, Fox River corridor plan to be developed
The city of Batavia and the Batavia Park District are entering an intergovernmental agreement as it works together to remove what's known as the Challenge Dam while pledging $75,000 apiece to preserve nearby Depot Pond.
Longtime friends and co-owners Mike Condon, Paul Kreiner and Jim Cagle are opening the second location of Noon Whistle Brewing at 1748 W. Jefferson Ave. in Naperville. Production operations began over the summer, and the taproom is opening Friday.
News | Lombard's Noon Whistle Brewing to open Naperville taproom Friday
Noon Whistle Brewing has expanded its original Lombard site, launched a new production center in Naperville and is set to open its second taproom Friday at the front of that location.
Andrew Polovin, right, a former supervisor with Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, walks to the podium Thursday during his arraignment hearing at McHenry County Courthouse in Woodstock. Polovin pleaded not guilty to several felony charges stemming from the death of 5-year-old Andrew “AJ” Freund of Crystal Lake.
McHenry County | DCFS supervisor in AJ Freund case pleads not guilty to felony child endangerment, reckless conduct
A former Illinois Department of Children and Family Services supervisor pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony criminal charges connected to the death of 5-year-old Andrew "AJ" Freund of Crystal Lake.
Civil War reenactors from the 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, seen here at a 2017 event in Wauconda, are gathering for an event Saturday at Camp Kane in St. Charles. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, the participants and spectators will wear masks, be socially distanced and crowds will be limited to 50 at a time.
News | Civil War reenactors re-forming their regiment this weekend
Civil War reenactors from the 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment will gather Saturday at Camp Kane in St. Charles in their first event since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Republican Scott Kegarise is challenging Democrat state Rep. Michelle Mussman for the House 56th District seat on Nov. 3.
Politics | Candidates for Illinois House 45th, 56th districts debate coronavirus impact, state spending
Two incumbent state House Democrats and their Republican challengers from the Northwest and Western suburbs debated the governor's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the state budget during a recent Daily Herald Editorial Board interview.
Prairie Crossing Charter School in Grayslake is not educating low-income students as required by state law, according to a lawsuit filed this week by Gurnee-based Woodland Elementary School District 50.
Education | Woodland District 50 sues to close Prairie Crossing Charter School in Grayslake
Woodland School District 50 Board of Education filed a lawsuit this week which seeks the closure of Prairie Crossing Charter School in Grayslake. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday with the Illinois State Board of Education, argues that Prairie Crossing failed to meet its state requirement to educate at-risk students and that by taking state funds the school diverts funding for services away from low-income families and underrepresented students in the school district.
Neighbors have expressed opposition to a developer’s proposal to create 45 townhouse units on the Little Friends property in Naperville. But the planning and zoning commission supported the plan Wednesday, saying it accommodates the community’s requests while preserving the Kroehler mansion.
News | Naperville panel supports townhouse proposal for Little Friends site
A plan to preserve the Kroehler mansion and redevelop the Little Friends property into 45 townhouses has received unanimous support from a Naperville panel, despite resounding opposition expressed by neighbors in the city's historic district.
Louie Diab, an 11-year-old from Glen Ellyn, is raising money Saturday in support of collegiate men’s gymnastics programs.
News | Glen Ellyn boy fundraising to save college gymnastics
Louie Diab, an 11-year-old from Glen Ellyn, is raising money Saturday in support of collegiate men's gymnastics programs.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Glenbrook North sophomore Sonia Thakkar played the harp for a virtual live concert to entertain and relieve the stress of front line health care workers. She also raised over $3,000 to obtain quality PPE kits for front line workers in India.
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Associated Press Mourners hug beside the names of the deceased Jesus Sanchez and Marianne MacFarlane at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in New York. Americans commemorated 9/11 with tributes that have been altered by coronavirus precautions and woven into the presidential campaign. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Flames shoot from a window as the Bear Fire burns through the Berry Creek area of Butte County, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. The blaze, part of the lightning-sparked North Complex, expanded at a critical rate of spread as winds buffeted the region.
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The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment # 38,880, Dave Tonge photo: Couples dancing the night away at the Blue Room ballroom in Elgin in January of 1976.
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Jeff Bocek, Senior Animal Care Specialist Brookfield Zoo, left, and Dan Thompson, DuPage County Forest Preserve District Ecologist release some of the endangered Blanding’s turtles that were reared at Brookfield Zoo and released into the wild as part of Forest Preserve District of DuPage County’s “Head-Start” Wednesday September 2, 2020 in a secluded wetland in DuPage County.
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