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Stebe Rivera, head custodian, shows updated disinfection procedures at Jacobs High School in Algonquin.

Education | How schools are gearing up for an eventual return to classrooms

Hand sanitizer. Paper towels. Disinfectant spray. Plexiglass partitions. And personal protective equipment. Suburban school districts are stocking up on these essentials as they gear up for the start of in-person instruction next month.
Customers lined up at the Des Plaines secretary of state driver’s facility July 21. Consider renewing online to avoid crowds and remember that extensions have been granted for many expired licenses and stickers, officials said.

Columns | The waiting is the hardest part at driver's facility, but it doesn't have to be

What's up with the line of masked men and women outside the driver's license facility? Here's how to avoid the worst-case scenario.
Video attached to article Playing competitive league hockey until age 80, Ron Fedor got chances to take shots from Chicago Blackhawk legend Mush Marsh, hero of the 1934 Stanley Cup, and later Patrick Kane.

Columns | Constable: This octogenarian goalie blocked shots from 2 Blackhawk legends, then finally retired

Octogenarian Ron Fedor of Mount Prospect achieved an athletic feat no one else can claim. As an amateur goalie, he's blocked shots from current Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane and 1934 Stanley Cup hero Mush Marsh.
Jim Reynolds of Round Lake Park has played taps at more than 1,000 events since joining the organization Bugles Across America, many of them funerals for fellow veterans. “We feel the veteran has paid the price or earned the honors and we are there to make sure our nation's debt is paid,” he said.

News | 'We owe it to them': Navy veteran finds new mission playing taps

After being laid off from his job in the electronics industry about 12 years ago, Navy veteran Jim Reynolds revisited his roots for a new sense of purpose.
Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn will begin the academic year with all-virtual learning.
News | Glenbard to start school year with all-remote learning
Glenbard High School District 87 will start the new school year Aug. 17 with all-remote learning and push back plans for an in-person/hybrid model until Sept. 8, Superintendent David Larson told parents in a letter on Monday.
Raquel Becerra
Crime | Ex-Glendale Heights administrator pleads guilty to DUI
Former Glendale Heights administrator Raquel Becerra has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor DUI.
News | Aug. 2 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP code
Since the outbreak began, there have been 89,297 cases in the suburbs as of Sunday, 49.2% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. Here's how it breaks down county by county.
Spectators are asked to stay in an assigned fenced area at the Oak Brook Polo Club. Tailgating has replaced grandstands to follow social distancing orders.
News | Oak Brook Polo Club plays on in a very social, but distanced, order
The Oak Brook Polo Club has removed its grandstands and asked spectators to tailgate to adhere to social distancing orders.
Brandis Friedman
Columns | Feder: 'Chicago Tonight' adds weekend shows to amplify Black, Latino voices
Starting the weekend of September 12, Brandis Friedman will host "Chicago Tonight: Black Voices," at 6 p.m. Sundays. Hugo Balta, news director of WTTW, will host "Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices" at 6 p.m. Saturdays.
Students and recent graduates of Ball State University’s Bassoon Studio started a campaign called “Bassoons Filling Bellies” to support Feeding America. Here the play “Chattanooga Choo Choo.”
News | Libertyville musician busks for charity with 'Bassoons Filling Bellies'
A Libertyville bassoonist and six friends are using their talents to help feed the hungry.
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks Friday during a press briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington.
Business | Virus relief bill remains up in air as negotiations resume
Slow, grinding negotiations on a huge COVID-19 relief bill are set to resume Monday afternoon, but the path forward promises to be challenging and time is already growing short. Republicans are griping that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi won't drop her expansive wish list even as concerns are mounting that the White House needs to be more sure-footed in the negotiations.
Jim Slusher
Columns | Letter from the editor: Authorities might be silent, but we still seek details
Early in the morning on Saturday, June 27, something dramatic happened at a house on Picton Road in Roselle. More than a month later, we still don't know much about what it was. We know there was a shooting, that "multiple" people were injured and that one person died. We knew that much by the afternoon of the shooting. We published the basic information online then and on Page 3 of our Sunday, June 28, edition.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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