All Stories from December 15, 2020 (Change date)
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U.S. vaccinations ramp up as 2nd COVID-19 shot nearsDec 15, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Hundreds more hospitals around the country began dispensing COVID-19 shots to their workers in a rapid expansion of the U.S. vaccination drive Tuesday, whil...
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Reopening debate fuels school board candidacies in Northwest suburbsDec 15, 2020 12:00 am - Amid the heated debates in recent months over school reopenings, some Northwest suburban school districts are seeing larger-than-usual fields of candidates who intend to...
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District 204 preparing to start hybrid learning next monthDec 15, 2020 12:00 am - The transition to a hybrid schedule is slated to begin next month in Indian Prairie Unit District 204, giving students at all grade levels the option to return to some l...
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COVID-19 case counts per county, ZIP code as of Dec. 15Dec 15, 2020 12:00 am - Interactive mapSuburbs' portion There have been 371,514 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday. That's 43% of the state's total, according to the Illino...
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'It's heartbreaking': Vietnam veteran with no family, friends honored in ElginDec 15, 2020 12:00 am - Not much was known about Stephen Alan Myerson, 72, when he died Sept. 11 at the Citadel Care Center in Elgin. He had been at Citadel for a handful of months, but he ment...
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Naperville-based company aims to stay positive, raise money for Loaves & FishesDec 15, 2020 12:00 am - A Naperville-based company's virtual event Wednesday is doubling as a fundraiser for Loaves & Fishes Community Services, which organization leaders say has seen a dramat...
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Look beyond yourselfDec 15, 2020 12:00 am - On Thursday, Dec. 3, one American died of COVID every 30 seconds. And yet, some citizens, council members and the mayor of my lovely city, Naperville, voted against a ma...
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'Democracy prevailed': Biden aims to unify divided nationDec 15, 2020 12:00 am - WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden pointedly criticized President Donald Trump for threatening core principles of democracy even as he told Americans that thei...
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Attention new pet parents: Show us your pandemic fur babiesDec 15, 2020 12:00 am - In a challenging year filled with fear and uncertainty, many of us found comfort in spending time with our pets. Pet adoptions were up in 2020 at many suburban rescues a...
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Feder: Chicago Reporter names Glenn Reedus interim editorDec 15, 2020 12:00 am - Glenn Reedus, a longtime Chicago journalist and former editor at the Chicago Defender and Chicago Crusader, has been named interim editor and publisher of the Chicago Re...