All Stories from December 12, 2025 (Change date)
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Girls basketball: Jones breaks her own scoring record in Naperville Central’s comeback winDec 12, 2025 9:26 pm - Naperville Central came from behind to defeat archrival Naperville North 83-51 Friday night in a DuPage Valley Conference girls basketball game.
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Beacon Hill couple named Lombard’s Senior Man and Woman of the YearDec 12, 2025 9:12 pm - On Dec. 3, Jim and Carol Wixson were named the 2025 Senior Man and Woman of the Year by the village of Lombard for their outstanding contributions through service and volunteerism.
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Josh Giddey scores 26 points, Bulls hang on to beat Hornets 129-126 to snap 7-game losing streakDec 12, 2025 8:55 pm - Josh Giddey had 26 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds, Zach Collins added 16 points off the bench and the Chicago Bulls erased a 13-point, second-half deficit to beat the Charlotte Hornets 129-126 on Friday night and snap a seven-game losing streak.
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Kane County Forest Preserve District presents Polar-Palooza winter festivalDec 12, 2025 7:32 pm - The Forest Preserve District of Kane County is hosting Polar-Palooza, a nature-inspired arcade experience, on Saturday, Jan. 17, at Creek Bend Nature Center.
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‘This doesn’t pass the sniff test’: Proposal for new lounge in Mundelein encounters resistance over gamblingDec 12, 2025 7:17 pm - A plan to open a cocktail lounge with video gambling machines in downtown Mundelein encountered resistance during this week’s village board meeting.
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Baseball with a twist: New franchise seeks player/performers with unique skillsDec 12, 2025 6:56 pm - Take a knee, Harlem Globetrotters and Savannah Bananas, there's a new pro sportstainment franchise in the making: its name is the Chicago Snowballs, and it’s set to launch next spring at Chicago’s Kerry Wood Cubs Field.
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Oak Brook Park District earns top national budget awardDec 12, 2025 6:45 pm - Oak Brook Park District earned the highest national recognition in governmental budgeting for its 2025-26 fiscal budget. The budget underwent a rigorous independent review and was evaluated for effectiveness as a policy document, financial plan, operations guide, and communications tool.
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Some athletic directors are open to collective bargaining agreements for college athletesDec 12, 2025 5:48 pm - Some athletic directors are starting to believe that collective bargaining agreements might be coming to college sports even if the NCAA and its member schools have long said such labor deals are financially unfeasible.
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Caitlin Clark says CBA negotiations are the ‘biggest moment in the history of the WNBA’Dec 12, 2025 5:27 pm - Caitlin Clark understands the gravity of the WNBA's current collective bargaining negotiations, calling it the “biggest moment in the history" of the league.
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Health club, retail tenant proposed for former Dominick’s in Buffalo Grove’s Chase PlazaDec 12, 2025 5:10 pm - A developer is proposing dividing a former Dominick’s building in Buffalo Grove into two tenant spaces for both a health club and a general retail use.