All Stories from December 17, 2025 (Change date)
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‘Buck Rogers’ star Gil Gerard dies at 82Dec 17, 2025 10:50 am - Gil Gerard, who played television’s hunky sci-fi hero William “Buck” Rogers soon after the Star Wars franchise took hold in the late 1970s, has died. He was 82.
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Girls basketball notes: Defense keys Mundelein’s 10-0 start; Vernon Hills perfect in conference playDec 17, 2025 10:40 am - A lot of things are going right for the Mundelein girls basketball team these days. The Mustangs, who have burst out to a 10-0 start, including a 4-0 beginning in North S...
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Do newly elected condo board members assume their positions immediately?Dec 17, 2025 10:28 am - Our condominium board recently held annual elections. Do the new board members take their board positions immediately or do they have to wait until the next scheduled meeting?
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Aurora’s Wesley UMC kicks off sandwich drive for community fridgesDec 17, 2025 10:17 am - Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora kicked off a sandwich-making drive for Aurora's community fridges on Dec. 14. The community fridges, located at three locations in Aurora, are open 24/7 to provide food for anyone in need.
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Ask the doctors: Temporary use of night-lights doesn’t harm childrenDec 17, 2025 9:38 am - Night-lights have long been a fixture of childhood bedrooms. But as we understand more about sleep physiology, it’s reasonable to wonder how they help or hurt. This is particularly true because of what we’re learning from research on circadian development.
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‘Out of sight, out of mind’: Lighting candles, fireplaces can be bad for your lungsDec 17, 2025 9:36 am - Burning scented products may create a cozy ambiance, and in the case of fireplaces, provide light and heat, but some experts want people to consider how doing so contributes to the quality of the air indoors.
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Why did we get so much snow, so fast this season? A polar vortexDec 17, 2025 9:30 am - Snow season has gotten off to a fast start across swaths of the northern United States this year. Fueled in part by an unusually early disruption to the polar vortex — wh...
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Creating a simple garden sanctuary for year-round relaxationDec 17, 2025 9:29 am - Now’s a good time to start thinking about next year's garden.
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Worth a pretty penny: Last US cents sold at auction for sum of $16.76MDec 17, 2025 9:21 am - To those who argue that the U.S. penny had no value, some coin collectors beg to differ. In fact, they doled out millions for the final pennies circulated in the U.S. before the government ended the cent's production back in November.
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Americans like artificial Christmas trees, even though few are made in the U.S. and prices are upDec 17, 2025 9:19 am - Tariffs shone a twinkling light this year on fake Christmas trees — and the extent to which America depends on other countries for its plastic fir trees.