All Stories from January 31, 2026 (Change date)
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Boys wrestling: Montini dominates Class 3A Naperville North regionalJan 31, 2026 7:44 pm - Montini senior Kam Luif is happy to be back on the wrestling mat. The Broncos, including first-year coach Sal Annoreno, are also thrilled to see Luif back to his old self...
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Girls basketball: Kim’s clutch shooting lifts Fremd to high-scoring win over Naperville CentralJan 31, 2026 7:24 pm - Fremd senior Lucy Kim was feeling it. Through most of three quarters at Naperville Central Saturday in a matchup of two of the top teams in Illinois, the Vikings and Redh...
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Boys wrestling roundup: Three MSL schools win regional championships; Grant, Maine South also take titlesJan 31, 2026 6:23 pm - It was a marvelous day of wrestling for the MSL. Barrington, Conant and Wheeling all won regional team championship trophies Saturday afternoon, and will now advance into...
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Mathematician Gladys West dies at 95. She was a hidden figure behind GPS.Jan 31, 2026 5:48 pm - Dr. Gladys West, who died Jan. 17 at 95, used her mathematical skills to become a barrier-breaking researcher for the Navy, mastering a bulky supercomputer known as Stretch while calculating satellite orbits and developing a precise model of the Earth’s surface. Her research laid the groundwork for the Global Positioning System, GPS, a technology that has made getting lost a thing of the past.
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Power outages hit Ukraine and Moldova as Kyiv struggles against the winter coldJan 31, 2026 5:37 pm - Emergency power cuts swept across several Ukrainian cities as well as neighboring Moldova on Saturday, officials said, amid a commitment from the Kremlin to U.S. President Donald Trump to pause strikes on Kyiv as Ukraine battles one of its bleakest winters in years.
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Palatine girl reported missing found safeJan 31, 2026 5:31 pm - A 14-year-old girl who had been reported missing has been located safe and returned home, Palatine police said Saturday.
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Authorities investigating death of person found Friday behind Bartlett businessJan 31, 2026 5:29 pm - Authorities are investigating the death of a person found Friday behind a business in Bartlett.
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Boys wrestling: Batavia advances 12 from regional, captures team titleJan 31, 2026 5:28 pm - It was nearly a perfect day for the Batavia boys wrestling team at the Class 2A Morris Regional on Saturday. The Bulldogs had 13 wrestlers entered in the regional, and 12...
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Four people, 18 pets rescued from Campton Hills fireJan 31, 2026 5:25 pm - Four people, two dogs, four pet rats, one guinea pig and 11 fish were rescued from a house fire Friday in the 39W300 block of Campton Hills Drive in Campton Hills, authorities said.
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Runners blast through snow in Frozen Tundra 5KJan 31, 2026 5:24 pm - Snow-covered trails that usually are quiet on a winter morning came to life Saturday with the passage of 350 runners during the Frozen Tundra IPA 5K in Lincolnshire.