Des Plaines
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‘An extraordinary talent’: Famed pro wrestler ‘Pac’ found dead in Des Plaines, one day after suburban matchSep 28, 2026 12:21 pm - A famed, English-born professional wrestler died outside a suburban restaurant over the weekend, a day after a match here.
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Hersey High School named RULER Spotlight SchoolSep 28, 2026 11:11 am - John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights was recently been named a RULER Spotlight School by the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.
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Home & garden calendar, Sept. 28-Oct. 10Sep 28, 2026 9:45 am - Upcoming gardening club meetings and events in the Chicago suburbs, covering topics like growing dahlias, pruning trees and shrubs, and more. Also listings of garden shows, nature walks and workshops.
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Barrington graduate Peipert excels as next man up at St. ThomasSep 27, 2026 3:31 pm - Barrington High School graduate Nick Peipert has made the most of an opportunity as quarterback at the University of St. Thomas.
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‘She made the world a better place’: Friends, family remember woman killed during Fox River boating accident in JulySep 26, 2026 7:14 pm - Several hundred people gathered to honor Magdalena Jablonska at the McHenry Dam on Saturday. The 48-year-old Des Plaines woman and U.S. Marine veteran who “brought sunshine wherever she went” was killed in a boating accident July 25 on the Fox River.
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Football roundup: Hersey’s forfeit victory is a program milestoneSep 26, 2026 6:10 pm - Hersey won its 300th football game in school history this week. But it was a win that the Huskies earned without even kicking off. Wheeling was forced to forfeit Friday n...
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York’s Janowski, Barrington girls show they’re in midseason form at Palatine meetSep 26, 2026 4:11 pm - Two-time defending girls state cross country champion Barrington showed that it is still the team to beat Saturday morning at the Palatine Invitational Meet of Champions ...
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Buffalo Grove makes some noise, tops Elk GroveSep 25, 2026 11:43 pm - The hit sounded like it belonged in a different sport. Buffalo Grove sophomore Dominic Peterson came roaring downfield on a second-quarter kickoff Friday night, found E...
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Electric-powered aviation takes flight in new documentary premiering Oct. 1Sep 25, 2026 7:55 am - “The Pulitzer Electric Air Race,” a documentary about the aircraft, pilots and innovators ushering in the era of electric-powered flight, will have its area premiere on Oct. 1.
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Marked for demolition, Mount Prospect building is first helping to train firefightersSep 24, 2026 6:50 pm - A soon-to-be-demolished office building in Mount Prospect is providing firefighters an ideal environment to train for multistory structure fires.