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Familiar names among DuPage County's top teamsAug 12, 2019 1:00 am - IC Catholic Prep has won three straight state titles. Don't ask about a four-peat. "We don't have that conversation here," said Knights coach Bill Krefft. "We as a prog...
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Conference shuffling continues for DuPage County teamsAug 12, 2019 1:00 am - A few tweaks and a bombshell constitute 2019 DuPage County football conference shuffling. The biggie is the Chicago Catholic League and the East Suburban Catholic Confer...
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$50,000 or $35 million: Which schools got the most in new state fundingAug 10, 2019 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct information attributed to an Elgin Area School District U-46 spokeswoman. New students won't be the only fresh...
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Registration now open for District 214 Community Ed's classes, shows, trips starting in AugustJul 16, 2019 11:00 pm - After he lost his wife, Dennis Depcik was looking for an outlet to express the strong and conflicting emotions he was feeling. Depcik, who is an author of a book about h...
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'Inconceivable': Mother killed teen sons, then herself in Elmhurst-area home, sheriff saysJul 14, 2019 1:00 am - A mother shot her two teenage sons to death Friday before setting fire to her Elmhurst-area home and fatally shooting herself, DuPage County authorities said Sunday. The...
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A lot of kids still aren't ready for kindergarten: What suburban districts are doing about itJun 26, 2019 5:30 am - This July, Bensenville School District 2 is launching a three-day “jump-start” camp for incoming kindergartners before the school year starts. “They just need a little b...
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Editorial: West Chicago High School's desecration of memorialJun 22, 2019 2:00 pm - Progress is part of the natural order of things. The landscape changes continually and almost inevitably. But sensitivity ought to be part of the natural order, too. By ...
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Two trees for Amanda: How West Chicago community rallied around mom's lossJun 21, 2019 1:00 am - Nearly three weeks ago, Lee Ann Meiborg shed tears of sadness and anger as she sat in her car outside West Chicago High School, where a tree planted 15 years ago as a me...
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'It's not happy memories anymore': Mom still hurt over District 94's abrupt removal of memorial treeJun 20, 2019 5:00 am - The hurt is still there and Lee Ann Meiborg says it won't go away anytime soon. The autumn blaze maple and plaque that stood outside West Chicago High School for 15 year...
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West Chicago District 94 to reconsider memorial policy after tree honoring graduate was removedJun 18, 2019 1:00 am - It is too costly to preserve all class gifts and memorials accumulated over the past 93 years at West Chicago High School, officials said Tuesday, “and therefore impossi...