DuPage County
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Elgin school board confronts aging buildings and inequality during tourDec 14, 2023 9:00 pm - Noisy classrooms that only have temporary walls as a buffer. Ceilings so low a person standing 5 feet 4 inches tall can touch them. Impassable stairways that hinder acce...
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What to do with your Christmas tree in Des PlainesDec 14, 2023 2:24 pm - Des Plaines homeowners who want to dispose of unwanted Christmas trees should leave them curbside between Jan. 2 and Jan. 5 so public works and engineering crews can pick...
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SciTech moving forward with new leader, partnerships and websiteDec 14, 2023 1:44 pm - "New" is the 2024 theme for SciTech 2.0 as it reintroduces itself to the Fox River Valley as a mobile STEM education provider. Nick Scanlan, SciTech board president, sa...
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Shots fired between two cars in Des Plaines, police sayDec 14, 2023 1:32 pm - No one was hurt Thursday morning when gunshots were fired between moving cars in Des Plaines, police said. The violence began about 8 a.m. in a residential area on the 20...
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Teen charged in August crash that killed two South Elgin High School studentsDec 14, 2023 1:20 pm - A 17-year-old girl faces reckless homicide and aggravated driving under the influence of drugs charges for an August crash that killed two South Elgin High School student...
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Elk Grove mayor: Cops first used Taser as ‘less lethal option’ before fatal shootingDec 14, 2023 10:26 am - Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson said police officers first deployed a Taser as a “less lethal option” before fatally shooting a man with a knife who continued to ad...
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Man killed in Aurora shootingDec 14, 2023 5:53 am - A 32-year-old man was shot to death Tuesday in Aurora. The Kane County coroner identified him as Ramon Jamie Pizarro-Mercado. According to a news release, Aurora police r...
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SUV stolen at Des Plaines gas stationDec 13, 2023 10:53 pm - A masked thief made off with a woman’s SUV Tuesday afternoon at a gas station on the 1900 block of South Mannheim Road in Des Plaines, police said. The woman was outside ...
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A football all-star and two for the hallDec 13, 2023 10:42 pm - There’s no wrong time to talk about Illinois high school football. To Vukasin Dejkovic, there’s not a wrong time to play the sport. The Mid-Suburban East all-conference l...
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Nazareth’s pressure gets to BenetDec 13, 2023 10:23 pm - Amalia Dray has not yet cemented her final basketball legacy at Nazareth, but her head coach already has the 5-foot-9 senior guard in rarefied air. “I’ve been coaching a ...