DuPage County
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Elgin’s 41st annual MLK prayer breakfast features speakers, music, awardsJan 17, 2026 3:51 pm - The 41st annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast at Elgin Community College featured speakers, music and awards.
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Woman pleads guilty to abducting grandchild from Aurora homeJan 17, 2026 2:55 pm - A woman has pleaded guilty to abducting her grandchild in a case where the child’s father and uncle are accused of taking the boy from a house in Aurora.
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‘It’s not just retail. It’s hospitality’: Stonehouse Market store coming to downtown WheatonJan 17, 2026 1:45 pm - Fran Rouse shares a certain French sensibility through her expanding Wheaton business, Stonehouse Market. Her store in Town Square Wheaton has cookbooks, L'epicurien salted butter caramel spread, French soaps, and art Rouse brought back from a trip to Paris. A Francophile at heart, she’s opening another store, this one in downtown.
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After HoursJan 17, 2026 11:26 am - Send photos of business events to afterhours@dailyherald.com.
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‘We still have plenty’: Retailers making sense of penny’s slow deathJan 17, 2026 11:15 am - Some businesses are rounding off cash transactions, others with high credit card transactions are unfazed after U.S. Mint discontinued penny production.
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Suburban Skyview: Snow tube hill ready in BartlettJan 17, 2026 6:00 am - Villa Olivia’s snow tube hill is covered in snow while everything around it is bathed in sunlight last week. The facility in Bartlett has plans to reopen this weekend.
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Naperville grad returns to empower youth through KidsMatter internshipJan 16, 2026 11:13 pm - Naperville Central High School graduate Sophia Zanca interned with KidsMatter, a nonprofit promoting youth mental health and leadership development, during her winter break from Dartmouth College.
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Boys basketball: Baumann’s big night lifts Aurora Christian over Wheaton AcademyJan 16, 2026 11:04 pm - Senior guard Jacob Baumann scored 8 of his game-high 20 points in the fourth quarter, including 6 consecutive free throws in the last 2 minutes, to help lift Aurora Chris...
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Bundle up and skate into winter fun at Oak Brook Park District ice rinkJan 16, 2026 10:46 pm - The Oak Brook Park District is opening the ice rink this weekend, offering skating, hockey, curling, and other activities.
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Boys basketball: Mobley, Hoffman Estates finish with a flurry to top Buffalo GroveJan 16, 2026 10:38 pm - Chris Mobley helped Hoffman Estates steal a win Friday. Mobley came up with two huge steals and then converted them to baskets to finish with 22 points to help the Hawks ...