DuPage County
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Benet’s York makes herself at homeMay 25, 2013 7:33 am - Emily York may never want to leave Bolingbrook. Not after the week she had there. Benet’s sophomore slugged 2 homers for the second straight playoff game, helping power ...
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The SoapboxMay 25, 2013 5:00 am - What’s a chaparral? It’s the formal name for a roadrunner, silly. The bird, no doubt best known through its cartoon character, is not common to Illinois. It also has bee...
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DuPage County friends talk about their $7.4 million lottery winMay 24, 2013 8:33 pm - Carol Davis and Conrad Rask became good friends about a decade ago when they discovered they shared a common interest: playing the lottery. Rask frequents the Carol Stre...
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ECC students win several first-place gold medals at Illinois SkillsUSAMay 24, 2013 2:16 pm - Several Elgin Community College students won first-place gold medals in the Illinois SkillsUSA competition, which was held April 11 through 13 in Springfield. This is t...
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Preliminarily, a good dayMay 24, 2013 8:13 am - CHARLESTON — The pressure’s on, but Lake Park’s Antonio Shenault doesn’t feel it ... much. In the preliminaries of the 119th boys state track meet Friday at Eastern Illi...
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Dawn Patrol: Hawks face elimination; concealed carry vote today?May 24, 2013 5:00 am - Frustration builds for Blackhawks The Red Wings have managed to frustrate Jonathan Toews and the Blackhawks like no other team has done all season. Goalie Jimmy How...
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8-foot chaparral sculpture finds home at College of DuPageMay 23, 2013 11:00 pm - Students rushing to class at College of DuPage may have been in such a hurry that they missed it: an 8-foot bronze sculpture of a chaparral has been installed on the sch...
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Mental exam sought for Roselle man accused of abusing peacockMay 23, 2013 5:00 pm - The attorney for a Roselle man accused of sexually abusing a peacock said Thursday he has doubts about his client's mental fitness and will ask for him to undergo a psyc...
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For several Class 1A athletes, one more race to goMay 23, 2013 3:05 pm - CHARLESTON — Jake Hooker mentioned one motivation shared by most every athlete who competed in Thursday’s Class 1A preliminaries of the boys state track finals. “Just th...
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ECC graduates offer advice to high school gradsMay 23, 2013 2:00 pm - Few would argue that earning a college degree is a smart choice. But what are the advantages of attending a community college before moving on to a four-year university?...