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Retiring Mount Prospect teacher receives award from Chick-fil-A

By Steve Zalusky
May 13, 2026 12:08 pm - A longtime teacher in River Trails School District 26 has received the Teacher of the Community Award by Chick-fil-A Mount Prospect.
Cary teacher named McHenry County Educator of the Year

By Claire O'Brien
May 13, 2026 11:35 am - Cary School District 26 teacher Dawn Wiginton has been named McHenry County Educator of the Year and was bestowed the distinction on Saturday.
Safety first: Kids can learn biking skills at various events in the suburbs

By Ralph Banasiak, Along for the Ride
May 13, 2026 11:34 am - With May as National Bike Month, it’s not surprising how many suburban biking events are already scheduled. What’s surprising is the number of events dedicated to youth safety skills.
‘It’s like the Super Bowl’: Lilac Time in Lombard culminates in parade on Sunday

By Katlyn Smith
May 13, 2026 10:26 am - Don’t read too much into the “bloom 'o' meter” dial, the official gauge for Lilac Time, turned past fully blooming. The Palibin lilacs are holding court now. And Lilac Time is a marathon not a sprint, topped off by a parade down Main Street this Sunday.
Batavia’s first cannabis shop celebrates ribbon-cutting

By Joey Weslo
May 13, 2026 8:56 am - There are high expectations for the first cannabis dispensary to open in Batavia.
New meeting and professional development space to open Friday in downtown Elgin

By Rick West
May 13, 2026 8:13 am - Rose's Room, an event space in downtown Elgin intended for workshops, classes, meetings and other small gatherings, will hold a grand opening and ribbon cutting at 5 p.m. Friday, May 15.
Color them talented: Teen artists offered big scholarship money

By Susan Sarkauskas
May 12, 2026 9:04 pm - A Downers Grove teen is among a score of suburban high school students offered six-figures worth of scholarship money to continue their arts education.
Man with assault rifle wildly shoots at drivers near Boston, wounding 2, officials say

By MICHAEL CASEY, HOLLY RAMER and KIMBERLEE KRUESI
May 12, 2026 8:09 pm - BOSTON (AP) — A man previously convicted of firing a gun at police shot at motorists on a busy road outside Boston, seriously wounding two drivers with an assault-style w...
Declining attendance, donations behind St. Julian Eymard closure in Elk Grove

By Christopher Placek
May 12, 2026 6:54 pm - St. Julian Eymard Catholic Church in Elk Grove Village will close and consolidate with Queen of the Rosary church in January 2027 as a result of declining Mass attendance and financial struggles across both sites, officials said.
IDPH: Illinois resident being tested for hantavirus strain different from cruise ship infections

By Marni Pyke
May 12, 2026 6:47 pm - As global attention centers on a fatal outbreak of the Andes strain of hantavirus on a cruise ship, Illinois Department of Public Health officials announced a state resident is potentially infected with a different form of the disease.

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