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‘Just the beginning’: U-46 radio station celebrates 75 years by focusing on the future

By Rick West
Dec 26, 2025 11:40 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 radio station WEPS-88.9 FM is celebrating its 75th anniversary with new content and a focus on new trends like podcasting. It’s the oldest continuously operating school district radio station in Illinois and one of the oldest in the country.
No injuries, but residents displaced in Aurora fire on Christmas Day

Daily Herald report
Dec 26, 2025 11:24 am - No one was injured, but residents were displaced following a Christmas Day fire in Aurora.
New laws for the new year: Illinois’ grocery tax ends, aquifer protections begin

By Ben Szalinski and Brenden Moore
Dec 26, 2025 10:14 am - The expiration of Illinois’ 1% grocery tax is just one of several new laws set to take effect next Thursday.
Dealing with unwanted gifts takes a little creativity — and a lot of tact

By Barbara Vitello
Dec 26, 2025 8:26 am - Whether it’s a Big Mouth Billy Bass, a cherub tchotchke or a crime scene pen holder, recipients should remember when it comes to gifts it’s the thought that counts. That said, there’s always regifting ... if you are careful!
Photo Gallery: Best Daily Herald local sports photos of 2025

By Paul Valade
Dec 26, 2025 5:00 am -
TikTok pranks and delivery fails: A look back at the odd cases of 2025

By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
Dec 26, 2025 5:00 am - From social media challenges gone awry to a fiery family feud and an unlucky stickup man, here’s a recap of some of the odd and unusual cases we saw in 2025.
Trump says US struck IS targets in Nigeria

Dec 25, 2025 8:00 pm - President Donald Trump said Thursday night that he’d launched a “powerful and deadly” U.S. strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the West African country’s government of failing to rein in the persecution of Christians.
Christmas Eve winner in Arkansas lands a $1.82 billion Powerball lottery jackpot

By OLIVIA DIAZ
Dec 25, 2025 7:53 pm - A Powerball ticket purchased at a gas station outside Little Rock, Arkansas, won a $1.817 billion jackpot in Wednesday's Christmas Eve drawing, ending the lottery game’s three-month stretch without a top-prize winner.
Blast at mosque in Nigeria kills 5 and injures more than 30 in apparent suicide attack

By OPE ADETAYO
Dec 25, 2025 7:50 pm - A bomb exploded during prayers at a mosque in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Wednesday night, killing five people in what police described as a likely suicide attack. Police said that 35 people were also injured in the attack.
Trump warns against infiltration by a ‘bad Santa,’ defends coal in jovial Christmas calls with kids

By WILL WEISSERT
Dec 25, 2025 6:27 pm - President Donald Trump marked Christmas Eve by quizzing children calling in about what presents they were excited about receiving, while promising to not let a “bad Santa” infiltrate the country and even suggesting that a stocking full of coal may not be so bad.

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