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Chicago-area charity distributes more than 5,000 turkeys to families in need ahead of ThanksgivingNov 23, 2024 4:18 pm - More than 5,000 turkeys are being distributed this weekend to families in need by the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago’s service committee, Zakat Chicago, during its annual “Feasting with Dignity” Turkey Drive.
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Nov 23, 2024 4:07 pm - In 65 years, some 20,000 kids — mostly African American — have been through the Jesse White Tumblers program. And they’re still going strong.
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Is your school in the top 10% in the state?Nov 23, 2024 3:54 pm - A select group of schools across the suburbs earned the “exemplary” designation on the 2024 Illinois School Report Card. Here are some of the schools in Cook, Lake, DuPage, Kane and McHenry counties that have been designated as exemplary.
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Will a winter storm hit the US over Thanksgiving week? Here’s what forecasts show so far
Nov 23, 2024 3:23 pm - WINDSOR, Calif. — Forecasters warned over the weekend that another round of winter weather could complicate travel leading up to Thanksgiving in parts of the U.S. In Cali...
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Intentional learning: How Sycamore Trails Elementary in Bartlett earned ‘exemplary’ statusNov 23, 2024 1:15 pm - For the first time since 2019, an Elgin Area School District U-46 school has earned an “exemplary” designation on the Illinois School Report Card.
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‘Ready to go’: Long-delayed Harper College project finally breaks groundNov 23, 2024 12:30 pm - Delayed by a historic state budget stalemate and the pandemic, a building project decades in the making finally has broken ground at Harper College in Palatine.
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Firefighter has narrow escape from semitrailer while helping at I-90 crash, driver cited for Scott’s LawNov 23, 2024 11:15 am - A Huntley firefighter was treated for injuries after a truck plowed into a fire engine Friday.
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Elgin Community College names 2025 NISOD Award winnersNov 22, 2024 9:08 pm - Elgin Community College selects five employees to receive the 2025 National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Excellence Awards.
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GPS event to help students reduce stress and increase academic performanceNov 22, 2024 8:27 pm - On Tuesday, Dec. 10, the GPS Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present “A Skills Blueprint for Better Grades and Less Stress” with author Ana Homayoun.
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Transit’s fiscal cliff gets steeper as leaders warn of ‘death spiral’Nov 22, 2024 5:57 pm - Metra, Pace and the CTA delivered their 2025 budgets to the RTA Friday but the big issue is a mega-million shortfall.