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US high school students lose ground in math and reading, continuing yearslong decline
Sep 09, 2025 3:09 pm - WASHINGTON — A decade-long slide in high schoolers' reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders' scores dropping to their lowes...
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Senators ramp up pressure on Trump to abandon threats to send troops into U.S. cities
Sep 09, 2025 3:03 pm - A group of Democratic senators is filing a friend of the court brief Tuesday in California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit against President Donald Trump, stepping up pressur...
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Missouri Republicans advance Trump-backed plan to redraw US House districts
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Part of Route 14 in Barrington closed beginning Sept. 15Sep 09, 2025 2:23 pm - A stretch of Route 14 through Barrington will be fully closed beginning Monday, Sept. 15, as part of ongoing work to build an underpass at the Canadian National Railway tracks.
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Sep 09, 2025 2:22 pm - In this week’s Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald examines claims that crime has plummeted 100% since National Guard troops were deployed to Washington, D.C, stimulus checks are being sent to middle class Americans and more.
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KidsMatter to host Volunteer Fair at Naperville’s Fort Hill Activity CenterSep 09, 2025 2:07 pm - Naperville-based KidsMatter will help young people find ways to give back during a free event next week.
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‘This is what we need here’: Cluster of small shops proposed for MundeleinSep 09, 2025 1:38 pm - A community group has proposed Mundelein create a walkable marketplace of small shops for boutique clothiers, artists, bakers and other merchants.
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Wauconda man pleads guilty to having 11 pounds of pot on bus in LITH; gets 6 years
Sep 09, 2025 1:37 pm - A Wauconda man pleaded guilty Friday to possessing 11 pounds of marijuana, which was found by police in a suitcase on a bus parked in a Lake in the Hills industrial park.
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Firefighters put out garage blaze in Algonquin before it spreads
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Hanover Township’s Fall Food Truck Festival returning to Bartlett Sept. 18Sep 09, 2025 1:19 pm - Hanover Township will host its annual Fall Food Truck Festival Thursday, Sept. 18, at the township’s William Tiknis Campus in Bartlett.