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Fenton High School District picks new superintendentDec 19, 2025 4:35 pm - Fenton High School District 100 has hired a new superintendent.
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‘I’m so thankful’: Salvation Army delivers gifts, food to needy suburban familiesDec 19, 2025 4:18 pm - Volunteers brought holiday cheer to more than 300 families Friday by distributing holiday gifts and food at the Salvation Army Community Center in Des Plaines.
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US military to stop shooting pigs and goats as a way to train medics for the battlefield
Dec 19, 2025 4:12 pm - The U.S. military will stop its practice of shooting pigs and goats to help prepare medics for treating wounded troops in a combat zone, ending an exercise made obsolete by simulators that mimic battlefield injuries.
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Pope names pro-immigrant pastor bishop of Florida diocese where Trump’s Mar-a-Lago is located
Dec 19, 2025 4:04 pm - Pope Leo XIV on Friday named the Rev. Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez, currently pastor of a predominantly Hispanic church in the Queens borough of New York City, as bishop of ...
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Downers Grove woman helps form Operation Midway Bliss to assist those affected by ICE
Dec 19, 2025 2:45 pm - A duo that met through social media has joined up to support families that have been directly impacted by ICE raids in the Chicago area this holiday season.
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ComEd, Ameren rate hike requests cut by millions after state energy review
Dec 19, 2025 2:13 pm - The Illinois Commerce Commission on Thursday struck millions from utility rate hike requests by ComEd and Ameren in a decision officials said is meant to balance utility ...
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Illinois education officials brace for lean fiscal year ahead
Dec 19, 2025 2:12 pm - Illinois Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders cautioned members of the State Board of Education Wednesday not to get their hopes up for any big increase in K-12 schoo...
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Divided Crystal Lake park board ends metal detectors, extra security at meetings
Dec 19, 2025 2:11 pm - Heightened security and metal detectors will be removed from Crystal Lake Park District board meetings starting in January.
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Fire station upgrades foreseen in Schaumburg’s $453 million, 5-year capital planDec 19, 2025 2:10 pm - Upgrades to two fire stations are the likeliest building improvements to follow the complete replacement of Schaumburg’s village hall and police station in the village’s revised $453 million, five-year capital plan.
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PayPal applies to form its own bank to expand small-business lending
Dec 19, 2025 12:51 pm - PayPal is seeking a banking charter that would allow it to boost its lending business, offer savings accounts that can earn interest and make customers’ deposits eligible for federal insurance coverage, the payments company said Monday.