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40 years for man who beat, stabbed, strangled and burned West Chicago teen to deathAug 20, 2025 6:24 pm - The last defendant has been sentenced in a horrifying murder case where a West Chicago teen was beaten, strangled, stabbed, run over and set on fire seven years ago.
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Suburban high schools ranked among state’s top performersAug 20, 2025 6:06 pm - The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora, Lincolnshire’s Adlai E. Stevenson High School and Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville are among Illinois’ top-performing secondary schools, according to U.S. News & World Report rankings.
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‘How do we get there?’ State reps weigh transit rescue options ahead of fall veto sessionAug 20, 2025 6:05 pm - Could an event fee save transit? State representatives hammering out a fix at upcoming meetings.
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Naperville City Council seeks to renegotiate terms of proposed electricity contractAug 20, 2025 5:55 pm - Naperville City Council members Tuesday signaled support for a 20-year contract extension with the agency that supplies electricity to the city as long as certain conditions are met.
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Mount Prospect police promote four to new postsAug 20, 2025 5:39 pm - It was the beginning of a new chapter for four Mount Prospect police officers, who were officially promoted at Tuesday’s village board meeting. But for one of them, Anthony Lietzow, it was a chance to rewrite a chapter that had taken a wrong turn.
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Librarian of the Year award a career capstone for Downers Grove’s Milavec
Aug 20, 2025 4:22 pm - Longtime Downers Grove Public Library director Julie Milavec was named Illinois Librarian of the Year, recognized for her leadership with revitalizing the Downers Grove Public Library Foundation and overseeing two partial renovations.
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Hurricane Erin picking up steam as it edges along the East Coast
Aug 20, 2025 3:42 pm - RODANTHE, N.C. — Hurricane Erin began strengthening again Wednesday as it crept closer to the mid-Atlantic coast, its outer bands brushing North Carolina’s Outer Banks as...
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Federal Reserve official says she won’t be ‘bullied’ by Trump into resigning
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Texas can't put the Ten Commandments in certain school districts' classrooms, judge says
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Authorities: Man led police on high-speed chase in stolen vehicleAug 20, 2025 3:28 pm - A Chicago man is accused of fleeing Villa Park police in a stolen vehicle, then hiding in a garbage bin.