Jessica Cilella
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Birth mothers of suburban safe haven babies told: ‘You’re our angels’Sep 13, 2016 5:00 am - Christie Haack sobbed when she heard of Baby Hope, the newborn girl found dead, abandoned last month on a secluded roadside near Wheaton. The tears came because of the w...
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Safe haven baby ends St. Charles couple's 8-year wait to adoptSep 13, 2016 5:00 am - Every night before bed, 16-month-old Zoe Wituk joins her parents in saying a prayer for her birth mother. “If we met the birth mom, we would give her a big hug and say t...
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Funeral services set for Baby HopeSep 13, 2016 1:00 am - Baby Hope will be laid to rest next week, more than a month after she was found dead along a private drive near Wheaton. DuPage County Coroner Richard Jorgensen said the...
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West Chicago's Mexican Independence festival expands to two daysSep 13, 2016 1:00 am - Thanks to more community ownership, West Chicago's Mexican Independence Day celebration will span two days instead of one this weekend, organizers said. "Our turnout las...
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Majority of DuPage mayors seeking re-election in springSep 12, 2016 5:40 am - The spring election is still seven months away, but a majority of mayors and village presidents in DuPage County already have decided whether they'll seek re-election. H...
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Why 3 DuPage County mayors aren't running for re-electionSep 12, 2016 5:30 am - Three DuPage County mayors, including two of the area's longest-serving, have announced they won't seek re-election next spring. At a time when most voters are focused o...
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Wheaton College group honors 9/11 victims with flag displaySep 09, 2016 1:00 am - At age 20, Cameron Van Beek is too young to have memories of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, but that didn't stop him from doing something to help his peers remember the vi...
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Lombard congregation to formally install new rabbiSep 08, 2016 1:00 am - Rabbi Andrea Cosnowsky wants everyone to know they are welcome at Congregation Etz Chaim in Lombard. "We see ourselves as a spiritual home for Jews and non-Jews alike," ...
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New fast-casual chicken restaurant coming to WheatonSep 08, 2016 1:00 am - A new fast-casual restaurant called PDQ will open its first Midwest location in Wheaton's Danada Square East shopping center next year. The chain opened its first locati...
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West Chicago ready to kick off Move With the Mayor ChallengeSep 02, 2016 5:25 am - West Chicago might be the smallest city participating in the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention's Move With the Mayor Challenge this month, but Healt...