Katlyn Smith
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How Lombard volunteer turned a gift card into outpouring of support for domestic violence survivorsJun 30, 2020 1:00 am - It all started with a gift card. Heather Booton and her co-workers each received a $100 card from their company CEO with instructions to pass it along to people whose l...
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Wheaton's Memorial Park project is almost completeJun 25, 2020 1:00 am - The pandemic has stripped many summer traditions from the social calendar at Wheaton's oldest park. But that doesn't mean there isn't a sense of anticipation for the mo...
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West Chicago church launches COVID-19 testing to reach hard-hit Latino communitiesJun 24, 2020 1:00 am - St. Andrew Lutheran Church in West Chicago is a multicultural, bilingual congregation that reflects the community's diversity, its pastor says. So when leaders of the ci...
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COD museum exhibit speaks to 'TRUTHS' of racism and COVID-19Jun 23, 2020 5:30 am - It isn't a large art exhibition. So far, about a half-dozen artists have provided a sampling of works. But their complexity is vast. The Cleve Carney Museum of Art at th...
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A 'sign of progress': Wheaton celebrates LGBTQ+ PrideJun 23, 2020 1:00 am - Jacob Kniep had tears of joy when he watched a virtual city council declare Pride Week in Wheaton. The proclamation read last week by Mayor Phil Suess felt like another ...
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West Chicago volleyball star leads the way on and off the courtJun 21, 2020 1:00 am - West Chicago Community High School graduate Grace Quiroz made the most of the months spent in quarantine. Away from the classroom, she started to learn sign language and...
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Illinois nursing homes list shows 3,649 COVID-19 deathsJun 20, 2020 1:00 am - The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Illinois long-term care facilities now stands at more than 21,000 cases. State public health officials updated weekly d...
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West Chicago church to host new COVID-19 testing siteJun 17, 2020 1:00 am - The first COVID-19 testing site in West Chicago will open next week at a mobile clinic to serve Latino communities suffering disproportionately from the coronavirus. We...
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Replica horse trough takes the Glen Ellyn original's place downtownJun 17, 2020 1:00 am - A reproduction has taken over a Glen Ellyn landmark's place of importance downtown. After craftsmen spent more than a year on the meticulous replica, the village's new h...
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'A godsend': Wheaton's Hale Street to stay closed for summer of outdoor dining to help restaurantsJun 17, 2020 1:00 am - Dick O'Gorman greeted the alfresco dining tents outside his downtown Wheaton restaurant last month as a "godsend." The Ivy owner is now hiring again and filling reservat...