Katlyn Smith
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Owner revises plan to convert Lombard hotel into apartmentsSep 01, 2023 1:00 am - Lombard's village board will look next week at a revised plan to convert an extended-stay hotel into 144 garden-style apartments. Churchwick Partners, the owner of the S...
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'Nobody wants a strike': Where teacher contract talks stand in Fenton High School District 100Aug 24, 2023 1:00 am - As the new school year gets underway, Fenton High School teachers and the district are still locked in contract negotiations after more than six months at the bargaining...
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College of DuPage faculty members authorize strikeAug 24, 2023 1:00 am - Full-time faculty members at the College of DuPage have voted to authorize a strike, their union announced Thursday. The College of DuPage Faculty Association says its m...
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3 in custody after 'disturbance' at Lombard apartment complex near Yorktown mallAug 23, 2023 1:00 am - Three suspects are in custody after Lombard police responded to a "disturbance" at an apartment complex Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. A large police presence ga...
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'Respect, compassion, integrity': Wheaton deputy police chief chosen to lead his hometown departmentAug 23, 2023 1:00 am - Wheaton leaders did not have to look far to find a new police chief with deep ties to the city. Princeton J. Youker, who grew up in Wheaton and worked his way through th...
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Wheaton Park District to pay $1 million for former church property next to Rice PoolAug 22, 2023 1:00 am - The Wheaton Park District has entered into an agreement to buy a former Methodist church and its 4-acre property for $1.065 million. Park district commissioners have aut...
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Monument to innovation: Can preservationists save 121-year-old railroad depot in West Chicago?Aug 21, 2023 5:30 am - The Illinois Prairie Path in West Chicago runs near a weathered brick building just north of Wheaton Academy. Built around the turn of the 20th century, the structure se...
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Police: Group steals car from Cinemark parking lot in WoodridgeAug 18, 2023 11:00 pm - Woodridge police say they are searching for four suspects in connection with a carjacking in the Cinemark Seven Bridges and IMAX parking lot Friday night. Police were ca...
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A fresh start: Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 welcomes back studentsAug 15, 2023 1:00 am - Another school year began Wednesday as so many often do for kids in Wheaton and Warrenville. After the lazy days of summer, households set their morning alarms a little ...
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'An outstanding leader': Wheaton police chief looks back on careerAug 12, 2023 7:00 am - Bill Murphy started college as a business-finance major. He might have ended up with that degree if it wasn't for one class: Criminal Justice 101. "It was just a heck of...