Katlyn Smith
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Driver charged with DUI in fatal head-on crash in WestmontAug 02, 2021 1:00 am - A Blue Island woman charged in connection with a head-on crash that took the life of a Downers Grove man early Sunday had alcohol, cocaine and marijuana in her system, p...
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First cases of mystery songbird illness seen in suburban wildlife centersJul 30, 2021 1:00 am - The young bird, a blue jay about a month old, couldn't open its eyes, both swollen and crusted shut. Willowbrook Wildlife Center in Glen Ellyn took in the sick fledgling...
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How an 'ambitious project' would re-imagine Willowbrook Wildlife CenterJul 30, 2021 1:00 am - So many hungry mouths to feed, and so little room to do it in. That's the challenge of the bird nursery at the Willowbrook Wildlife Center in Glen Ellyn, a 65-year-old c...
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Family pitches self-storage facility on old motel site. Carol Stream leaders are concerned.Jul 28, 2021 5:30 am - For more than 60 years, the old Coachlight Motel property along North Avenue has stayed in his family, and Jon Stults wants to keep it that way. His father built the 12-...
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Veteran joins forces with Home Depot volunteers to refurbish Lisle museum campusJul 26, 2021 1:00 am - At the end of a long day, Don Smith likes to take a moment and bask in the pride of hard labor. He's done that wherever he's recruited volunteers to beautify areas of Li...
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Changes in plans in Glen Ellyn? The latest on the effort to revamp the downtown train stationJul 23, 2021 5:30 am - The concept behind a new Glen Ellyn train station is to create a downtown focal point while giving commuters easier access to a transit hub. Toward that end, village boa...
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The High Kings, Texas Tenors will be first up when live shows return to the MACJul 23, 2021 1:00 am - The McAninch Arts Center at the College of DuPage will bring back live shows this fall with performers from Ireland and the Lone Star State. The High Kings, the male ver...
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'We have the science behind us': Why Warrenville mom urges mask-wearing in schoolsJul 22, 2021 5:30 am - Editor's note: For a different viewpoint on the issue from another parent, please read the companion piece to this story. Jessica Banaszek won't sit on the sideline...
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As state says unvaccinated kids should wear masks, here's what suburban schools are doing so farJul 20, 2021 1:00 am - School districts across the region are diverging on whether to require students to wear masks when they return to classes next month as parents pressure educators from b...
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A potential lifesaver: Winfield hospital to study drug for deadliest type of strokeJul 19, 2021 5:30 am - Back in the '90s, a breakthrough drug revolutionized the treatment of strokes caused by a clot in a blood vessel to the brain. More recently, doctors added catheter proc...