Katlyn Smith
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Wheaton restaurants want to close downtown street for outdoor diningMay 22, 2020 1:00 am - A group of Wheaton businesses will ask the city council Tuesday to block off a downtown street for outdoor dining to help restart a summer restaurant scene. The Downtow...
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Latest nursing home stats: State now identifies only those with current outbreaksMay 22, 2020 1:00 am - Illinoisans will no longer be able to sift through historical data on coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes. State public health officials on Friday published figures o...
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Metropolitan Family Services provides diapers, school supplies to parents in needMay 20, 2020 1:00 am - Every Tuesday afternoon, families find a lifeline at the Addison Children's Center. Angelina Perez receives a care package for her three children while schools and preki...
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Shane's Deli to make summer comeback in downtown WheatonMay 19, 2020 5:30 am - If there's a sports analogy for Shane's Deli, it's the comeback kid. The downtown Wheaton deli was on the brink of shutting its doors two years ago when Eric Schlickman ...
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Glen Ellyn panel to McChesney developer: Add more retail to $30M apartment buildingMay 15, 2020 1:00 am - With its sloping topography and limited footprint, a vacant site in downtown Glen Ellyn has vexed developers for years. But one real estate firm says it's up to the chal...
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Illinois' COVID-19 nursing home death toll nears 2,000May 15, 2020 1:00 am - A devastating coronavirus crisis in Illinois nursing homes and other long-term care facilities has claimed nearly 2,000 lives, according to new state data released Frida...
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How other Christian churches in suburbs are working toward reopeningMay 14, 2020 1:00 am - As small gatherings of worshippers prepare to return to Catholic churches across Illinois as early as May 23, other Christian denominations are cautiously inching forwar...
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As college decision deadline nears, schools plan for some on-campus classesMay 13, 2020 1:00 am - As college campuses prepare to reopen in some fashion this fall, a bigger question remains: How many students will decide to show up? Higher education is bracing for enr...
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'We believe in you': Hadley Junior High keeps pomp and circumstance for graduatesMay 12, 2020 1:00 am - One school in Glen Ellyn Elementary District 41 has found a way to bring the sights and sounds of graduation to the Class of 2020. A virtual ceremony next month will hav...
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Forced to start over again? Pandemic adds to challenges for refugees in the suburbsMay 11, 2020 5:31 am - Chan Maliku hasn't seen his wife and two children in almost a year. He's waited for them to join him in starting a new life in the suburbs. But Maliku doesn't know when ...