Kevin Schmit
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'A really great day!': Cooper returns to school for first time since Highland Park shootingOct 10, 2022 1:00 am - With a mix of joy and heartbreak, 8-year-old Cooper Roberts recently returned to school for the first time since being paralyzed in the Highland Park July 4 parade shoot...
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Naperville Little League Baseball offers $200,000 donation for synthetic fieldsOct 07, 2022 1:00 am - The Naperville Little League Baseball organization has offered the park district a $200,000 donation to install synthetic turf at two fields. The park district board wil...
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Naperville approves $4 million for 248th Avenue noise wallsOct 06, 2022 1:00 am - Naperville City Council members agreed to spend $4 million to install noise walls along portions of 248th Avenue. But they rejected additional funding to include barrier...
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District 203 considering dropping Latin as high school course offeringOct 05, 2022 5:30 am - Naperville Unit District 203 administrators are recommending the elimination of Latin 1 as a high school course offering starting next school year, which prompted an emo...
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Naperville bridge will be reduced to one lane for weight limit starting ThursdayOct 05, 2022 1:00 am - The Washington Street bridge in Naperville, which is scheduled for major construction work beginning next spring, will be reduced to one lane in each direction after a r...
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Construction begins on Naperville mosqueSep 29, 2022 1:00 am - After a decade of planning and months of debate, shovels are finally in the ground to begin work on the Islamic Center of Naperville's five-phase, 40-year construction p...
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District 204 officials warn 'we've never faced anything like' teacher hiring crunchSep 28, 2022 5:00 am - Saying a "storm is coming," Indian Prairie Unit District 204 officials warned the school board about a hiring crunch that's bad now and could worsen in the future. With ...
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Downtown Naperville celebrating completion of $4.9 million streetscape projectSep 28, 2022 1:00 am - The atmosphere in downtown Naperville is normally festive, but there's now an extra reason to celebrate. The city's $4.9 million streetscape project that began in March ...
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Everest record-setter from Naperville wins national award for her work with water safetySep 26, 2022 1:00 am - She may not be 5 miles in the air atop a mountain, but Lucy Westlake continues to inspire. The 18-year-old from Naperville, who earlier this year became the youngest Ame...
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'It's been a very long journey': Hotel Indigo returning to life in downtown NapervilleSep 25, 2022 1:00 am - It took three years to build the Hotel Indigo into the downtown Naperville skyline, and three months of the pandemic to nearly bring it down. The fall came that quickly ...