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Entering third varsity season, Jack Coates wears leadership role well for JacobsAug 12, 2026 12:09 pm - Jacobs’ Jack Coates was always one of the biggest kids in his age group. It led him to dream big, so the junior linebacker/tight end wanted to start on varsity as a fresh...
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Naperville resident paves way for youth mountain biking teamAug 12, 2026 8:00 am - Paul Graham, a former mountain bike coach from Wisconsin, has started the Naperville Composite Mountain Bike Team for students in grades 5-12. The team, which began in July and will compete in its first races Sept. 19-20, is part of a new Illinois league launched by the National Interscholastic Cycling Association.
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As Army Corps study stalls, future still uncertain for Fox River dams: ‘It’s just going to run its course’Aug 12, 2026 7:02 am - The Fox River has been the subject of intensive study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which has been evaluating the possibility of removing some of the dams along the river. But the study has been paused due to federal funding issues, leaving towns uncertain about what will happen to the dams in their communities.
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Northlight Theatre cuts a fresh ribbon in its former Evanston hometownAug 11, 2026 5:22 pm - Northlight Theatre, long of Skokie, has had a date with Evanston from its beginning. It’s a relationship officially re-consummated last month as Northlight cut the ribbon on its new, $33 million theater, built from the ground up in downtown Evanston.
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Two-way star Justin Douglas mans the middle at linebacker for No. 8 Aurora ChristianAug 11, 2026 12:27 pm - The genes have to be a factor. That Justin Douglas Jr. emerged last season for Aurora Christian as a sophomore who played linebacker, fullback and on the offensive line p...
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Elgin’s Hemmens announces 2026-27 seasonAug 11, 2026 10:15 am - More than a dozen shows have been announced for the 2026-27 season at The Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin, kicking off in September.
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Illinois becomes first state in Great Lakes region to designate industrial plastic pellets as pollutionAug 11, 2026 9:20 am - Illinois is requiring polluters to begin reporting spills of industrial plastic pellets known as nurdles, a growing source of contamination in the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds. Companies that manufacture, use or transport nurdles also must develop plans to limit them in storm runoff, making the state the first in either watershed to officially designate bits of wasted plastic as pollution.
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Family of woman killed by Mundelein police see new footage: ‘They need to bring charges’Aug 11, 2026 7:08 am - The family of Mary Alice Love, the Black woman shot and killed by Mundelein police in May, renewed their calls for criminal charges against the officer involved after viewing additional body cam footage and listening to 911 call recordings on Monday afternoon.
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Three Waukegan piping plover chicks disappear, likely lost to predatorsAug 10, 2026 5:42 pm - All three piping plover chicks named and banded in Waukegan last week have died, the Lake County Audubon Society announced Monday. During the banding Aug. 4, volunteers g...
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Tim Anderson, a 2-time All-Star and batting champion with Chicago White Sox, retires: ‘Goal is to be happy’Aug 10, 2026 4:21 pm - Tim Anderson stepped to the plate, representing the winning run for the Chicago White Sox nearly five years ago in Dyersville, Iowa.