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Regional talent pipeline: Students advance from ECC to NIU engineering degrees while gaining industry experienceSep 14, 2026 12:27 am - Joseph Rayner advanced from a teenage manufacturing intern to an application engineer at Assurance Technologies Inc. in Elgin, completing his path from Elgin Community College to Northern Illinois University's mechanical engineering program while gaining hands-on experience in various technical roles.
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Vanguard Gifted Academy opens enrollment for personalized education programSep 13, 2026 9:31 pm - Vanguard Gifted Academy in Batavia has opened enrollment for the 2026-2027 academic year, offering a personalized microschool model for gifted and twice-exceptional students.
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Woodlands Academy seniors advance in 2027 National Merit questSep 13, 2026 9:14 pm - Two seniors from Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart in Lake Forest have qualified as Semifinalists in the 72nd annual National Merit Scholarship Program, placing them among less than 1% of U.S. high school seniors.
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Second annual Festival of Cultures highlights Palatine's diverse communitySep 13, 2026 4:42 pm - Palatine celebrated all the differences that bring its community together on Sunday at the second annual Festival of Cultures.
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‘People are in danger’: Wheaton residents urge action to install traffic light at risky crossingSep 13, 2026 3:32 pm - Residents of Marian Park apartments in Wheaton are demanding a traffic light on Roosevelt Road after 28 years of accidents, including three fatalities and 11 pedestrian injuries.
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Police say Flock is invaluable. But as misuse mounts, many wonder how to rein in the surveillance systemSep 13, 2026 3:32 pm - Automated license plate readers — increasingly synonymous with Flock, though there are other brands on the market — photograph the license plates and other identifiers of passing vehicles. Police officers are then able to search and share the data for investigations. But a growing number of cops throughout the Chicago area and across the country have been accused of searching those databases for personal reasons. Civil liberties activists too are alarmed that law enforcement departments could use the cameras to work with immigration officials or surveil ordinary citizens.
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Elmhurst University gets federal funding for health sciences studiesSep 13, 2026 1:05 pm - Elmhurst University has received $950,000 from the federal government for its health sciences studies.
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Motorcyclist killed in Mount Prospect crashSep 13, 2026 12:44 pm - A Des Plaines man was killed Saturday night when the motorcycle he was driving collided with an SUV in Mount Prospect.
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Batavia considers temporary lot as possible solution to downtown parking woesSep 13, 2026 11:24 am - Batavia aldermen will discuss Tuesday whether to turn the site of the former Shumway Foundry into a parking lot that would alleviate a shortage of spaces in the southern part of downtown.
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Decision on Aurora recall referendum expected MondaySep 13, 2026 11:11 am - The Aurora electoral board said it plans to reach a final decision Monday on whether two referendum questions aiming to allow for the recall of a sitting mayor and at-large aldermen can appear on the November ballot.