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Gomez picked to help new league give wrestling a larger platformAug 20, 2025 6:54 pm - Glenbard North graduate Austin Gomez, a 2024 Olympian, is on the card for the Aug. 30 debut of the new wrestling league, Real American Freestyle.
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40 years for man who beat, stabbed, strangled and burned West Chicago teen to deathAug 20, 2025 6:24 pm - The last defendant has been sentenced in a horrifying murder case where a West Chicago teen was beaten, strangled, stabbed, run over and set on fire seven years ago.
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Suburban high schools ranked among state’s top performersAug 20, 2025 6:06 pm - The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora, Lincolnshire’s Adlai E. Stevenson High School and Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville are among Illinois’ top-performing secondary schools, according to U.S. News & World Report rankings.
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Naperville City Council seeks to renegotiate terms of proposed electricity contractAug 20, 2025 5:55 pm - Naperville City Council members Tuesday signaled support for a 20-year contract extension with the agency that supplies electricity to the city as long as certain conditions are met.
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Mount Prospect police promote four to new postsAug 20, 2025 5:39 pm - It was the beginning of a new chapter for four Mount Prospect police officers, who were officially promoted at Tuesday’s village board meeting. But for one of them, Anthony Lietzow, it was a chance to rewrite a chapter that had taken a wrong turn.
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‘School for Lies’ well-revived: David Ives’ satire gets first-rate production courtesy of Janus TheatreAug 20, 2025 5:04 pm - Elgin’s Janus Theatre deftly revives David Ives’ delightfully caustic “The School for Lies,” inspired by Moliere’s 17th-century satire “The Misanthrope.”
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Sen. Hills’ Kids Fair brings smiles and excitement to Lake ZurichAug 20, 2025 4:54 pm - Families from across the community turned out in full force for Senator Darby Hills’ (R-Barrington Hills) annual Kids Fair at the Foglia YMCA.
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Librarian of the Year award a career capstone for Downers Grove’s MilavecAug 20, 2025 4:22 pm - Longtime Downers Grove Public Library director Julie Milavec was named Illinois Librarian of the Year, recognized for her leadership with revitalizing the Downers Grove Public Library Foundation and overseeing two partial renovations.
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Authorities: Man led police on high-speed chase in stolen vehicleAug 20, 2025 3:28 pm - A Chicago man is accused of fleeing Villa Park police in a stolen vehicle, then hiding in a garbage bin.
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‘I am Team Naperville’: Allison Longenbaugh stepping down from city councilAug 20, 2025 3:23 pm - In what she called a “gut-wrenching decision,” Naperville City Councilwoman Allison Longenbaugh will step down from her seat after more than two years in the role.