Articles filed under Diversity
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'Positivity on display': After week of uncertainty, Aurora Pride parade a hitJun 12, 2022 1:00 am - Despite some eleventh-hour uncertainty and even intermittent morning showers, the Aurora Pride parade made a triumphant post-pandemic return Sunday. An enthusiastic crow...
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Youthage Culinary in Mundelein teaches kids how to be healthy through cookingJun 07, 2022 6:00 am - When Chef Robert Collins was stabbed in the neck in 2007 while deployed in Spain as a customs agent for the U.S. Navy, he made a deal with God. "I told God, 'If you pull...
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Pride flag now flying over Buffalo Grove's Ernie Karge Rotary Village GreenJun 07, 2022 6:00 am - With local and state officials and LGBTQ+ supporters watching, Prairie View resident Bob Pinta hoisted the rainbow Pride flag over the Ernie Karge Rotary Village Green i...
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Batavia officials raise rainbow flag, hear about LGBTQ+ needs, eventsJun 07, 2022 1:00 am - For the second year in a row, the city of Batavia is flying a rainbow flag to mark Pride Month. But this time, it did so with a public ceremony - and presentations at th...
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Grayslake speller makes it to Scripps National Spelling Bee finalsJun 06, 2022 5:30 am - Grayslake speller Sahasrad Sathish was among 13 finalists competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals Thursday. Just minutes into the eighth round, Sahasrad, ...
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'It's competing the way sports should be': Suburban Special Olympians competing in USA GamesJun 04, 2022 1:00 am - As a kid, Ryan Gronowski of Naperville had fun playing sports with his neighborhood friends and school classmates. But as he grew, Gronowski no longer was welcome on the...
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Amid Supreme Court decision, suburban boards wrestle with whether to fly Pride flagJun 02, 2022 5:10 am - On Wednesday, rainbow-colored flags were hoisted outside homes, businesses and churches for the start of Pride Month to celebrate the LGBTQ community in the suburbs and ...
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St. Charles raises rainbow flag for first time in its history to celebrate Pride MonthJun 02, 2022 1:00 am - As founder and president of the nonprofit group Out in Fox Valley, Michael Stroud was happy to see St. Charles Mayor Lora Vitek on Wednesday raise the first Pride flag i...
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'Creatures of a Dream World': Alebrije artists create huge sculptures for Cantigny Park displayJun 01, 2022 5:00 am - The jaguar figure stands on a four-wheeled, wooden platform, waiting to be pulled around the garden like an old children's toy. But there is nothing miniature about thi...
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Aurora honors fallen hometown hero with street dedicationMay 30, 2022 5:30 am - Today, as we mark Memorial Day and the sacrifice of those who have fallen in defense and service of this nation and its people, it's important to recognize the U.S. mili...