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Outside Naperville North High School, a mini-fest with kids’ games, food, music and a car show was taking place. Inside, donors participating in the sixth annual “A Pint for Kim” blood drive were saving lives.
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Advocate Sherman Hospital emergency room nurse Ashley Huizar is being hailed as a hero for saving the life of a woman whose heart stopped beating after a crash she happened upon on her way to a work conference in Iowa last month.
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Among the Catholic faithful, the stunning election of Chicago-born Robert Prevost as the first American pontiff has stirred memories of a whirlwind papal visit more than 45 years ago.
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A group of theologians from Loyola University Chicago met with then-Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, last August at Ivy Restaurant in Wheaton.
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McHenry County-area Catholics were eager to learn Thursday of the new pope, Leo XIV, and were thrilled to learn he’s from Chicago.
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Wheaton North grad Lake Bachar went to college to be a kicker on the football team. But he gave baseball one more chance and now throws for the Miami Marlins.
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Bad Momz of Comedy got its start in the suburbs and now includes 90 moms from across the country.
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Cubs top pitching prospect Cade Horton tossed 4 innings and was credited with the victory in a 6-5 win over the Mets on Saturday.
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Eric Wagaman hit a two-run triple to break an eighth-inning tie, and the Miami Marlins beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1. Kyle Stowers launched his seventh homer for the Marlins, a solo shot in the seventh that evened the score at 1. Miami won for just the third time in 13 games. Andrew Vaughn, who entered batting .188, hit his second home run in two games, but the White Sox have lost five of six.
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Residents of two townhouses in Vernon Hills were displaced this morning after a car crashed into their homes.
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