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As summer and the pandemic starts to wane, Naperville animal shelters seeing animals returning but volunteers not

September 17, 2021 at 5:01 p.m.

Naperville-area shelters are finding the pet adoption boon they experienced during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in now a growing burden as they try to cope with animal...

KidsMatter celebrates 20 years of helping Naperville-area teens succeed by overcoming stress and destructive behaviors

September 16, 2021 at 4:43 p.m.

KidsMatter, the Naperville-area youth organization dedicated to helping local teens overcome destructive behaviors and find success, has reached its milestone 20th year and will celebrate with a fundraising gala Friday...

National Merit Scholarship semifinalist lists include more than 100 Naperville-area students

September 15, 2021 at 4:47 p.m.

More than 100 Naperville-area high school students have been named semifinalists in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship program. The local high school seniors are among about 16,000 across the country...

North Central College 19th best among regional Midwest schools on U.S. News & World Report 2022 ranking list

September 14, 2021 at 6:29 p.m.

North Central College in Naperville is the 19th best regional university in the Midwest, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2022 Best Colleges rankings. The school dropped nine spots...

Rod Mack, Indian Prairie District 204's new Chief Technology Officer Rod Mack, is recommending the district switch from Zoom to Google Meet as its virtual classroom platform and add multifactor authentication for more safety, among other things.

New Indian Prairie tech officer wants district to switch to Google Meet, add more safety features, buy classroom ‘staples’

September 14, 2021 at 7:07 p.m.

Indian Prairie School District 204 technology staff answered more than 32,000 requests for help last year school year — 15% more than normal because of remote learning. The experience led...

Naperville Park Board wants policy review of ‘disparaging’ comments commissioner posted on social media

September 13, 2021 at 7:11 a.m.

Social media comments made by Naperville Park Board Commissioner Josh McBroom in reference to fellow board members, including one in which he appeared to endorse "body shaming" the board's five...

A firefighter walks through the rubble of what had been the World Trade Center's twin towers, brought to the ground when terrorist-flown planes plowed into them 20 years ago on 9/11.

North Central prof at Ground Zero 20 years ago recalls the apocalypse she saw: ‘Emotional trauma doesn’t go away’

September 10, 2021 at 12:06 p.m.

Hours after the World Trade Center's two towers collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001, Ericka Stoor-Burning was at Ground Zero in Manhattan. Twenty years later, the former paramedic/EMT — now a...

New Naperville D203 teachers contract calls for a 3.6% raise this year, longevity payments and a $1,000 bonus

September 8, 2021 at 11:19 a.m.

The new four-year contract for Naperville School District 203 teachers includes average annual raises of 3.6% in the first year and 2.9% in the second, longevity payments and a one-time...

20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks being remembered through Naperville-area events Friday and Saturday

September 7, 2021 at 7:06 p.m.

Several events in the Naperville area Friday and Saturday will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Nearly 3,000 people were killed on Sept. 11, 2001, when hijackers...

Indian Prairie’s Grow Your Own Teachers program designed to attract new teachers who might return to their alma mater

September 3, 2021 at 5:50 p.m.

About 200 people teaching at Indian Prairie District 204 schools are graduates of the place that now employs them. That means one out of every 10 educators among the 2,000-plus...

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