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5 days ago |
wspynews.com | Ethan Kruger
If you've been to Big Rock Community Park lately, you probably saw the giant chess set near the parking lot. The board and pieces are courtesy of newly minted Eagle Scout Nathan Schlachter, who built the project to earn the scout’s top rank. Seventeen-year-old Nathan is an ace chess player and serves as first board on the team at Hinckley-Big Rock High School where he is in his senior year. He says he wanted to give people another entertainment option at the park.
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6 days ago |
wspynews.com | Ethan Kruger
The Kendall County Forest Preserve District Commission on Tuesday approved an agreement to receive Illinois Department of Natural Resources grant funding for the connecting trail between Hoover and Fox River Bluffs forest preserves. The grant is for $200,000. Forest Preserve District President Brian DeBolt says with the agreement in place, the project can now get started.
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6 days ago |
wspynews.com | Ethan Kruger
The former Yorkville 115 school board president is pushing back after recent comments from the board’s current leader. Darrin Crawford—now a board member—responded to remarks made by Board President Dr. Shawn Schumacher about the previous board’s removal of the book Just Mercy from the district’s English curriculum.
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1 week ago |
wcsjnews.com | Ethan Kruger
A new pope was elected by cardinals in Vatican City on Thursday. Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, is originally from Chicago, becoming the first American ever elected to lead the Catholic Church. Father Matt Lamoureux. St. Patrick's Parish photo. Father Matt Lamoureux of St. Mary’s in Plano and St. Patrick’s in Yorkville says conventional wisdom suggested an American would not be elected pope anytime soon due to the U.S. being a global superpower.
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1 week ago |
wcsjnews.com | Ethan Kruger
Oswego Fire Protection District firefighters Jesse Melow and Chris Bockrath were the recipients of the district's Medal of Valor during an award ceremony Monday night at Station One. Division Chief Kelly Cave says the two helped save a patient in dire straits after a serious crash in February. "Their performance directly contributed to the survival of a patient, who by all clinical expectations should not have survived," Cave said.
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