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Smashing Pumpkins select new guitarist after open tryouts
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — The Smashing Pumpkins have selected a new guitarist following an open tryout call. The band announced that veteran guitarist Kiki Wong is joining the touring lineup of the band. “It wasn’t an easy decision with how much guitar playing we were lucky enough to hear...
Suburban Chicago students react to CBS 2 report on a special school recycling program
CHICAGO (CBS) — An update on a story CBS 2 reported a few weeks agoFifth graders in South Elgin who are making a difference when it comes to their environment.It started with recycling plastic bags from snack time but is now a full-school initiative.The kids at Corron Elementary School have put together a recycling program to keep about 100 pounds of plastic from reaching landfills each week.Their teacher, Erick Robinson, partnered with a company called Trex to recycle plastic and create plastic lumber.The collected plastic becomes recycled plastic lumber, made into useful items such as coat racks and benches.A bench made...
Driver killed in crash on I-65 near Hobart identified
HOBART, Ind. - Update (Wednesday, April 24):. A driver who was killed in a crash on I-65 on Tuesday has been identified by the Lake County Coroner's Office. Inkwon Seol, 44, of Long Grove, was pronounced deceased at St. Mary Medical Center. His death was the result of multiple blunt force injuries sustained in the crash, according to officials.
Illinois’ children and toddlers are experiencing more delays in getting early intervention services
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news.About a year after Desi Evans’ son Christopher was born, she noticed he wasn’t making sounds or babbling like other young children.After the mother from Barrington, Illinois – a town west of Chicago — raised her concerns to her pediatrician at Christopher’s one-year check-up, the doctor recommended having him evaluated for a state program designed to help students with disabilities or developmental delays.The program, known as Early Intervention, serves over 20,000 children and toddlers under the age of 3 throughout Illinois.But, even though Christopher was...
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