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City football roundup: Curie drops 8A playoff opener
Three seasons into Jarve Lewis-Bey’s run as Curie football coach, expectations have grown. Lewis-Bey took over a program that had four wins in the previous four years (one shortened by COVID), including a pair of winless seasons. The Condors have been to the IHSA playoffs three straight years on...
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Student journalists get lessons from the pros
About 225 students from across the South Suburban Conference gathered Thursday, Oct. 22, at Harold L. Richards High School in Oak Lawn to learn about journalism, creative writing, photography and the many opportunities available in the media industry. The South Suburban Conference Publications & Literary Magazine Conference featured journalists, authors...
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Football falls to New Trier at Ryan Field
New Trier defeated Evanston 42-28 in the highly anticipated first high school football game at the New Ryan Field last Friday. The game sold roughly 27,000 tickets, which is the highest for an Illinois high school game since 1999 and more than Northwestern sold for its game against Ball State.
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Brendan Killen, Marist get past Neuqua Valley in 8A opening round
Starting at free safety for Marist, senior Brendan Killen knows he’s the last line of defense. It’s a responsibility he’s grown to love. “There’s definitely a lot of pressure,” said Killen, who played offense before high school. “I’ve got to be confident in what I do and make sure I do my job.”
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Guest essay: We must hold school board members accountable
As a former auditor and current chief accounting officer for a global multinational company, I’ve learned an important lesson: The people who oversaw an organization’s descent into a crisis are rarely the appropriate people to solve it. Yet, we have sitting school board members who are asking families to trust their leadership to make consequential decisions about school closures and programming disruptions for the very families and students they failed only a few short years ago.
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District-wide ban placed on Grammarly
Naperville District 203 initiated a district-wide restriction to students’ access to editing extension Grammarly on Oct. 13. This restriction was implemented following concerns with district ability to assess student performance in secure testing websites. Patrick Nolten, Assistant Superintendent for Assessment, Accountability and Information, sent an email to all district...
Collinsville Daily News
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ETHS chess: Kits take down defending champs, win home tournament
The Evanston Township High School chess team defeated Lincolnshire’s Adlai E. Stevenson High School in the last round of Saturday’s annual Evanston Tournament to claim first place at its home tournament. Stevenson, the reigning state champion had defeated ETHS on Oct. 3 at its own tournament, but the Wildkits turned the tables in the rematch.
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ETHS football: Minooka ends Kits’ season with second-half rally
When the Evanston Township High School football team earned a 21-7 lead early in the third quarter Friday night, there still wasn’t much buzz in the half-filled stands at Lazier Field. Maybe ETHS fans knew what was coming — again. The Wildkits missed a chance to win a...
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Emmett Van Dellen, Chicago Christian look to next year after playoff loss
Emmett Van Dellen couldn’t help but get emotional after Chicago Christian’s season ended on Oct. 23. The Knights fell 44-20 at home against Prairie Central in the Class 3A opening round. “These seniors were my best friends,” Van Dellen said. “After the handshake line, Harry Younker hugged Levi...
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District 65 revises boundary proposal, would make King Arts partially a neighborhood school
In an email to families late Friday, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 announced revised proposed attendance boundaries for its elementary schools for the 2027-28 school year. Among the biggest changes: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School, a magnet school, would also become a neighborhood school for kindergarten through fifth grade.
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OPRF flattens East Aurora in opening round of playoffs
It had been eight years since the Oak Park and River Forest High School football team played in the postseason. On Oct. 23 in an IHSA Class 8A opening-round game at East Aurora, the Huskies made the wait worthwhile, routing the Tomcats 58-7. “It’s great to do it for the...
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Adan Gutierrez, St. Laurence boys soccer oust Reavis in regional final
With a chance to put the Vikings up late in a matchup with neighborhood rival Reavis, St. Laurence junior Adan “Jett” Gutierrez saw his point-blank shot sail high over the bar. He didn’t have to wait long for some redemption. Closely covered by two Reavis defenders on...
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Saint Xavier University’s Town Hall Meeting Addresses Student Concerns
Saint Xavier University’s Town Hall Meeting The Xavierite. Saint Xavier University (SXU) students raised concerns about tuition costs, career opportunities, campus safety and residence hall conditions during the 2026 town hall meeting on Thursday, Oct. 15, in the Butler Reception Room. The town hall meeting gave students the opportunity...