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Hinsdale South junior Callie Carr finished a 39-0 season with a state girls wrestling championship. In her first two years wrestling, she was the school's lone female wrestler before it fielded its first team this year. (Carr family)

Trailblazing Hinsdale South wrestler Callie Carr takes state title

March 17, 2025 at 5:12 p.m.

Hinsdale South wrestler Callie Carr finished with a perfect 39-0 record, which was capped off with a state championship.

Nazareth alumni Michael Spidale fields a ball during a 2011 game for the Triple A Phillies in Pennsylvania. Spidale will return to La Grange Park as his Nazareth jersey number is retired by the school during an April 8 ceremony. (Rob Kandel/The Morning Call)

Nazareth Academy to retire baseball star Spidale’s jersey number

March 18, 2025 at 2:12 p.m.

Baseball star Michael Spidale's jersey will be only the third ever retired by Nazareth Academy in La Grange Park.

Elmwood Park has received a state grant that will help it build four new pickleball courts adjacent to the Village Circle Aquatic Center. (John Konstantaras/baiduhai)

Outdoor pickleball courts planned for Elmwood Park’s Village Circle

March 10, 2025 at 7:06 p.m.

A state grant will help fund new outdoor pickleball courts in Elmwood Park's town center area.

Prospect School principal Kristin Cummings is a finalist for the 2025 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Leadership. (Golden Apple Foundation)

Clarendon Hills principal named Golden Apple finalist

March 3, 2025 at 4:37 p.m.

Kristin Cummings, principal of Prospect School, has been named a finalist for the 2025 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Leadership

Finishing touches are put on the gym in 2018, at Hinsdale Middle School. The school's Washington Field is set for upgrades this summer. (Chuck Fieldman/Pioneer Press)

Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills District 181 OKs $2.3 million in building projects

February 28, 2025 at 3:29 p.m.

Eight of the nine schools in the district — all, but Clarendon Hills Middle School — have some type of work scheduled for the summer.

A sign announces a project to add parking spaces at the Oak Brook Park District Family Recreation Center in 2015. A new plan to upgrade playgrounds at the facility has been put on hold after the Park District failed to win state grant funding. (Chuck Fieldman/Pioneer Press)

Oak Brook to put off tennis, pickleball, playground improvements after grant rejection

February 24, 2025 at 4:08 p.m.

A plan to upgrade tennis, pickleball and playground facilities in Oak Brook is being shelved for now.

Oak Brook traffic stop nets felony gun charge for Villa Park man

February 20, 2025 at 3:52 p.m.

A traffic stop early Wednesday morning in Oak Brook resulted in the arrest of a Villa Park man, who was charged with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm...

Shoppers purchase groceries at Pete's Fresh Market in Oak Park in March, 2020. With the state's 1% grocery tax is set to end in Jan., municipalities are considering whether or not to implement local taxes to replace expected lost revenue. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

End of state grocery tax creates conundrum for suburbs facing revenue shortfall

February 18, 2025 at 12:26 p.m.

A statewide 1% tax on groceries is set to expire in January, but suburbs are allowed to implement their own replacement taxes.

Sometimes, teaching STEM concepts such as genetics involves playing a role for Hinsdale Middle School teacher Kelly Pelak, left, with Samantha Tolbert, dressed as pea pods for a memorable read-aloud story about Gregor Mendel, the “father of genetics.” (Kelly Pelak)

Hinsdale Middle School teacher lauded with national STEM award

February 11, 2025 at 12:09 p.m.

Hinsdale Middle School teacher Kelly Pelak will receive $10,000 from the National Science Foundation and a trip to Washington, D.C.

Senior members of the competitive dance team at Nazareth Academy in La Grange Park, which finished in the top 10 at the IHSA state tournament last weekend in Bloomington, are, from left, Rosaria Ricchio, Emma Chiarito, Maria Nelson, Georgia Panek, Bella Madonia and Lia Jozwiak (Nazareth Academy)

Nazareth Academy dancers repeat in top 10 at state tournament

February 3, 2025 at 3:32 p.m.

Nazareth Academy's competitive dance team made it to the IHSA finals again once year after finishing in 9th place at the event.

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