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Coming off a tax levy vote, Hinsdale District 86 officials discuss hiring more experienced teachers: ‘Those individuals cost more money’

December 1, 2022 at 4:03 p.m.

The Hinsdale High School District 86 board voted unanimously for a 5% increase in the property tax levy at its last meeting. The decision was expected after a board discussion...

Local animal welfare organization calls for help: ‘We put every dollar into saving as many animals as we can’

November 29, 2022 at 9:12 a.m.

The COVID-19 pandemic fallout of pets flooding the animal welfare system coupled with high inflation derailing day-to-day costs has put Hinsdale Humane Society in a tight spot financially. The organization...

Hinsdale Central English teacher soon-to-be published author of a YA novel

November 21, 2022 at 5:01 p.m.

When Angelique Burrell isn't teaching English and creative writing to her Hinsdale Central students, she's chipping away at an idea that came to her while on a road trip from...

(L to R) Elizabeth Lahmann from Hinsdale Central HS, Sandy Brugge, National Charity League, Kellie O'Brien founder of The O'Brien School for the Maasai and Sandy Bonino National Charity League with the filled shipping container for headed to Tanzania, Hinsdale Ill. Monday, November 14, 2022. (James C. Svehla-Pioneer Press)

Shipping container filled with supplies, clothes, food headed to Tanzania school that was founded by Hinsdale woman

November 15, 2022 at 5:58 p.m.

On Monday, the Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills chapter of the National Charity League collected several hundred essential items to send to The O'Brien School for the Maasai in Tanzania, located just a...

Hinsdale Township High School District 86.

State report card points to widening academic gaps between Black and white students at Hinsdale High School District 86

November 11, 2022 at 3:53 p.m.

The glaring academic achievement gaps between Black and white students at Hinsdale High School District 86 is one of the issues highlighted by the recently released Illinois school report card,...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on May 10, 2022.

Toni Preckwinkle declares victory in Cook County Board president race, while Forest Preserve celebrates yes vote on tax hike

November 9, 2022 at 5:48 a.m.

Toni Preckwinkle declared victory in her bid for a fourth term as Cook County Board president in a race that landed voters in familiar territory: a rematch with Bob Fioretti....

Erin McLaughlin, invented FlagGuard, a water safety device that adds an extra safety feature to life jacket. McLaughlin started fulfilling her idea laying everything out on paper in during the Covid lockdown, Hinsdale Ill. Thursday, November 3, 2022.

Hinsdale mom invents water safety device to make children and adults more visible to boats: ‘I need to fix this problem’

November 7, 2022 at 3:22 p.m.

Several years ago, Erin McLaughlin was out boating with her six kids at a lake in Michigan when her daughter fell into the water while tubing. The falling wasn't the...

Hinsdale teen starring in new Amazon Prime series ‘A League of Their Own’

October 28, 2022 at 4:11 p.m.

In August 2021, 14-year-old RJ Lewis was was expected to be in Whitestown, Indiana for the Little League Regionals games, with his team only games away from a berth to...

DuPage County encouraging download of app that pinpoints registered sex offenders’ homes to help kids trick-or-treat safely

October 25, 2022 at 4:33 p.m.

With Halloween safety top of mind for parents across Chicagoland, the DuPage County Sherriff's Office recently partnered with OffenderWatch — a free downloadable app that lists the homes of registered...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joins U.S. Rep. Sean Casten at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital for a discussion on reproductive rights on Oct. 21, 2022.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stumps for US Rep. Sean Casten, with focus on reproductive rights

October 23, 2022 at 8:17 a.m.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined U.S. Rep. Sean Casten at a west suburban event Friday to promote the need for protections to reproductive rights as she sought to give the...

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