Local Golf Caddie Scores $125,000 Scholarship Bexley Howard, a senior at Naperville Central High School, just won the Western Golf Association’s Chick Evans Scholarship – a pretty sweet deal that covers four years of college tuition and housing, valued at

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Shruthi Ayyagari’s Spelling Streak Continues Shruthi Ayyagari, an eighth-grader from Indian Prairie School District 204, is heading to the Scripps National Spelling Bee for the second year in a row. She secured her spot by acing the word ‘telegnosis’ at

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Hinsdale Schools Crack Down on Cellphone Use Students in Hinsdale High School District 86 and Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary District 181 are learning to live without their phones in class. That’s because both districts have implemented restrictions on cellphone use during

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Free Tuition: It’s Not Just for the Wealthy About 1,000 colleges and universities are saying goodbye to tuition fees. That’s right, you won’t have to break the bank to get a degree. Our database has the lowdown on these free

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Donna DeVito Gets Top Honors for ESL Work Donna DeVito, a teacher at Madison Elementary School in Hinsdale, just won the 2026 Elliot Judd Outstanding Teacher Award. This award is a big deal – it’s given by the Illinois Teachers

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