Budgeting 101: Local agency offers tips to help save
By Laura Katauskas Staff Reporter Pay yourself first to create savings and remember there is always something you can cut— sage advice for those looking to create a new budget for the new year. The...
View ArticleHawks’ Pistorius claims state beam title
By Matt Le Cren For the Bugle PALATINE – Maine South sophomore Caleigh Pistorius has been attending the girls gymnastics state meet for as long as she can remember. For just as long, she’s wanted to...
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Timmons earns state title; 7 Porters medal
By Mark Gregory Sports Editor @Hear_The_Beard mark@buglenewspapers.com Trevell Timmons never really got to show the state what kind of wrestler he truly is – until now. After placing sixth last season...
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Westmont’s Muller completes perfect season
By Mark Gregory Sports Editor @Hear_The_Beard mark@buglenewspapers.com CHAMPAIGN – It is hard enough for a wrestler to win a state championship. Add in trying to become an undefeated state champion and...
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East’s McGee is first D.202 wrestler to win 2 state titles
By Mark Gregory Sports Editor @Hear_The_Beard mark@buglenewspapers.com CHAMPAIGN ‑ After losing in the state finals last season, Plainfield East’s Michael McGee had a plan for this season. “The goal...
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DGS pair enjoy final meet together
By Matt Le Cren For the Bugle Kayla Carlson’s gymnastics career is coming to an end, while Andrea Davenport’s is just getting ramped up. Andrea Davenport placed ninth on the balance beam (Mark...
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Multi-talented Herrera enjoys state success
By Mark Gregory Sports Editor @Hear_The_Beard mark@buglenewspapers.com Coming into Bolingbrook High School four years ago, Isaiah Herrera was not an athlete. On the suggestion of friends, he attended...
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Barzowski ends career with best state showing
By Mark Gregory Sports Editor @Hear_The_Beard mark@buglenewspapers.com CHAMPAIGN – For the first three years of his career, Notre Dame’s Josh Barzowski qualified for the IHSA Class 3A wrestling...
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Dist. 365U: Lukancic Middle School (Romeoville) 1st semester Honor Roll
1st Honors Nicholas Abraham, Eleora Abruzzi, Godfred Adjei-Darko, Rumaysa Affan, Nicholas Agyemang, Swathy Ajikumar, Carlos Alcantara, Andrew Ambrosio, Michelle Amoo, Chloe Anderson, Savannah Anderson,...
View ArticleRaiders suffer first loss of the season
By Randy Whalen For the Bugle Since the Illinois High School Association Boys Basketball Tournament began 110 years ago there have been 17 undefeated state champions. Bolingbrook will not be the 18th....
View ArticleBolingbrook beats Minooka for Regional title
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle Jahari Smith. The 6-foot-2, Raider junior center, put on quite a show in Bolingbrook’s Class 4A Oswego Regional Championship game on Thursday night against Minooka. All...
View ArticleBenet is 2 games away from state – again
The two-time defending Class 4A Redwings, moved another step closer to a third consecutive Class 4A state championship, with a 54-39 Class 4A Sectional semifinal win, over Yorkville (26-3). Benet...
View ArticleValiant Raiders fall to Plainfield East in East Aurora Sectional
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle The two schools, Plainfield East and Bolingbrook, are approximately six miles apart. The girls on both varsity basketball squads, have played with and against each other,...
View ArticleAdkins stepping down at East
While Plainfield East is already in search for a new football coach, it will now add boys basketball to its list of needed hires. Coach Branden Adkins informed the team this week that he will be...
View ArticleDefense, McGrath lead Lisle to regional crown
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle WILMINGTON – The old adage, “defense wins championships,” was certainly on display, in Friday’s Class 2A Wilmington Boys Regional Championship Game. Lisle (19-11), held...
View ArticleBenet girls one game shy of state
By Mark Gregory Sports Editor @Hear_The_Beard mark@buglenewspapers.com The faces may be different, but the names are still the same – the last names anyway. As Benet Academy defeated Plainfield East...
View ArticlePorters win state championship
By Mark Gregory Sports Editor @Hear_The_Beard mark@buglenewspapers.com When the Homer Junior High wrestling team won the Illinois Elementary School state title in 2013, it did so with six members of...
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Downers Grove man found guilty of murdering his mother
Michael Bassaly/DuPage County State’s Attorney DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced Feb. 27 that a jury has found Michael Bassaly, 30, formerly of Downers Grove, guilty of first...
View ArticleParade entries have March 6 deadline for annual Plainfield Irish Parade
Plans are under way for the Village Preservation Association’s 15th annual Plainfield Hometown Irish Parade. The community’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration steps off from Plainfield High School Central...
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Joliet officials respond to concerns about immigration reform
Joliet officials address community concerns raised Feb. 15 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. (Megann Horstead / For The Bugle) By Megann Horstead | For The Bugle Joliet officials recently sought to...
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