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By Daniel S., sports writer Sports fans across the world have waited all year for this Sunday’s Super Bowl LVI, one of the most exciting games of the year. This year’s matchup, between the Cincinnati Bengals and Las Angeles Rams, means there will be no hometown favorites for Des Plaines football fans. If your team…
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Clare O.
After receiving an emergency alert shortly after 1:45 p.m. today, teachers evacuated their classes from the building, with students pouring out the doors and streaming towards Lake Opeka. Students with cars in C-wing lot were told to leave by car immediately. About ten minutes after being evacuated, Principal Dr. Eileen McMahon alerted students via email…
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Westerner Editors
Maine West has decided to keep the name “Warriors,” however, in response to the recent criticisms, the physical mascot of the warrior will no longer remain a tradition at West.
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Nicholas B.
Embracing their first amendment rights, protesters stood by the end of the road at Mountain View Adventure Center on Algonquin Road in Des Plaines on March 17. They protested against gay marriage holding up signs hoping to spread their message out. Shelli Sarg who works for the Des Plaines Park District and Mountain View Mines…
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Maraya A.
#Violence in Virginia awakens national fears Outraged by the local government’s plans to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, white nationalists and the Unite the Right groups held a torch-bearing rally and march in #Charlottesville, VA, carrying guns and shouting Nazi slogans on Aug. 11-12. By Saturday morning, counter-protesters were marching as…
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