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Burt Constable

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Burt Constable grew up on a farm in Goodland, Ind., where he learned how to plant, cultivate, rotary hoe and be fearful of cows. He is a 1976 graduate of South Newton High School, and graduated from Northwestern University in 1980 with a bachelor's degree in journalism.

Burt worked for the Lafayette (Ind.) Journal & Courier and the Washington (Iowa) Evening Journal before becoming police reporter with the Daily Herald in 1981. He worked as a copy editor and later covered courts, crime and some sports and general assignment stories before becoming a full-time columnist in 1988 alongside legendary Chicago columnist Jack Mabley.

He has won several awards, generally for covering tragedies. Burt and his wife have three sons and live in the suburbs.

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Climate debate heats up as local gardeners change plants

May 24 2012 | 1:40 pm - Political debates about global warming are heating up, but local folks who scheduled outdoor weddings to correspond with the blooming of pretty plants have been left in the cold. However, the federal government officially moved us into a warmer...

NATO, Cubs stressful? Try soccer in Mexican murder capital

May 22 2012 | 5:35 am - NATO clashes and a Cubs losing streak create stress for some of us, but it's nothing like the season Mundelein native Robert Andrew Powell spent covering the worst Mexican soccer team in the most murderous city. “We were not very good,”...

Libertyville native a military strategist at NATO summit

May 20 2012 | 7:05 am - Dubbed the "Little General" for the way he used to dig fox holes and play soldier as a boy growing up in Libertyville, Scott Davis is back in town as a high-ranking officer, decorated Iraq War veteran and military strategist for the NATO summit.

Mother's Day only adds to this mom's burdens

May 17 2012 | 5:38 am - Still grieving after the shocking death of her college honor student daughter, a 50-year-old DuPage County mother of seven and grandmother of eight knew going into Mother's Day that her special day was never going to be wonderful. “She's been...

Medical corpsman still trying to heal Vietnam warriors' scars

May 15 2012 | 5:50 am - Virtually blind in one eye and barely topping 100 pounds, suburban teenager Bob Adams never thought he'd be shipped off to combat in Vietnam with the unenviable task of trying to save the lives of wounded warriors. Forty-five years later, the...

Tragedy transforms Willowbrook mom from 188 pounds to triathlete

May 13 2012 | 9:08 am - A varsity athlete while growing up in Westmont, Patti Saltiel slowly lost her physical fitness and saw her weight climb to 188 pounds during the years as a mom with four kids. On New Year's Day of 2011, Saltiel knew she should resolve to get back in...

U.S. ranks 25th as place for moms, but Sunday they’re all No. 1

May 10 2012 | 12:33 am - There is something about Mother's Day and moms that can't be denied, even when a mom falls far short of the sentiment on that "World's Greatest Mom" mylar balloon. In a 2012 world ranking of the best place to be a mom, the United States doesn't...

Dancing just a memory, but couple whirl in Hospice Dream

May 08 2012 | 11:09 am - Former Bloomingdale residents Dick and Millie Milano used to light up the dance floor doing the jitterbug. The couple doesn't dance anymore. The ravages of age and illness have taken a toll on their bodies. But the years seem to melt away on a...

Once homeless, man is on his own with the right help

May 06 2012 | 11:04 am - Near the end of 2010, former Gurnee and Lake Villa resident Chris Hradisky weighed barely 80 pounds and was waiting to die. With the help of his sister, the Lake County Center for Independent Living and a state program designed to save money by...

Ecologists keep tiny Buffalo Grove prairie from becoming history

May 03 2012 | 5:31 am - The little hunk of Buffalo Grove grassland that volunteers saved from developers in the late 1980s is now a protected prairie and a pristine example of how preservation should be done. “It's a 10 acres that deserves to be there. It you look...

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