All Stories from February 15, 2021 (Change date)
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Dwayne Johnson has 'surreal' look back in TV's 'Young Rock'Feb 15, 2021 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES - When Dwayne Johnson sold the idea for a TV comedy about his colorful early years to NBC in early 2020, he was delighted to tell his parents that a version ...
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We asked, you shared: Pandemic petsFeb 15, 2021 5:00 am - Back in December, we asked readers to send us photos of pets they'd adopted during the pandemic. We've shared many of those photos over the past several weeks. We'd like...
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Music review: Sia's 'Music' soundtrack is music to our earsFeb 15, 2021 5:00 am - Sia, “Music — Songs from and Inspired by the Motion Picture” (Monkey Puzzle/Atlantic) Whatever your thoughts on the new movie “Music,” there can be no argument abou...
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Book review: Kristin Hannah's 'Four Winds' an ode to the strength and ferocity of mothersFeb 15, 2021 5:00 am - “The Four Winds” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin's Press) It's 1921 in Texas, and 25-year-old Elsa Wolcott is considered by her own parents to be an ugly, ...
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After 76 years, pieces of WWII plane finally return to Des PlainesFeb 15, 2021 4:30 am - Len Johnson achieved his decadelong quest to reclaim, preserve and display important vestiges of Northwest suburban wartime and aviation history when the artifacts of a ...
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In Transit: With fewer cars on the roads in 2020, why did more people die in crashes?Feb 15, 2021 4:30 am - In a year when thousands hunkered down at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of people killed in traffic crashes spiked by 15.6% in Illinois. And despite ...
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Tunnel under Route 45 to provide key link in Lake County trailFeb 15, 2021 4:30 am - Despite the cold and snow, another tangible sign of an ongoing effort to link the regional Millennium Trail and Greenway in Lake County is in progress. Crews on the west...
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Elgin art exhibit celebrates Black culture in AmericaFeb 15, 2021 4:30 am - When Elgin artist Freddrick D. Wimms was asked just after Christmas to curate an art exhibit for Black History Month, he didn't have much time and didn't know what he wa...
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DuPage fire districts put tax hike requests back on the ballotFeb 15, 2021 4:30 am - Two fire districts in DuPage County are hoping history doesn't repeat itself when voters head to the polls in April. Winfield and Wood Dale fire protection districts wil...
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Algonquin, Cary collaborating to transform mining areas into recreational spotsFeb 15, 2021 4:30 am - Generations of Algonquin and Cary residents looked on from afar as large tracts of local land were mined by companies digging the gravel and stone used to build up their...