All Stories from April 17, 2021 (Change date)
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Cook, collar counties receive high, improving marks in latest state health rankingsApr 20, 2021 6:37 am - Cook and its five suburban collar counties all showed improvements in the latest ranking of the healthiest places to live in Illinois. DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Wi...
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Be realistic about gun violenceApr 19, 2021 9:29 am - Tom Stanfa of Batavia wrote a piece on politicians and gun control published on April 9. He wonders why politicians are so focused on gun control instead of, say, the ma...
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Baseball Way Back: 'Clean' Sox had an uphill battle in 1921Apr 18, 2021 6:38 pm - One hundred years ago, April was indeed the cruelest month for Sox fans. Instead of relishing the defending American League or even world champions, they contemplated th...
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Grammar Moses: Is it that that that was one too many?Apr 18, 2021 5:41 pm - There you have me repeating myself again. Readers Mike and Gayle Politowicz feel (that) I am a serial abuser of "that." That is to say the word "that," not this or that....
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Wauconda, Vernon Hills enjoy productive Friday nightsApr 20, 2021 6:47 pm - pbabcock@dailyherald.com It was a frantic Friday for several Wauconda football players. Colin Husko, a starting running back and defensive back for the Bulldogs, as well...
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Boys water polo: Palatine claims wins over Buffalo Grove, St. Charles N.Apr 19, 2021 10:20 pm - Palatine senior Jack O'Connell welcomed the brief fourth-quarter rest against Buffalo Grove on Saturday afternoon. After all, O'Connell earned a break following a domina...
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Barbers, artists help defy vaccine myths for people of colorApr 21, 2021 7:06 am - SAN DIEGO - In a Washington, D.C., suburb, Black and Latino barbers are busting myths about the coronavirus vaccine while clipping hair. Across the country, a university...
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Chicago man gets 17-year sentence for Oakbrook Center mall carjackingApr 18, 2021 7:58 am - A Chicago man was sentenced Friday to 17 years in prison for the armed carjacking of a 67-year-old woman at Oakbrook Center mall. Darnell Anderson, 29, of the 4800 block...
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Determined Roper returns from broken leg to lead Barrington into MSL title gameApr 20, 2021 9:22 pm - First there was a cast, then a boot with crutches, then just a boot, then physical therapy. And more physical therapy. It took more than five months and plenty of gritti...
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Palatine, Rolling Meadows post big Week 5 winsApr 20, 2021 6:47 pm - Palatine is giving its opponents a blank stare. For the second week in a row, the Pirates posted a shut out as they cruised past Schaumburg 44-0 Friday in Palatine. The ...