All Stories from October 3, 2021 (Change date)
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The stories that stick with us: Starting my White Sox career when Michael Jordan was starting hisOct 08, 2021 10:55 am - No matter what, I will always remember my first season covering the White Sox for the Daily Herald. Like Michael Jordan, I was a rookie in 1994. That alone makes it a ye...
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The stories that stick with us: Learning to make the best of a bad photography positionOct 04, 2021 8:18 am - Sammy Sosa Day, Sept. 20, 1998, is one of the stories I covered that stuck with me through the years. I remember being excited to be assigned to be one of the photojourn...
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The stories that stick with us: Baseball player leaves a lasting impressionOct 04, 2021 8:23 am - One of the most unforgettable people I've written about through the years was a down-on-his-luck ballplayer I never met. When Don Bollweg of Wheaton died in the DuPage C...
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The stories that stick with us: How an act of charity led to a powerful story ideaOct 04, 2021 8:18 am - As reporters, we're used to seeing news angles most everywhere we look. Ideas often can present themselves in our daily interactions, on the commute to work and in conve...
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The stories that stick with us: In the wake of a tragedy, strangers step in to help orphaned girlsOct 04, 2021 8:17 am - Cook County courts is a bleak beat. Justice - when it prevails - is rooted in loss and frequently in tragedy seeing as how it results from crime. In 2013, after five yea...
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'Like watching the Olympics in your own backyard': Norge Ski Club jumps into OctoberOct 05, 2021 6:10 am - Fox River Grove's Norge Ski Club jumps into October
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The stories that stick with us: 'Last Letters Home' revealed permanent link to fallen troops' soulsOct 04, 2021 8:39 am - A story that's stuck with me for 13 years is "Last Letters Home," written for Memorial Day in 2008. It told the stories of the families of four local servicemen who had ...
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Montgomery's knee injury puts damper on Bears' win over LionsOct 05, 2021 10:00 am - CHICAGO — Despite a resurgent afternoon for a troubled Bears offense, it didn't come without a potential problem. Running back David Montgomery suffered a left knee inju...
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Apple-themed fall fest brings families to Lake ZurichOct 05, 2021 6:10 am - Building on the success of a fall-themed beer launched a year ago, Lake Zurich and the local Phase Three Brewing Co. teamed up for the first "A Bushel of Apples Fall Fes...
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The stories that stick with us: Through reporting we learn a lot about history, inequitiesOct 04, 2021 8:18 am - In January 2012 it hit me - that year was the 40th anniversary of Title IX. Having reported on a Title IX lawsuit some 12 years earlier that changed the face of athletic...