All Stories from October 3, 2021 (Change date)
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One-week mirage or something to build upon?Oct 03, 2021 1:00 am - Start printing playoff tickets. Get Justin Fields' Hall of Fame plaque ready. Extend the contracts of Matt Nagy and Ryan Pace for five years. Heck, 10. Because after wha...
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Arkush: Bears got a must-win, but may have paid a steep priceOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - What mattered far more than anything else at Soldier Field on Sunday is the Chicago Bears got a 24-14 win over the Detroit Lions. Most of the postmortems will focus on J...
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Input sought on Old McHenry Crossings planOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - Public input is being sought via a virtual forum as the Lake County Division of Transportation initiates a study to improve the Old McHenry Crossings project area near H...
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The stories that stick with us: Remembering a story that never was writtenOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - Sometimes the best stories are the ones we never write. It was December 1992, Bill Clinton had just been elected president and I was a reporter about to be covering one...
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The stories that stick with us: When the front pages show the depth of life in the simplest packagesOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - A big part of my job is making the Daily Herald's front pages, and I've made countless dramatic fronts: Presidential elections, bombings, fires, heroics, impeachments, c...
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Jack food, Maggie food and fearOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - My wife Deborah and I have two cats. One is a curvy, entitled calico named Maggie. The other is a gray tabby of no great intelligence named Jack. Cats are the ultimate r...
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The stories that stick with us: Tylenol murders: a big crime story with lasting impactOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - One of the biggest stories of my nearly 43-year newspaper career started with an early morning phone call. I was one of the first — if not the first — reporters in the n...
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The stories that stick with us: Sharing a walk with a Vietnam vetOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - Veterans marching to public cheers and salutes is a frequent occurrence these days. Not so when Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Craycroft returned home to Wheaton from his s...
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Copper lifts Sky over Sun for 2-1 series leadOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - CHICAGO - Kahleah Copper flexed after getting fouled on a basket late in Sunday's WNBA semifinal. Her teammates latched onto the energy to keep an improbable postseason ...
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La Russa: White Sox season a 'lucky' and 'amazing' experienceOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - Four times across three different decades, White Sox manager Tony La Russa has won Manager of the Year laurels. On five other occasions, he has been runner-up for the ho...