All Stories from January 24, 2025 (Change date)
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Don’t book a seat for 'Flight Risk'Jan 24, 2025 8:39 am - “Flight Risk” sounds like the setup for a joke: What do you get when you put a U.S. Marshal, a fugitive and an unhinged pilot in a small plane? We don't know but get out your barf bag. Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace star in this truly forgettable thriller-comedy.
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Elgin’s ‘Tent City’ residents move to hotel, cleanup begins at former homeless encampmentJan 24, 2025 7:50 am - Forty-one residents of Elgin's "Tent City" were relocated to a hotel this week as work began to clear the roughly 8-acre site that has served as a homeless encampment for over 20 years.
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Ron Onesti: Crystal Bowersox is worthy of an ‘Idol’ titleJan 24, 2025 6:00 am - I have been producing music and food festivals for the past 35 years. During that time, I have crossed paths with a regular stream of entertainers who have graced our various festival stages. Most were good, some not so good, a couple, were “idols” in the making. One individual who fit into that last category was a young girl with dreadlocks, a guitar and an uncertain musical future.
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Carolyn Hax: Wife left him for a co-worker. What does he say when he meets him?Jan 24, 2025 6:00 am - A week before their 25th anniversary, his wife said she was cheating with a married co-worker. They are now married. When the ex-husband meets the new husband, how does he convey his lack of respect? Carolyn Hax says don’t dwell on it and move on to live a good life.
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St. Charles’ eastern gateway to get major boost with Fox Haven SquareJan 24, 2025 4:00 am - St. Charles has hit a potential home run with new development plans for the city’s east side. Officials say the new retail and restaurants planned for Fox Haven Square could transform the area near the former Charlestowne Mall.
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Columnist was just whitewashing a crimeJan 24, 2025 4:00 am - Bryon York’s Jan. 16 commentary is another example of whitewashing a Trump crime. York, like so many Trump apologists, cavalierly refers to Trump’s New York hush money ca...
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Today’s editorial cartoonJan 24, 2025 4:00 am -
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Refugee suspension a brutal blow for Afghans who helped U.S.Jan 24, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Keith Peterson: Bipartisan efforts to pass legislation helping Afghans who aided the U.S. have failed, and the suspension of refugee status for those who are here puts many in danger.
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No love for chaosJan 24, 2025 4:00 am - I for one will not be “embracing the chaos” of Trump 2.0 as columnist Debra Saunders suggests. There are real problems at home and abroad that need adult leadership to fi...
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Daily Herald opinion: Five years after Illinois’ first COVID-19 diagnosis, we remember the heroes and hardshipsJan 24, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: Five years after doctors announced that the nation’s second confirmed COVID-19 case was in Hoffman Estates, we reflect and remember.