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All Stories from December 17, 2025 (Change date)

How to bake your best batch of cutout cookies yet

By Becky Krystal
Dec 17, 2025 5:38 am - Cutout cookies are a holiday baking staple. Yet it can be all too easy to watch in dismay as your dough sticks and tears or those cute little snowmen turn into a shapeless blobs. If you’re looking to take your cutout cookies to a new, neater level, here are some top tips.
Ditch the bowl for this festive, shapely Christmas Tree Salad

By Penny Kazmier
Dec 17, 2025 5:28 am - All you need is a cutting board and a decorative flair to turn your favorite salad recipe into a festive Christmas tree. This recipe starts with lettuce greenery trimmed with ornaments made of salami, tomatoes, chickpeas and olives, all draped with red onion garland. And the star on top? Cheese.
Daily Herald opinion: ‘We carry on’: Embracing light in times of darkness an important lesson in wake of Hanukkah massacre

By Daily Herald Editorial Board
Dec 17, 2025 4:00 am - A holiday symbolized by light arrived Sunday under a cloud of darkness as two men opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration in Australia, killing 15 people and wounding many ...
Today’s editorial cartoon

Dec 17, 2025 4:00 am -
Are Democrats getting desperate about Epstein?

By Byron York
Dec 17, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Byron York: New poll shows voters have more confidence in Republicans than Democrats to handle key issues, despite disapproving of Trump's handling of economy, inflation, tariffs, and foreign policy.
Split screen: Another weekend of murder, here and abroad

By Jeff Robbins
Dec 17, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Jeff Robbins:
Home & garden calendar, Dec. 21-27

Dec 17, 2025 3:30 am - Garden club meetings in the Chicago suburbs cover a range of topics such as creating moonlit spaces, hardscape designs, succulents, prairies and bison, and using native plants in home landscapes.
Holiday concert spreads cheer at Marklund Hyde Center

By Dawn Lassiter-Brueske, Marklund
Dec 17, 2025 12:16 am - Fifth-graders from Western Avenue School performed a holiday concert at the Marklund Hyde Center in Geneva, caroling for the residents and staff.

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