All Stories from December 21, 2025 (Change date)
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Police investigating overnight shooting in ElginDec 21, 2025 10:46 am - Elgin police are investigating the circumstances surrounding an early Sunday morning shooting.
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West Dundee man sentenced to four years in prison after admitting to soliciting teenDec 21, 2025 9:53 am - A West Dundee man accused of using Facebook Messenger to solicit a 14-year-old Fox River Grove child to perform a sexual act has been sentenced to prison for four years, court records show.
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College Achievers: Batavia’s Buckley takes it to the house in Myrtle Beach BowlDec 21, 2025 8:00 am - College Achievers: On the first play from scrimmage Friday in the Myrtle Beach Bowl, Batavia High School graduate Jalen Buckley scored on a 65-yard touchdown run, the start of Western Michigan University’s 41-6 victory over Kennesaw State.
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A new ‘Blue Food’ cookbook champions fish and other seafood for any mealDec 21, 2025 5:44 am - Andrew Zimmern and Barton Seaver are what you’d call seafood fanatics. Or blue food evangelists. They want us to eat more things from the water, even first thing in the morning. The two have combined for “The Blue Food Cookbook: Delicious Recipes for a Sustainable Future.”
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Suburban Skyview: Sunset competes for attention with North School ParkDec 21, 2025 5:30 am - About 150,00 holiday lights illuminate North School Park in Arlington Heights while thousands of others decorate trees around downtown during a cold sunset on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025.
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Crescent roll dough is the shortcut to this cheesy, garlicky shareable breadDec 21, 2025 5:11 am - These easy pull-apart rolls — filled with garlic, butter and mozzarella cheese — are great as a party appetizer, for a potluck, or even as a meal with a soup or side salad. Store-bought crescent roll dough is the key to getting them on the table in under an hour.
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Today’s editorial cartoonDec 21, 2025 4:00 am -
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Parsing the new call to defend ‘Western civilization’Dec 21, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Keith Peterson: While the president’s new national security policy correctly argues that a strategy is a statement on ends and means, the ends and the means it describes do not explain how the administration will seek to get from Point A to Point B.
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Why health care is not a rightDec 21, 2025 4:00 am - Ethically, a right is something that can be guaranteed without requiring another person to provide ongoing labor or expertise against their will. This distinction is cruc...
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The quiet engine behind Gen Z and Millennial malaiseDec 21, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: