All Stories from September 4, 2021
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Joe Greenberg -- longtime Little Traveler employee, fan of Geneva -- dies at 95
Sep 7, 2021 10:21 AM - A "Geneva institution," Joe Greenberg, dies at age 95. He worked for the Little Traveler family of stores for more than a half-century. -
The Front Yard Is The New Parlor
Sep 7, 2021 9:37 AM - Curb appeal and first impressions are great reasons to landscape the front yard, but now there's another incentive to personalize the space. Neighborly conversations over the picket fence are back in style - with a twist. "Front yards have become the new social parlor, functioning as an extension of the living room where style, comfort and design are trending," says Sue Ryba, horticulturist and outdoor living expert with Bertog Landscape Co., Wheeling, Ill. -
Streamwood Knights of Columbus Holding 8th Annual 5K October 2
Sep 7, 2021 9:33 AM - Eight years ago, Mary's Millennium Council #12801 Knights of Columbus, St. John the Evangelist Church, Streamwood IL, was looking for a creative way to increase their yearly assistance to the Hanover Township Food Pantry. -
Football / Top 20 / How they fared in Week 2
Sep 5, 2021 5:58 PM - No. 2 Maine South knocked off No. 1 Warren in Week 2, while the remainder of the top 10 teams in the Daily Herald Top 20 all posted wins. -
Remembering how Labor Day used to be way back when
Sep 5, 2021 9:44 AM - One very clear memory is a Labor Day parade in our small town of Brainerd, Minnesota. It's one of my oldest memories. It was a big parade for a small town of 10,000 people up in the lake region.
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Gurnee native Shelton enjoys preparing Pirates for better days ahead
Sep 5, 2021 8:07 AM - Warren Township High School grad Derek Shelton has something of an unenviable task in leading the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates. But he's enjoying the process of helping his players build for better days ahead. -
Constable: Libertyville grad's look at Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X becomes a Netflix doc
Sep 5, 2021 7:58 AM - As a sports historian, Libertyville High School graduate Johnny Smith wrote a book with his mentor, Randy Roberts, called "Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X." Now their book is a Netflix documentary.
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Biden to mark 20th anniversary of 9/11 at 3 memorial sites
Sep 5, 2021 7:56 AM - President Joe Biden will visit all three 9/11 memorial sites to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks and pay his respects to the nearly 3,000 people killed that day.
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The secret bias hidden in mortgage-approval decisions
Sep 5, 2021 7:52 AM - Lenders across the country in 2019 were more likely to deny home loans to people of color than to white people with similar financial characteristics. -
Northern Illinois 22, Georgia Tech 21
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