Columns
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Feder: New Eastland documentary recalls 'Chicago's Deadliest Day'Jul 09, 2019 1:00 am - One of the worst days in Chicago history is the subject of a great new documentary, Robert Feder writes. "Eastland: Chicago's Deadliest Day," produced and written by Har...
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Bartlett resident named to Hanover Township board of trusteesJul 08, 2019 11:00 pm - • Bartlett resident Alisa "Lee" Beattie was recently appointed to the Hanover Township board of trustees. Beattie replaces Mary Alice Benoit who stepped down to take a n...
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Time to tell fiance you don't want kids right awayJul 08, 2019 11:00 pm - Q. I'm getting married this summer to the man of my dreams and things have been great. We've got a new house, I'm graduating college next May and we're really happy. He ...
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Muscle mania attracts drag racer to Yenko NovaJul 08, 2019 6:00 am - For a time, Will Hedrich was obsessed with imported tuner cars. Now, his heart beats for good, old-fashioned American muscle. He got his need for speed through a 1996 Ho...
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If Lake County puts Route 53 plan on ice, will tollway get cold feet?Jul 08, 2019 5:30 am - There's only one consensus on extending Route 53 into Lake County and that is - the issue has dragged on for many years. Since the 1970s, the project has been studied mu...
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Feder: Jim O'Shea is back with new vision to fix journalism's broken modelJul 08, 2019 1:00 am - Jim O'Shea's latest effort to breathe new life into public-service journalism combines a forward-looking news media technology startup with a 137-year-old weekly newspap...
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Feder: After 114 years, Chicago Defender ends print runJul 08, 2019 1:00 am - Wednesday will mark the final print edition of the Chicago Defender as the historic African American newspaper shifts entirely to digital publication, Robert Feder write...
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Rozner: A father, a son and a love of hockeyJul 08, 2019 1:00 am - John Vlasic had NHL ability. The evidence isn't just in his family, where nephew Marc-Edouard Vlasic will reach 1,000 games for the San Jose Sharks next season, and in s...
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I was persecuted in Sudan for being a Christian, but America welcomed meJul 08, 2019 1:00 am - It's a hard thing growing up knowing that you can't become who you want to become - not because you're not smart enough or don't work hard enough, but because of your fa...
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Barrington chess master heads to U.S. Senior ChampionshipJul 07, 2019 11:00 pm - Alex Goldin of Barrington barely remembers a time when he wasn't playing chess. A native of the Soviet Union who emigrated to this country 20 years ago, he started play...