Columns
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Hub Arkush: How committed is Bears GM Ryan Poles to Justin Fields?May 04, 2022 1:00 am - What is the next No. 1 priority for the Bears and general manager Ryan Poles? There is no mystery surrounding Poles' plan. Following the draft, he left no doubt he's in ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Bears rebuff Wilson, say focus is on due diligence regarding Arlington ParkMay 04, 2022 1:00 am - THE BEARS HAVE DISMISSED an overture from Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson to discuss ways and means of keeping the team in Chicago. That's good news for fans hop...
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Constable: 1884 tombstone finds resting place in Northbrook, but location of remains still a mysteryMay 03, 2022 5:30 am - Every decade or so, a hiker in the Cook County Forest Preserve Dam No. 1 Woods south of Dundee Road and east of the Des Plaines River would stumble across a mysterious t...
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Syndicated columnist Bonnie Jean Feldkamp: Journalism is in search of the iPod/Napster solutionMay 03, 2022 1:00 am - It's no secret that journalism is struggling. News deserts exist where local publications have folded, and in other places corporate ownership has replaced hometown fami...
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Len Ziehm: Highwood's Flavin gets exemption for June's John Deere ClassicMay 03, 2022 1:00 am - The awarding of sponsor exemptions isn't a big deal at a PGA Tour event. Tournament directors usually announce the lucky four or so winners in the early days of tourname...
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Feder: CHGO Sports drops Olin Kreutz after fight with employeeMay 03, 2022 1:00 am - Two months after he was on hand for the launch of CHGO Sports, former Chicago Bears offensive lineman Olin Kreutz has been dropped as a contributor to the digital media ...
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Guest columnist state Sen. Mark Walker: Nuclear energy ban holds back our climate, economic successMay 03, 2022 1:00 am - Last year, the Illinois General Assembly passed the Climate & Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA), a nation-leading initiative dedicating Illinois to a 100% carbon-free energy gri...
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Jim O'Donnell: Run for the Roses or hold your noses as Kentucky Derby creeps on to NBC stage?May 03, 2022 1:00 am - FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, the Kentucky Derby has devolved into less and less ado about an increasingly devalued event soaked in a hollow cask of unhappy endings. The hap...
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Warblers find their niche by controlling insectsMay 02, 2022 6:00 am - Over the recent years, I've been noticing some migratory birds heading north sooner than they did when I grew up in the area. This got me thinking about migratory warble...
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Suburban Mosaic: What I learned from breaking bread with an Afghan refugee familyMay 02, 2022 5:30 am - A few of my friends and I informally have adopted an Afghan refugee family of eight who arrived in the Chicago area nearly six months ago. The family - a mother and fath...