Columns
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Suburban Mosaic: Elgin U-46 celebrates 50 years of bilingual educationOct 28, 2022 1:00 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 celebrated the 50th anniversary of its bilingual program Saturday with families, current and former staff members, and alumni in attendan...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: What's worse: Big Government or Big Tech? BothOct 28, 2022 1:00 am - When the federal government gets together with social media giants to censor critics of the government, is that free speech or censorship? A case moving its way through ...
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A persistent plague: The Gift Theatre's new thriller 'The Locusts' shows promiseOct 27, 2022 10:00 am - “The Locusts” - ★ ★ ★ In “The Locusts,” Jennifer Rumberger's grim thriller about a serial killer targeting teenage girls, a sheriff offers a 16-year-old girl some advice...
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Neighbors in the news: Retired colonel from Antioch inducted in ROTC Hall of FameOct 27, 2022 6:00 am - • Col. (Ret.) Paul J. Hettich of Antioch was inducted into the 2022 class of the U.S. Army ROTC National Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony was conducted at the Marrio...
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Fact-inspired abortion drama 'Call Jane' well-acted but dramatically inertOct 27, 2022 6:00 am - “Call Jane” - ★ ★ ½ Maybe, just maybe, operating an illegal, secret, underground abortion ring in 1968 Chicagoland might have been just as routine and dramatically iner...
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Widescreen: 4 months into Sony's PS Plus redo, Xbox Game Pass still the best valueOct 27, 2022 6:00 am - Spooky season is finally over on Monday, which means it's time for the next holiday season that takes over our lives for two months. It's going to be a big one for video...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: Uncle Andy: Old Hickory and me in historyOct 27, 2022 1:00 am - By Jamie Stiehm So I gave a talk on President Andrew Jackson, counting the ways he harshly steered the country wrong, wrong and wrong again. The Trail of Tears. Closing...
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Guest Columnist Arthur I. Cyr: Leaders, lettuce and crisis in BritainOct 27, 2022 1:00 am - Rishi Sunak has been elected leader of the Conservative Party and become the next prime minister of the United Kingdom comprising England, Scotland, Wales and Northern I...
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Elk Grove driver charged with reckless homicide in death of Septemberfest workerOct 27, 2022 1:00 am - The driver who authorities say was behind the wheel of the car that struck a 58-year-old security worker at Schaumburg's Septemberfest last month, causing fatal injuries...
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Spotlight: TimeLine Theatre revives Alice Childress' landmark 1955 drama 'Trouble in Mind'Oct 26, 2022 11:00 pm - Jeeves returns First Folio Theatre commences its final season with a remount of "Jeeves Intervenes," which in 2008 was its first production of a Margaret Raether comedy ...