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Decision on high school sports needs to be made nowJul 22, 2020 11:00 pm - When Illinois High School Association executive director Craig Anderson and members of the board of directors meet with officials from the department of public health an...
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The legislative changes we need to prevent getting another MadiganJul 22, 2020 11:00 pm - Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan has been Illinois' top political leader for 35 years. He has made millions as a property tax attorney in the state with the highest p...
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Sound check: Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton on drive-in screens; Pete Yorn acoustic livestreamJul 22, 2020 12:00 pm - Blake Shelton on the big screen Country superstar Blake Shelton and special guests Gwen Stefani and Trace Adkins hit the big screen with a concert exclusively filme...
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Quick pandemic vacations from safety of your carJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - The pandemic has canceled many summer vacation plans, but Gerry Lekas of Glenview knows plenty of grisly, glamorous and eclectic places you can visit in the city and the...
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O'Donnell: Nuttiness is no stranger to Arlington ParkJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - SINCE IT OPENED IN 1927, Arlington Park has survived a lot. Catastrophic fire. ... Owner petulance. ...Goofball executives. Until this summer, the nuttiest president was...
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Call for Goya boycott doesn't bode well for civil societyJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - There must be no real outrages left in America if so-called progressives have nothing better to do than turn their collective rage on Goya, because the ubiquitous food c...
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Feder: Block Club Chicago teams with Austin Weekly on free West Side newsletterJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - The underserved communities of Austin, North Lawndale and Garfield Park on Chicago's West Side are the focus of a free twice-weekly newsletter to be launched jointly tod...
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Suspense film 'The Room' offers view of horrific fantasyJul 21, 2020 6:00 am - "The Room" - ★ ★ ★ Starring: Olga Christian Volckman's "The Room" sucks us into a vortex of unpredictable, imaginative fantasy as it explores what happens to a happily m...
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The ball is in Biden's court for NovemberJul 21, 2020 1:00 am - By now, Republican officeholders are daily and in ever-increasing numbers coming up with reasons why they will be unable to attend the late-August GOP convention in Jack...
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Federal leaders must do their homework on sending kids back to schoolJul 21, 2020 1:00 am - As I lie here on oxygen watching the number of COVID cases in most states rise to record-breaking levels, I am baffled by the decision of our federal leaders to send our...