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'I felt like I was in a movie': Maine West linebacker Kyle Ramirez earns honor from the BearsOct 08, 2023 11:00 pm - On the football field Kyle Ramirez is a hard-hitting linebacker and a sure-handed receiver. Off the field, the Maine West senior has earned a reputation as a leader, bot...
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'We have to do it right': Drones help Metra gather more accurate, expedited evidence at crashesOct 08, 2023 11:00 pm - Armed with spray paint, Metra police officer Phillip Fortier crouches down and carefully marks the location of a body, a car and a train at a recent emergency drill. The...
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Good News Sunday: Trailblazing Advocate president faces health industry challenges head onOct 08, 2023 6:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: Being the only person of color in a corp...
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Lincicome: October baseball used to be perfect. Now it's just phonyOct 08, 2023 6:00 am - Needlessly and reliably, greed and gimmicks have given us another baseball season, already reduced without objection, although poor Milwaukee did seem to deserve better....
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O'Donnell: Any 'street' farewell to Butkus must include that he deserved an NFL titleOct 08, 2023 6:00 am - PRIME-POUNCE DICK BUTKUS playing for head coach George Allen could have forever changed the trajectory of the Chicago Bears. In the spring of 1983, Allen had been dusted...
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Schaumburg's Library Boxes offer hand-picked books for readersOct 07, 2023 6:00 am - When Schaumburg Township District Library first offered Library Boxes back in 2018, it was just for teens. The Steen family of Schaumburg remembers jumping on board righ...
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Finding comfort in the life cycle of my backyard treesOct 07, 2023 6:00 am - When we bought this house 31 years ago, there were two little elm tree saplings across the road opposite our front windows, by the wildlife preserve at the end of the vi...
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Batavia teacher gets Art Educator of the Year recognitionOct 07, 2023 6:00 am - History, journalism and creative writing classes dominated my later college years, so avoiding my dreaded topics like math and science was nice. However, when the subjec...
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Gambling taxes generated record $1.99 billion for Illinois last year, but can it last?Oct 07, 2023 1:00 am - The expanding array of wagering opportunities in Illinois created the state's largest windfall to date from gambling-related taxes during the last fiscal year. The Illin...
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Feinstein didn't tweet about vaccines before her deathOct 07, 2023 1:00 am - U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 90, died Sept. 29 after serving in Congress for more than 30 years. The Democrat was elected San Francisco's first female mayor in 1978, and ...