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Ready for summer? Sign up your kids for day camps at Lake County Forest PreservesFeb 20, 2020 5:00 am - By Kim Mikus Lake County Forest Preserves For the past nine years, Lizzie Gvozdev, an eighth-grader from Round Lake, has spent a week during the summer attending camps o...
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Without civility, our system doesn't workFeb 20, 2020 12:00 am - When he was just a young teenage schoolboy, George Washington sat down and copied out 110 "Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior." Many of these had to do with simple mann...
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Numbers show Trump tax cuts helping wealthy, not economyFeb 20, 2020 12:00 am - Late in 2017, the Trump Administration pushed the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" through Congress. Promising it would stimulate economic growth to record levels, Trump's signat...
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Enjoy a Mardi Gras-worthy dish with this Southern-style shrimp and gritsFeb 19, 2020 5:03 am - Enjoy a Mardi Gras-worthy dish with this Southern-style shrimp and grits
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Sound check: Footlight District, Million Reasons light up Martyrs'Feb 19, 2020 5:00 am - Haunting and dizzying If you're familiar with our 2019 year-end roundup, you will notice two of last year's top bands sharing a bill this weekend: When the five Sca...
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In memory of a lost time and friendshipFeb 19, 2020 12:00 am - By Tobin Fraley Guest columnist My wife called me on a recent morning to inform me that Lisa Phillips passed away earlier in the week. I had not seen Lisa for a few year...
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Who's complaining about investigations now?Feb 19, 2020 12:00 am - Attorney General William Barr is looking into the murky origins of the politically charged Justice Department investigations that have roiled American public life for th...
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South Elgin bowlers ready for return to state; Kelsay takes over Batavia volleyballFeb 19, 2020 12:00 am - South Elgin is back for more. The Storm girls bowling team has competed twice this season at The Cherry Lanes in Rockford in invitational settings. Heading into this wee...
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O'Donnell: Rafer Weigel ends 'revenge porn' nightmare for Dick Wolf's 'Chicago Fire'Feb 19, 2020 12:00 am - REVENGE PORN ANCHOR!!! Lyrically, it has a workable rhythm to it. Something that "Weird Al" Yankovic could have parodied to "Cat Scratch Fever" or a tune that could have...
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Downers Grove South graduate Mullins already seeing successFeb 19, 2020 12:00 am - Call it the Mullins touch. Before the season began the Southern Illinois University men's basketball team was picked to finish dead last - 10th out of 10 - in the Missou...