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Itasca native's lifelong love of comedy animates 'Grinch'-inspired 'Who's Holiday!'Dec 16, 2021 5:00 am - Joseph Jefferson Award-winner Veronica Garza really likes cracking jokes. And she's good at it. The Itasca native gets ample opportunity playing grown-up Cindy Lou Who i...
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Neighbors in the News: Hersey instructor named Foreign Language Teacher of the YearDec 16, 2021 5:00 am - • Congratulations to Michael Ayala, a world languages teacher at John Hersey High School, who was named the 2021 Paul T. Griffith Illinois Foreign Language Teacher of th...
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Bradley Cooper taps his dark side in Guillermo del Toro's deliciously dark 'Nightmare Alley'Dec 16, 2021 5:00 am - “Nightmare Alley” - ★ ★ ★ ★ If you took a sleazy, exploitative E.C. Comics tale, made it into a motion picture with top acting talent and A-list production design ...
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Politicians must focus on reducing property taxes in 2022Dec 16, 2021 12:00 am - The holiday season is upon us and while the COVID-19 pandemic stubbornly persists, we must look with hope and optimism toward 2022. Illinois has been provided tremendou...
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The true cost of Biden's agendaDec 16, 2021 12:00 am - President Joe Biden and Capitol Hill Democrats are racing to pass their massive social spending bill, known as Build Back Better, before Christmas. Maybe they'll succeed...
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Feder: WGN Radio renews morning host Bob SirottDec 16, 2021 12:00 am - Legendary Chicago broadcaster Bob Sirott, who's been a rare shining star in the ratings at WGN 720-AM, just extended his contract as morning host for two more years. "B...
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Seven senators who go back to Civil War daysDec 16, 2021 12:00 am - When I walk by John Calhoun in the Capitol, I stare at his severe portrait and ask, are you happy now with democracy cracking up? And I swear the ghost says yes, fire bu...
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Feder: CBS 2 taps Jim Williams, Marie Saavedra to co-anchor new 4 p.m. weekday newscastDec 16, 2021 12:00 am - Jim Williams, the veteran Chicago journalist and weekend news anchor at WBBM-Channel 2, will team with reporter Marie Saavedra on a new 4 p.m. Monday-through-Friday news...
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Sound check: RocHaus hosts Chicago-area showcase; Pop-Punk X-mas at SubterraneanDec 15, 2021 5:00 am - Robots rock RocHaus Released on Halloween, the latest single "Runaway" by Wood Dale's electro-charged, grunge-rock band Broken Robots chronicles the emotional cost...
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Jim O'Donnell: The Bears at Arlington Park trending tepid as a telling 2022 approachesDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - WITH CHRISTMAS 2021 CLOSING IN, increasingly complex puzzles should be left only to the most beautiful minds at places like MIT. Unfortunately, that compact list might ...