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Constable: 100 trips in, Honor Flight Chicago still opens hearts, including Park Ridge brothers'Apr 16, 2022 1:00 am - Honor Flight Chicago started in 2008 as an ambitious project that transported 60 World War II veterans to Washington to see the national monument in their honor. Exceedi...
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Grayslake's Jay Hook leaves his mark with expansion N.Y. MetsApr 16, 2022 1:00 am - Part 1 of 2 Two new Major League teams took the field 60 years ago. One of them, the Mets, achieved legendary status. They didn't win many games - they went 40-120-1 - b...
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How Ride Illinois helps develop local bike paths and educational programsApr 15, 2022 6:00 am - Except for pathways laid down by native wildlife and their Indigenous hunters, our complex Illinois transportation network has depended on planning. Same is true for man...
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St. Charles leaders take the stage to benefit Kane Repertory TheatreApr 15, 2022 6:00 am - Given the opportunity and confidence to do it, some of us maybe wouldn't have minded visiting director David Fincher's casting office to seek a key part in his film "The...
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Spotlight: Lifeline Theatre remounts pandemic-interrupted 'Middle Passage'Apr 15, 2022 6:00 am - Lifeline's 'Passage' Lifeline Theatre remounts its pandemic-interrupted production of "Middle Passage," co-adapted by director Ilesa Duncan and David Barr III from Charl...
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'Not a matter of endurance. It's tolerance': Officer regaining strength after being shot 9 timesApr 15, 2022 5:00 am - Officer Steven Kotlewski is overcoming hurdles in his recovery from being shot nine times while responding to a domestic disturbance in November. Literally, hurdles - fo...
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Suburban Jews begin Passover holiday thinking of Ukrainians, right down to the matzahApr 15, 2022 5:00 am - After receiving a phone call from a fellow rabbi in Odessa, Ukraine, Rabbi Meir Moscowitz urged his Chabad of Northbrook congregation to come together this Passover in s...
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Feder: Howard Reich's tragic saga of stolen art collection to be 'reborn on operatic stage'Apr 15, 2022 1:00 am - It's been 20 years since former Chicago Tribune music critic Howard Reich uncovered the story of an ailing Vietnam veteran living in west suburban Lyons who turned out t...
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Ukraine tragedy rolls on from a cruel AprilApr 15, 2022 1:00 am - As the Easter Egg Roll goes on at the White House, Ukraine shows us what democracy looks like, fighting for freedom. The walk-up to war with Russia was actually 14 April...
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Jim O'Donnell: From Mount Prospect to 52 years with the Bucks, John Steinmiller rolls onApr 15, 2022 1:00 am - A LITTLE MORE THAN A DECADE AGO, Theo Epstein wrote a memorable essay for The Boston Globe suggesting executives should change jobs every 10 years to stay fresh. John St...