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Stickers not transponders for tolls? Tollway could shift gears next yearOct 23, 2023 5:00 am - Now might be a good time to let your Illinois tollway transponder know how much you love it. That's because the agency could follow an industry trend shifting from hard-...
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State accepting proposals for second round of Healing Illinois grantsOct 23, 2023 5:00 am - The Illinois Department of Human Services recently launched the 2023-24 season of Healing Illinois, the state's $4.5 million racial healing grant-making initiative. It k...
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Stereotyping justifies violence and keeps us from recognizing our shared humanityOct 23, 2023 1:00 am - The story of more than 40 beheaded Israeli babies may go down in history with the "weapons of mass destruction" and the "Iraqi soldiers stole incubator and left 22 babie...
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Covering asbestos ceiling with drywallOct 22, 2023 7:00 am - Q: My home has "popcorn" ceilings, the kind with asbestos. The cost of asbestos removal is so high, I've decided to overlay the ceilings with drywall. The person I've hi...
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The search for the next great Bears quarterback takes an inevitable turnOct 22, 2023 7:00 am - The scramble to find out who in the wide world of eastern West Virginia is Tyson Bagent has been made necessary by the inevitable shelving of Justin Fields, who came to ...
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Baseball Way Back: From Cubs All-Star to Giant successOct 22, 2023 7:00 am - Part 3 of 3 When looking back on Shawon Dunston's career with the Cubs, one can't help thinking of the iconic image of the Shawon-O-Meter. The 30-by-40-inch sign with re...
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Jim O'Donnell: If only the trade of Fields would mean enormous futuristic changes at Hollow HallOct 22, 2023 7:00 am - IMAGINE THAT SUDDENLY HOVERING over Halas Hall was a merciful associate pro football god. Kind of like a bigger Babbitt than Roger Goodell, only with civic empathy and e...
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Good News Sunday: Wheaton woman's nonprofit helps discarded items find a useful futureOct 22, 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: For Kay McKeen, finding new homes for us...
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Beyond 'Midwest nice': Creative bravery unleashedOct 22, 2023 1:00 am - For me, there is nothing like the initial viewing of a creative advertising campaign that our team created. I get goose bumps. The ability of our staff to tap into core...
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Taylor Swift should run everythingOct 22, 2023 1:00 am - As a culture, and as a republic, we should just give up and let Taylor Swift run everything. It's probably going to happen anyway, so we might as well get on her good si...