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Former Elgin all-stater Harrington hasn't lost love of basketballApr 07, 2020 1:00 am - It's been 21 years since Sean Harrington left Elgin High School as the program's all-time leading scorer, but the sweet-shooting, son-of-a-coach, all-stater can rattle o...
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Former Warren, CLC coach Ramsey missing basketball but enjoying lifeApr 06, 2020 1:00 am - Long before the basketball season was abruptly interrupted by COVID-19, and became a very different kind of basketball season than any of us has ever seen, it was also t...
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Rozner: Revamped golf schedule offers hope aheadApr 06, 2020 1:00 am - Word was making the rounds over the weekend, as caddies, agents and broadcasters began to hear the awful news that the Open Championship would be canceled. Not postponed...
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Deerfields Bakery offers indoor activity that yields tasty treatApr 06, 2020 1:00 am - What to do, what to do, what to do while cooped up inside? Deerfields Bakery has come up with a fun indoor activity for all ages that yields a tasty treat upon completio...
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Feder: NBC 5 alternates keeping news anchors Stafford, Rosati homeApr 06, 2020 1:00 am - As local TV stations grapple with the coronavirus shutdown and stay-at-home orders, they're finding new ways to accommodate their employees, Robert Feder writes. Starti...
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Shutdowns spur innovations in sports, entertainment, music coverageApr 06, 2020 1:00 am - With virtually all sports, entertainment and music events shut down by the pandemic, Daily Herald editors had to shift focus to keep readers in touch with the leisure ac...
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Can the NFL season start on time or is that just wishful thinking?Apr 06, 2020 12:00 am - When the president of the United States speaks everyone tends to listen. So of course when it was reported that Donald Trump had a conference call Saturday with the comm...
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Career built on love of suburbs, newspapersApr 05, 2020 11:00 pm - Growing up in Bolingbrook in the 1970s and 1980s, Robert Sanchez enjoyed everything the suburbs had to offer. He also developed an appreciation for local news, thanks to...
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Policy Corner: Building a front page in the age of COVID-19Apr 05, 2020 11:00 pm - Prior to the onset of the coronavirus, crafting the front page every day had a lot to do with our long-stated mission of Big Picture/Local Focus. We'd offer you a smorga...
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Need for safety from virus is changing how photographers workApr 05, 2020 11:00 pm - Working from home is the new normal for most people in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. But for our photojournalists, that really is not possible. As visual journalis...