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Still in recovery mode, Toews making progressDec 22, 2021 12:00 am - Imagine taking an entire year off from your job. How would you perform 365 days later? We writers would be awfully rusty. Tax accountants would scramble to learn new law...
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Metropolis cancels 'A Christmas Carol' performances in response to breakthrough COVID-19 caseDec 22, 2021 12:00 am - The Metropolis Performing Arts Centre canceled the remaining performances of "A Christmas Carol" in response to a breakthrough case of COVID-19 among its fully vaccinate...
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Neighbors in the News: District 62 names Human Resources assistant superintendentDec 21, 2021 5:00 am - • Kathleen Kelly Colgan was named the assistant superintendent for Human Resources at Des Plaines Community Consolidated School District 62, responsible for collaboratin...
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Arkush: Bears need to put blame where it really belongsDec 21, 2021 12:00 am - At some point someone has to ask the question, is anybody ever going to blame Justin Fields for anything that is wrong with Justin Fields? This particular question has n...
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COVID-19 exposure forces Goodman to suspend in-person 'Christmas Carol' performancesDec 21, 2021 12:00 am - Following a report of a COVID-19 exposure within the production company of "A Christmas Carol," Goodman Theatre has suspended in-person performances through Friday, the ...
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Lincicome: Matt Nagy should do the sensible thing and resign nowDec 21, 2021 12:00 am - The only sensible thing for Matt Nagy to do now is to resign. An old coaching adage is that when you are being run out of town, look like you are the one leading the par...
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We can find a way to define the 'common good' in AmericaDec 21, 2021 12:00 am - I still remember a question I got years ago. It was at a public meeting in southern Indiana, in one of those squat, featureless cinder-block buildings you find all acros...
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Hawks' Connolly practices but doesn't address media on Kero hitDec 21, 2021 12:00 am - Brett Connolly practiced Tuesday but did not talk to the media about his open-ice hit on Tanner Kero that knocked out the Dallas Stars forward during the Blackhawks' 4-3...
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Toews looks to refresh, boost strength with a few extra days offDec 21, 2021 12:00 am - Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews wasn't quite sure how to feel about the NHL deciding to temporarily pause its season due to a spike in COVID cases across the league. O...
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Why parents shouldn't rely on Santa for big Christmas giftsDec 21, 2021 12:00 am - Between the breaking news reports from the tornadic devastation in the Midwest, I worked on Christmas crafts with my kindergartner. The juxtaposition of hardship and the...