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Constable: Libertyville grad's look at Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X becomes a Netflix docSep 04, 2021 1:00 am - The highlight of Johnny Smith's personal sports history as a member of Libertyville High School's Class of 1999 might have been his final game as a varsity basketball pl...
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White Sox pitchers: Top-down strikeout standoutsSep 04, 2021 1:00 am - It used to be recording more strikeouts than innings pitched was a rare feat, the domain of elite flamethrowers - legends like Sandy Koufax, Nolan Ryan and Pedro Martine...
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Spotlight: Ready for the Fringe? Elgin's arts celebration returns for its 8th yearSep 03, 2021 6:00 am - Elgin on the fringe The Elgin Fringe Festival, an annual celebration of music, theater, dance, film and the visual arts, returns this weekend for its eighth year with in...
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Visit the doctor, then see the dentist next door: Tri City Health Partnership acquires new medical building in St. CharlesSep 03, 2021 6:00 am - The Tri City Health Partnership soon begins a new chapter in its 20-year existence when 314 Walnut St. in St. Charles officially becomes the clinic's medical building. I...
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One thing's for certain - the Bears won't be 8-8 againSep 03, 2021 1:00 am - Pick one. The Bears are (a) rebuilding (b) rearranging (c) repeating. A case can be made for all three, I guess, but common sense and history lean toward (c). The Bears ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Daily Herald's memorable Ray Hallett with a final 'Botton Line' on Arlington ParkSep 03, 2021 1:00 am - ONCE IN A FADING TURF MOON, there's no point in getting in the way of the words of an insightful man. That's the view this Labor Day weekend as Ray Hallett draws back so...
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Feder: Bittersweet farewell closes out ABC 7's 'Windy City Live' after 10 yearsSep 03, 2021 1:00 am - Today the curtain falls on “Windy City Live,” closing out a 10-year run for the locally produced talk and entertainment show on ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7, Robert Feder rep...
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Paramount Theatre resumes live performances with exuberant 'Kinky Boots' revivalSep 02, 2021 8:00 am - “Kinky Boots” - ★ ★ ★ Paramount Theatre's “Kinky Boots” cast could have sung the phone book on a bare stage and the audience response to their performance likely would h...
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Constable: Nature does some planting, then gardener handles the restSep 02, 2021 5:30 am - The towering, woody plants forming a canopy above Don Marchese as he walks through his yard in Arlington Heights are covered in dark pink flowers. They draw comments fro...
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Cook County sheriff launches Missing Persons Project to solve disappearances from long agoSep 02, 2021 5:30 am - Experts say that after the first three days someone has gone missing, the chances of finding that person begin to drop significantly. If that's true, locating someone g...