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Constable: Roller coaster year ends on a high note for both kidney recipient and donorDec 19, 2020 12:00 am - College student Ally Hembd has spent most of 2020 sheltering in her Wheeling home, hooked up to a dialysis machine and hoping to find a donor who would give her a kidney...
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Looking at the Bears-Vikings matchups -- and how much the Bears must fixDec 19, 2020 12:00 am - The winner of Sunday's matchup between the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings will find itself in relatively good shape in the playoff chase, while the loser will for a...
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Sound check: Trans-Siberian, Barenaked Ladies livestreams keeping holiday traditions aliveDec 18, 2020 5:00 am - Trans-Siberian traditions Turn down the lights and fire up the widescreen: The Trans-Siberian Orchestra is bringing its "Christmas Eve and Other Stories Live in Con...
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2020 was a big year in birdingDec 18, 2020 5:00 am - You probably heard about "Rocky," the saw-whet owl discovered last month inside the huge Christmas tree on Rockefeller Plaza in New York. The adorable stowaway became an...
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Batavia mayor shares a sneak peek at restaurant comings and goings in the upcoming yearDec 18, 2020 5:00 am - When thinking about restaurants in 2021, the vision of a wagon train struggling through thick mud on a mountain slope comes to mind. There's a lot of blood, sweat, and t...
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Casstevens talks about police reforms, meeting with BarrDec 18, 2020 4:30 am - By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas copsandcrime@dailyherald.com Buffalo Grove Police Chief Steve Casstevens' year as president of the International Association of P...
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Feder: Melissa McGurren says 'truth will come out' about Mix messagesDec 18, 2020 12:00 am - Hours after her bosses publicly bade farewell to Melissa McGurren, the former co-host of Eric Ferguson's top-rated morning show disputed their version of her departure f...
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Hub Arkush: Can the Bears defense bounce back into playoff contention?Dec 18, 2020 12:00 am - Regardless of how we got here, if the Chicago Bears win their last three games of the season it is very, very likely they will be a playoff team. They don't totally cont...
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Bill Barr finds his moral compass, finallyDec 18, 2020 12:00 am - By Susan Estrich When Bill Barr was appointed attorney general, I was hopeful. Impeccable credentials, long experience in law, not to mention a previous stint as attorn...
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Former Jacobs star Krutwig leads Loyola as one of top players in MVCDec 18, 2020 12:00 am - Most high school athletes moving on to the next level want to work on getting bigger and stronger, to adjust to the increased physical demands of college sports. Four ye...