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Couple set to relaunch the Launching PadOct 23, 2017 6:00 am - No trip down Route 66 is complete without a stop at the Launching Pad. The restaurant is a true relic from the retro age of the 1950s and '60s. Now, thanks to new owners...
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Lester: Abortion rights PAC calls on Rauner to recruit moderatesOct 23, 2017 5:30 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner's signing of an abortion rights bill last month made him a target of conservatives, some of whom vow a battle for the Republican nomination in next yea...
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Hoppe, Fagan winning combinationOct 23, 2017 1:00 am - College of Central Florida women's softball coach Kevin Fagan won two super bowls as a defensive lineman for the San Fransisco 49ers, and a national championship with th...
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Handling a hostile sister-in-law starts with your husbandOct 23, 2017 1:00 am - Q. My husband's sister hasn't liked me since the day we met. I'm not sure entirely why if there's a reason, neither my mother-in-law nor husband will admit to knowing it...
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An outline for safety in contact sportsOct 23, 2017 1:00 am - High school sports that place tender spinal cord and brains exposed to life changing impairment should be more carefully scrutinized, especially by parents. Thanks to t...
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'Steve Austin's Broken Skull' latest challenge for Crystal Lake dadOct 23, 2017 1:00 am - Driven? Definitely. Committed? Without a doubt. Addicted? "Well, it's almost like an addiction," Keith Puralewski admitted. The Crystal Lake resident and general manager...
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Like movies and TV? Compete in trivia contestOct 22, 2017 11:00 pm - Dundee Township's New Friends and Neighbors group is teaming up with the public's love of movies and television shows to benefit the local FISH Food Pantry. Members are...
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MedExpress, new strip center coming to AlgonquinOct 22, 2017 11:00 pm - At the beginning of this year, it was just a pile of rubble surrounding some of the old walls that housed the Great Bank of Algonquin. But now that property is taking sh...
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Teens, seniors bond through Wheeling Township programOct 22, 2017 11:00 pm - Remember baton twirling and riding in station wagons? Those two iconic images from growing up in the 1960s in the suburbs came up last week when Wheeling High School jun...
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Scary clowns not everyone's idea of funOct 22, 2017 11:00 pm - Jack Kramer of Lily Lake has to grimace this time of year because it invariably means that a general Halloween theme of "scary clowns" will garner attention. This would ...