Columns
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Prospect Heights honors its Firefighter of the YearJan 10, 2018 10:00 pm - Firefighter Walter Prestel was named 2017 Firefighter of the Year by the Prospect Heights Fire Protection District. Prestel has been a member of the Prospect Heights Fir...
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Feder: WGN radio personality Milt Rosenberg diesJan 10, 2018 12:00 am - For nearly 40 years, Milt Rosenberg was the smartest man on the radio, Robert Feder writes. As host of "Extension 720," the University of Chicago psychology professor pr...
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Wauconda twins go from Eagle Scouts to 'Worst Cooks in America'Jan 10, 2018 12:00 am - By Burt Constable If you had Googled identical twins Skyler and Spencer Nick in 2009, the first response probably would have been about how the boys both achieved the ...
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One last time for Renner, Opportunity Through BaseballJan 10, 2018 12:00 am - A new year is here. Robin Renner hopes it's a hit. Retiring as Neuqua Valley physical education teacher and baseball coach at the end of this school year, after a seven-...
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With DC distracted, immigration debate reaches critical pointJan 10, 2018 12:00 am - While Washington obsesses over a new book on White House intrigue, the Trump administration is reaching a critical point on the issue of immigration, one of the presiden...
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After 13 years, Operation Sweettooth still sending care packages to troopsJan 09, 2018 10:00 pm - When Diane and Roger Ahrens started Operation Sweettooth in 2004, they thought they would be sending cookies to U. S. military men and women only a few years. The war in...
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Sound check: Cody Johnson on the rise at Joe's LiveJan 09, 2018 12:30 pm - Country's Cody Johnson Texas-born artist Cody Johnson has been making waves throughout the nation's country scene with his recent singles “With You I Am” and “Wild As Yo...
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Two of 2017's best now on Hulu: 'Columbus' and 'Gilbert'Jan 09, 2018 5:00 am - The seemingly endless buildup to March's Academy Awards revolves around a dozen or so films that win all the praise and plaudits - you probably haven't seen “Call Me By ...
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Constable: Bees have ways to cope with winterJan 09, 2018 4:30 am - Last January, the rusty patched bumblebee became the first wild bee in the continental United States to achieve the dubious distinction of being added to the endangered ...
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Freedom's principles on our campusesJan 09, 2018 4:00 am - By Walter Williams A frequent point I have made in past columns has been about the educational travesty happening on many college campuses. Some people have labeled my o...