Columns
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Who had the top performances of the 2024-25 IHSA school year?Jun 16, 2025 1:12 pm - This week’s High Five honors the top performances of the 2024-25 IHSA school year.
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The wonders of willows: How this hardy tree is designed to survive floodsJun 16, 2025 11:22 am - Nature columnist Mark Spreyer takes a look at the history and uses of weeping willow and black willow trees, including their medicinal benefits and how they are designed to survive floods.
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Music adds to dining experience and makes the spending easierJun 16, 2025 6:44 am - When it comes to music in restaurants, most guests don’t give it much thought … or at least they don’t think they do. Music done well in restaurants makes all the difference in how long you will stay, what kind of a time you will have and, most important to the restaurant, how much money you will spend.
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Tribute to a coach who will never be a footnoteJun 16, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist : A tribute to a Barrington High School girls soccer coach who has led his team to multiple championships but remains intensely focused on constant improvement.
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Ad seeking paid protesters is a prankJun 15, 2025 4:00 am - In this week’s Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald examines claims an ad in Craigslist sought paid protestors for demonstrations in Los Angeles.
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O’Donnell: ‘Blessed’ Jiggetts traced path from Bears to radio to grandfather beaming with prideJun 14, 2025 4:37 pm - Former Bear and WSCR sports personality Dan Jiggetts — on a life cycle built for two with wife Karen — has masted the art of being a successful family man.The result is two daughters, two sons-in-law and four grandsons who make Father's Day at any of the family households a celebration of unfettered love, gratitude and happiness.
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Send In the Marines!Jun 14, 2025 2:45 pm - Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Send in the Marines! There! That sounds tough.Say it. Just say it. Yell it into the silence of your living room.
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A theology of compassion (remembering my father)Jun 14, 2025 2:45 pm - Guest columnist Tom Montgomery Fate: I grew up in a small Iowa town, and my dad was the minister at the Congregational church. Like most small-town clerics, he was expected to be a self-assured, virtuous role model, but was, of course, just as human and vulnerable as everyone else.
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Raoul’s office to receive $15.7M budget increase for operationsJun 14, 2025 4:00 am - Illinois lawmakers approved a $15.7 million budget increase for Attorney General Kwame Raoul's office, $700K more than requested, to handle lawsuits against the Trump administration and defend state laws.
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‘Clean Slate’ Act to seal nonviolent criminal records loses in race against timeJun 14, 2025 4:00 am - The "Clean Slate" Act to automatically seal eligible nonviolent criminal records in Illinois had bipartisan support but failed to pass before the legislative session ended, though advocates remain optimistic.