Columns
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Lester: With state funds dwindling, a diaper ministry steps upFeb 16, 2017 4:00 am - While Illinois' budget impasse has blunted social services' reach, babies from needy families are still going through diapers at the same rate as before - up to 12 a day...
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Simpson brings starpower, coaching savvy to Grayslake CentralFeb 16, 2017 12:00 am - As soon as Maura Fitzgerald and her teammates could get to their phones, they were … Googling. Last summer, Grayslake Central girls basketball coach Steve Ikenn told his...
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Time for Trump to hit campaign trailFeb 16, 2017 12:00 am - President Trump's many critics say his young administration is a hot mess. His defenders say Trump has accomplished more in three weeks than many presidents do in years....
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Bannon before the fameFeb 16, 2017 12:00 am - I used to host a radio show with Steve Bannon. Yes, that Steve Bannon. It was a Catholic radio show, and we talked about life and faith and how you integrate the two. I...
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Is it depression or just the blues?Feb 15, 2017 10:00 pm - Editor's note: This is the first of two columns looking at depression. There are times when we all feel sad or down in the dumps. Like it or not, such feelings are a nor...
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Hersey alumna earns national honors from pharmacy groupFeb 15, 2017 10:00 pm - Marilyn Gaske, a 2010 graduate of John Hersey High School and third-year pharmacy student at the University of Illinois at Chicago, received the Good Government Student ...
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Imrem: No harm in questioning Maddon's movesFeb 15, 2017 4:01 pm - Within a couple of days last autumn, the perception of Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon's baseball intellect plunged from Einstein level to Einstein bagel level. In baseb...
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Brothers on Prospect swim team cheer each other onFeb 15, 2017 5:00 am - Prospect High School's boys swim team heads into this weekend's sectional competition coming off winning the Mid Suburban League East title for the third time in four ye...
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Road chief accused of taking payments, not passing them on to Dundee TownshipFeb 15, 2017 4:00 am - The Dundee Township Highway Department is under investigation by the Kane County sheriff's office - residents said they paid Highway Commissioner Larry Braasch for new d...
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Selfies at Mar-a-Lago and reassurance about the nuclear 'football'Feb 15, 2017 12:00 am - By now a few million Americans have met "Rick," the aide-de-camp who carries the nuclear "football" for President Trump, and Richard DeAgazio, a Mar-a-Lago club member w...