Columns
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Owl mania: Birders’ enthusiasm for this species can sometimes go overboardApr 15, 2024 10:45 am - The popularity of owls makes them vulnerable to human interference. People do get excited about owls, and sometimes their enthusiasm (or thoughtlessness) gets out of hand.
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Neighbors in the news: Vernon Township welcomes new supervisorApr 15, 2024 10:05 am - Tim Kobler, who has served as the Vernon Township Clerk since 2021, was sworn in as Vernon Township supervisor on April 1.
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Wheaton Academy’s Scharnowski shines for AlabamaApr 15, 2024 6:00 am - Wheaton Academy graduate Max Scharnowski won a Final Four award for highest grade-point average.
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Signs of our times: How about less flash, more substance?Apr 15, 2024 4:00 am - I was in the Chicago area for unexpected reasons last month. While there and during my daily walks around my parents’ neighborhood, I was struck by several things. Many c...
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O.J. Simpson, the story that keeps having to be toldApr 14, 2024 6:00 am - By rough count, I suppose I have written more than 10,000 words on O.J. Simpson, most of them when he was a football player, one of the best, when twice a season he played for the team that played the team where I once worked.
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Why we need to be wise about how we help our impoverished neighborsApr 14, 2024 6:00 am - In college, a group of my friends volunteered at the new homeless center in South Bend, Indiana. We worked in the kids’ room where we babysat for parents as they ran err...
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Jim O'Donnell: O.J. should have sat out the final two quarters of his shattered, battering lifeApr 14, 2024 6:00 am - O.J. SIMPSON CAME TO NATIONAL CELEBRITY during a reset decade in which America thought disco had legs and Black and White could finally forever live on in harmony.
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Good News Sunday: Suburban astronomy teacher completes ‘mind-blowing’ eclipse skydiveApr 14, 2024 6:00 am - In this week’s Good News Sunday column, we recap stories about a teacher who skydived during the eclipse, a veteran getting a new roof in Island Lake, and DuPage County starting a project to build a crisis recovery center.
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Trump claims Democrats are killing babiesApr 14, 2024 5:45 am - Former President Donald Trump made some serious claims during a video statement recently posted to his Truth Social platform. “(Democrats) support abortion up to and even...
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This time, it's ArizonaApr 14, 2024 4:00 am - Just days after Donald Trump tried to defang the abortion issue, it came roaring back in the form of an Arizona law, passed before women could vote, banning all abortions...