Columns
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Letter: Maintaining school quality is at stakeMar 24, 2023 1:00 am - Currently, each of thefive high schools in D211 is ranked in (at least) the top 15% in the state of Illinois by U.S. News and World Report. In the upcoming April 4 schoo...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: The opioid harm reduction trapMar 24, 2023 1:00 am - "I would love to see a world in which Boy Scouts make handing out naloxone as their Eagle Scout project," addiction scholar Stefan Kertesz said in The Washington Post. N...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: How banning Chinese products could backfire for the U.S.Mar 24, 2023 1:00 am - By Veronique de Rugy The controversy over proposed state and federal bans of Chinese-produced apps has sparked debate about the wisdom of country-of-origin bans in gene...
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Debut album 'Motion and Picture' from Chicago band MIIRRORS a reflection of the timesMar 23, 2023 11:00 pm - “Motion and Picture,” the newly released debut album from Chicago band MIIRRORS, first drifts onto the soundscape like a ghost, singer Brian McSweeney's ethereal voc...
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Sound check: Josh Caterer Trio kicks off the weekend at The VenueMar 23, 2023 6:00 am - Rachael Sage at Uncommon Ground Six-time Independent Music Award winner and NYC-based alt-pop singer-songwriter Rachael Sage brings songs from her recent album "Cha...
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Neighbors in the news: Maine South principal named as a Golden Apple finalistMar 23, 2023 6:00 am - • Maine South High School Principal Ben Collins was named a Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Leadership finalist. Collins has been the principal at Maine South sinc...
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'Wick' a slick pic: Over-stuffed action sequel a success of excessMar 23, 2023 6:00 am - “John Wick: Chapter 4” - ★ ★ ★ What we get in the fourth John Wick action thriller resembles an elaborate microcosm of the entire James Bond film franchise neatly captur...
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Columnist Jim Slusher: Candidates who care are encouraging, commonMar 23, 2023 1:00 am - This column has been updated to correct the bill number of legislation that would require political candidates to provide an email address with their filing document...
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Softball: Several area teams ready for a road tripMar 23, 2023 1:00 am - To travel or not to travel on spring break. It's a question all high school softball teams face this time of year. And while some teams travel to play in warmer climates...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Twenty years after the U.S. invasion of IraqMar 23, 2023 1:00 am - It's been two decades since, on March 19, 2003, United States forces invaded Iraq. President George W. Bush ordered the invasion to neutralize what he said was the threa...