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Batavia's Gather Bakery opening second location - a holiday pop-up shop in Geneva CommonsNov 03, 2023 6:00 am - In many ways, the bakery dreams of Eric and Deanna Keilty would get an important litmus test this holiday season as their Gather Bakery moves into a temporary storefront...
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Facing long road to recovery, injured Kane County sheriff's detective remains positiveNov 03, 2023 5:00 am - Kane County Sheriff's Detective Brian Anderson is facing a long and difficult recovery - one that'll be measured in years, not days or weeks - from devastating injuries ...
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Knight touched, stomped and yelled his way through memorable coaching careerNov 03, 2023 1:00 am - The setting was the press room at Assembly Hall, following a routine regular season basketball game between Indiana and Northwestern in the late 1990s. The game was surp...
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In a troubled time, we need statesmen at the helmNov 03, 2023 1:00 am - These are anxious times for our nation and democracy. In the past few years, we've witnessed events most never thought could happen in America. We've seen a significant...
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'We built a special bond'; It's hard to accept the end of a seasonNov 03, 2023 1:00 am - The end of a football season is never easy, and that was certainly the case for Prospect High School after a 49-15 loss at Mt. Carmel in the second round of the Class 7A...
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New poll exposes flaw in Trump opponents' planNov 02, 2023 1:00 am - The headline from a new Des Moines Register-NBC News poll of Iowa is that former President Donald Trump still has a big lead in the Republican race. Among those likely t...
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Academia says it's down with mass slaughterNov 02, 2023 1:00 am - As of this past weekend, Israel's Institute of Forensic Medicine reported that of the 1,400 Israelis slaughtered on Oct. 7 by Hamas gunmen shouting "God is great!", 400 ...
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More Friday night college games? No thanks, Friday is for high school footballNov 02, 2023 1:00 am - Big Ten Conference officials aim to schedule more Friday night college football games in the future. Shame on them. At one time it wouldn't be a thought in their greedy ...
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Covering an increasingly vast news, entertainment, sports landscapeNov 02, 2023 1:00 am - Maybe you noticed. There's a World Series going on. Well, maybe it's over now. As I write on Wednesday afternoon, the Texas Rangers have a 3-1 advantage over the Arizona...
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Suburban actresses describe Teatro Vista's 'Bernarda!' as a theater experience unlike any otherNov 01, 2023 11:00 pm - Teatro Vista's new interpretation of “The House of Bernarda Alba,” early 20th-century Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca's tragedy about a despotic matria...