Columns
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Suburban Punjabi festival returns after pandemic hiatusSep 26, 2022 5:30 am - A long-running suburban Punjabi cultural festival resumed earlier this month after a two-year pandemic hiatus. More than 400 Sikh community members from across the Nort...
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Good News Sunday: 3:36 a.m. phone call from president announces release of brother held hostage in AfghanistanSep 25, 2022 7:30 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: Charlene Cakora devoted "every day" of t...
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Home inspection report was poorly writtenSep 25, 2022 7:00 am - Q: The home inspector we hired seemed to do a very thorough job of finding defects, but his written report was so poorly written that we began to doubt the quality of th...
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Guest columnists Anthony Enriquez and Alexander Rougeau: DeSantis could unwittingly have paved way for interstate collaboration on asylum seekersSep 25, 2022 1:00 am - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's latest piece of political theater has unwittingly created a path for leaders to work together on a humane response to the arrival of asylum-s...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Lawn order: Laziness let's it be anything I want it to beSep 25, 2022 1:00 am - I think I may have mowed my lawn for the last time this year. It was hot and very dry this summer, so I didn't have to mow it too many times, and now fall is closing in ...
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Scotch eggs and the benefits of trying something differentSep 24, 2022 6:00 am - Have you ever seen a Scotch egg? Well, I hadn't until fairly recently. And have you ever eaten one? I have. Sort of by accident. I was running some errands up in Barring...
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How legal fight over public safety pension consolidation is costing taxpayersSep 24, 2022 1:00 am - Illinois taxpayers are bearing the financial brunt of a prolonged legal fight to consolidate nearly 650 public safety pension plans into two large retirement systems for...
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Facts Matter: Biden says pandemic 'over'; experts don't agreeSep 24, 2022 1:00 am - During a recent interview aired on "60 Minutes," President Joe Biden said the pandemic had ended. "The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID, we're still ...
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Lincicome: Advice to Justin Fields, best to get to know Bears Fan while he is still on your sideSep 24, 2022 1:00 am - Bears Fan, meet Justin Fields. Justin Fields, meet Bears Fan. You will know each other on sight. Bears Fan is the one wearing the jersey with the No. 1 and the name "Fie...
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'One in a million': Geneva High alum, volleyball player makes comeback from rare neurological disorderSep 23, 2022 6:00 am - In late May, Grace Hinchman was thinking about her upcoming summer break, while also contemplating the eventual start of her junior year at Loyola University in the fall...