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More Cook County courtrooms reopen promising speedier resolutionsJul 17, 2021 1:00 am - Dozens more Cook County courtrooms will be available for bench and jury trials beginning Friday, per a new order from Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, helping accelerate th...
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Batavia's Barnwood & Beeswax marketplace now carrying The Chocolate Shoppe creationsJul 16, 2021 6:00 am - Last week, my “chocolate radar” went up last week when sensing that Batavia suddenly entered the sweets game with The Chocolate Shoppe display in the Barnwood & Beeswax ...
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Help instead of handcuffs: Kane County launching pre-arrest diversion programJul 16, 2021 5:30 am - By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas copsandcrime@dailyherald.com Anyone who's seen an episode of "Cops" knows how it goes: Police respond to the scene of a crime, fi...
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Lincicome: When it comes to the Tokyo Olympics, there's no place like homeJul 16, 2021 1:00 am - My first Olympics was in Montreal. I was billeted at the local university in a student dorm room so small I could touch three of the walls from my bed. I was happy to be...
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Jim O'Donnell: Churchill Downs requests 2022 live racing application - but why?Jul 16, 2021 1:00 am - THE THOROUGHBRED RACING FUTURE of Arlington Park is ... what? With almost all interested parties braced for the eternal end of live horse racing on the legacied site Sat...
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Making money fighting climate changeJul 16, 2021 1:00 am - Michael Gurin wants to do his part to fight climate change. He also wants to make money. He knows the two are not mutually exclusive. "Our mission really is to make sus...
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Stiehm: A spelling Bee tale in Black and whiteJul 16, 2021 1:00 am - You may have heard about Zaila Avant-garde winning the National Spelling Bee -- the first Black girl to do so at the Scripps event. The truly avant-garde girl, 14, cause...
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Feder: WGN drops 'Chicago's Best,' expands 'GN Sports' to weekendsJul 16, 2021 1:00 am - Say goodbye to "Chicago's Best," the delicious Sunday night food show on WGN-Channel 9. Co-hosted by Elliott Bambrough and Marley Kayden, it's been a weekly treat on WG...
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de Rugy: The mythical tax gap hype returnsJul 16, 2021 1:00 am - By Veronique de Rugy When Uncle Sam's coffers are empty, everyone suddenly remembers the so-called tax gap - the difference between the tax revenues Congress expects ve...
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Neighbors in the News: Antioch man named district governor for Rotary InternationalJul 15, 2021 6:00 am - • Antioch resident Kevin Stevens was named district governor of Rotary International District 6440, which spans Chicago's North, Northwest and several Western suburbs. ...