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Casten talks infrastructure, child tax credit during Saturday town hallJul 17, 2021 1:00 am - Infrastructure, the child tax credit and clean energy were among the topics U.S. Rep. Sean Casten addressed Saturday during a near-capacity town hall at the American Leg...
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MLB draft began with Rick Monday - and low signing bonusesJul 17, 2021 1:00 am - Baseball fans remember Rick Monday for rescuing the American flag from protesters trying to set it on fire during a 1976 Cubs-Dodgers game in Los Angeles. But Monday had...
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Facts Matter: Pet reader doesn't show microchip from coronavirus vaccineJul 17, 2021 1:00 am - A video that has been viewed more than 15 million times on TikTok and shared on Facebook claims to indicate a microchip in the arm of a person who received a COVID-19 va...
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Grammar Moses: I have the perfect wifeJul 17, 2021 1:00 am - So, I left the stove burner on the other day while engrossed in a novel over lunch. As I was cleaning up the dishes, I caught a whiff of natural gas - and quickly snappe...
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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...