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Spreading food with a side of literacy, census education in Latino communityMay 30, 2020 1:00 am - An Elgin group is finding new ways to promote early literacy and educate Latino families about 2020 Census participation during the COVID-19 lockdown. The Elgin Partners...
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St. Charles church's free spaghetti dinner re-opens with drive-throughMay 29, 2020 6:00 am - When things got difficult for families during the recession a decade ago, area churches began offering free monthly meals on various nights. It lifted spirits, brought f...
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Five memorable items at the Dunn Museum in LibertyvilleMay 29, 2020 6:00 am - Because the public can't visit the Bess Bower Dunn Museum in Libertyville due to the state's stay-at-home order, I asked its curators to share a few memorable and favori...
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Sound check: Toronzo tries again after rained-out truck showMay 29, 2020 6:00 am - Shows on the road The weather had Toronzo Cannon singing the blues last weekend when the FitzGerald's Stay-At-Home Concert Series was rained out Saturday. But the b...
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Lake County sheriff says George Floyd's killing 'should shock moral consciousness'May 29, 2020 5:30 am - As protests and violence continued to rock Minneapolis over the killing of an unarmed black man by a white police officer, Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg - the first ...
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Rozner: There will be baseball, but not before more ugly MLB talksMay 29, 2020 1:00 am - There will be baseball in 2020. Yes, right here in North America. There will be baseball, assuming local governments allow such behavior. It won't be canceled as a resul...
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O'Donnell: Kaepernick protest takes on new meaning this weekMay 29, 2020 1:00 am - FOUR YEARS AGO, two young Americans of color protested police brutality in very different ways. Colin Kaepernick was the more famous and visually enduring. And his sidel...
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Feder: 'I'm Back' podcast reveals Michael Jordan's secret workoutMay 29, 2020 1:00 am - "I'm Back," a one-hour podcast chronicling Michael Jordan's return to the Chicago Bulls in 1995 - including the revelation that he secretly worked out with the Golden St...
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O'Donnell: Arlington mouses behind as Pritzker OKs resumption of racingMay 29, 2020 1:00 am - LIVE HORSE RACING in Illinois is being given the green light to resume next week. But not a creature will be stirring at Arlington Park. Not even an out-of-state corpora...
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In response to pandemic, we're learning how interdependence, freedom are linkedMay 29, 2020 1:00 am - Since before the founding of our republic, Americans have had deep and conflicting arguments about what freedom actually looks like. In spite of those differences of opi...