Burt Constable
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Aurora police in standoff with home's residents after fatal shootingJan 16, 2021 12:00 am - A fatal shooting in Aurora led to a three-hour standoff early Saturday at a nearby residence before several people were taken into custody. Responding to a report of a m...
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Constable: 97-year-old author surprised by discovery of book she wrote decades agoJan 12, 2021 4:30 am - A lifelong historian and writer, 97-year-old Margery Frisbie of Arlington Heights no longer sees well enough to read books, not even the recently unearthed novel she wro...
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Constable: Ex-Stevenson cheerleader, Otis Wilson's daughter comfortable in her athletic skinJan 09, 2021 12:00 am - An energetic toddler, Danyele Wilson seemed to be constantly running around and even doing flips at home until her mom, Melinee, found her an outlet. “My mom put me in g...
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Constable: Attack from our own evokes gut punch of Sept. 11Jan 07, 2021 4:30 am - “We are no longer the America we were,” began the column I wrote on Sept. 11, 2001. The legendary Studs Terkel concurred during a telephone interview that morning as we ...
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Constable: Rocco Blasi was a man of many plans, until COVID-19 struckJan 05, 2021 4:30 am - Monday should have been a birthday celebration for retired college professor and author Rocco Blasi of Mount Prospect. As difficult as 2020 was in general, Blasi headed...
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Constable: Emerging from ashes of 2020 with hope for 2021Dec 31, 2020 4:30 am - It's a wonder Father Time still has enough energy to hand over the reins to Baby New Year, considering everything that happened under his watch in 2020. And that old man...
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Constable: Teacher finds joy in converting to 'shed-ucation'Dec 29, 2020 4:10 am - Searching for ways to get the most out of her students during this pandemic, teacher Becky Hieber made a trip to the tool shed. She didn't come back. "I call it shed-uca...
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Constable: Pandemic can't take bite out of Mount Prospect cookie traditionDec 24, 2020 4:30 am - Luminarias line this Mount Prospect neighborhood every Christmas Eve. But to truly shine a light on the 200 block of South Pine Street, you need to understand the cookie...
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Classic car enthusiast's life 'not bad for a guy from Buffalo'Dec 22, 2020 4:30 am - A force and a character, my father-in-law, Paul TerHorst, died Friday at age 85, with Daughter No. 1 (Cheryl) and Daughter No. 2 (Karen) holding his hands while Daughter...
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Constable: Roller coaster year ends on a high note for both kidney recipient and donorDec 19, 2020 12:00 am - College student Ally Hembd has spent most of 2020 sheltering in her Wheeling home, hooked up to a dialysis machine and hoping to find a donor who would give her a kidney...