Kerry Lester
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Skipping GOP convention, Dold ready for another battle with SchneiderJul 19, 2016 1:00 am - Brad Schneider likens his 10th Congressional District matchup against U.S. Rep. Bob Dold to the famed 1970s boxing three-peat between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali. Schne...
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Lester: At-risk teens soar with Tuskegee program in DuPage CountyJul 04, 2016 7:15 am - Aside from the braces on his teeth, you'd never know the pilot who took me on a tour high above DuPage and Kane counties had recently turned 18. Or that he'd been flying...
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Social agencies, colleges relieved by budget vote but cautiousJul 01, 2016 5:00 am - Suburban social service providers and financially needy students are breathing a little easier after the Illinois legislature overwhelmingly approved a stopgap spending ...
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Lester: How Frontier Days recruited The WallflowersJun 30, 2016 5:00 am - Last fall, when Frontier Days organizers started to recruit bands to play at the 41st annual Arlington Heights summer festival, The Wallflowers were available but simply...
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Suburban lawmakers' take on stopgap budget dealJun 30, 2016 1:00 am - Illinois lawmakers passed a six-month stopgap spending plan Thursday with just hours to spare before the end of a fiscal year marred by a historic budget standoff. Here'...
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Suburban lawmakers say something's got to give in SpringfieldJun 28, 2016 1:00 am - Democratic state Sen. Melinda Bush says she's “had enough” of politics as usual in Illinois, and the budget impasse that has threatened schools and social service agenci...
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Lester: No suburban public schools ban solo meetings of coaches, athletesJun 27, 2016 5:30 am - With former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert's admission that he molested Yorkville High School wrestlers decades ago, I checked suburban public high schools' policies ...
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Lester: Arlington Heights impersonator talks 'Fallon,' life after speechJun 22, 2016 1:00 am - Jack Aiello had been sick with a fever, so when he stumbled downstairs last Thursday, he thought he might be hallucinating. His middle school principal had just texted ...
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Lester: Wheaton's Cold War bunker enters final daysJun 20, 2016 5:30 am - This column has been corrected to note the Twin Lakes Triathlon is on Sunday, June 26. A Cold War bunker in Wheaton - hailed as America's first Nuclear Age Civil De...
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Improvements planned for Grayslake arts festJun 18, 2016 1:00 am - With attendance down due to a number of factors, organizers of Grayslake's 21st annual Arts Festival on Saturday were already looking ahead to 2017. "There's two other ...