Articles filed under Special Reports
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From hard rock to hard news: The switch from writing about music to designing front pagesJan 21, 2024 6:14 pm - For the last two decades, breaking news for me meant Riot Fest dropped a lineup update or Ravinia announced a new summer show. Now the phrase has taken on a whole new mea...
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Our game plan for Sports in 2024 and beyondJan 21, 2024 6:08 pm - Growing up in Nebraska, I tossed the news section aside every morning and went straight to the Sports section to read about the latest news and exploits of my Huskers. To...
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Beyond the Byline: Northwestern journalism resident Rosie Newmark continues coverage for the suburbsJan 21, 2024 6:03 pm - Daily Herald resident intern and Northwestern senior Rosie Newmark has spent much of her college experience covering Chicago, Evanston and the broader suburban community ...
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Behind the photo: All you need is a little lightJan 21, 2024 6:01 pm - "The way to deal with darkness is not by hiding, but by lighting another candle - by adding one more light." Rabbi Mendel Shemtov, who directs Chabad Jewish Center of Elg...
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Green ZoneJan 21, 2024 1:02 pm - In this 2010 drama starring Matt Damon, Amy Ryan plays a foreign correspondent questioning U.S. claims that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. Her supporting rol...
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Trying to ‘make it happen’: How Arlington Heights is working to resolve tax dispute between Bears, schoolsDec 22, 2023 6:33 am - Though they’ve mostly been quiet publicly, Arlington Heights and Bears officials have been working for months to resolve a property tax dispute over the NFL franchise’s 326-acre Arlington Park property, according to records obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests.
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Schools' appraisal of Arlington Park site $32 million less than assessed valueDec 07, 2023 10:00 pm - An appraisal of the former Arlington International Racecourse site commissioned by three suburban school districts valued the 326-acre parcel at $160 million. That's $32...
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Arlington Heights village manager gets second straight 7% raiseDec 05, 2023 4:00 am - Longtime Arlington Heights Village Manager Randy Recklaus, the village's day-to-day point person for negotiations with the Chicago Bears and area school districts over a...
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With teardown of racetrack, Arlington Heights' horse head logo reaches its finish lineNov 09, 2023 4:30 am - As the final buildings at Arlington Park meet the wrecking ball, Arlington Heights' long-standing horse head village logo is also being put out to pasture. Village offic...
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'Luckily, we have the memories': Arlington Park grandstand no more, as Bears future there remains uncertainSep 30, 2023 1:00 am - From her seat on the Metra train these past four months, Alyssa Ali Murphy has watched as demolition crews slowly picked apart the place where she's spent most of her li...